Pocket boothIdea by ZeroCapture
The kitchen-table booth
The smallest booth there is: a phone on a mini tripod, a pop-up green screen on a table or chair, and the remote in someone’s pocket. Good for a small birthday or a stall.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A phone (or any small Android device) and a mini tripod
- A pop-up or collapsible green screen, about 1 m across
- The Bluetooth remote
- A lamp or window light falling evenly on the screen
How to set it up
- Stand the screen 1 m behind where people sit or stand, so their shadows miss it.
- Put the phone at eye height, 1.5 to 2 m in front, and run the green-screen calibration.
- Turn on QR sharing so guests can take their photo home on the home Wi-Fi.
What to try
- Pass the remote round: whoever holds it takes the photo.
- Use Two up for a before-and-after of the same pose.
- Phone and device layouts
- Every plan
- The Bluetooth remote
- Free: Any button takes a photo; Personal and White label: Remap any button
- QR download over the venue’s Wi-Fi
- Free: Links last 8 hours; Personal: Links last 1 hour to 14 days; White label: Links last 1 hour to 30 days
- Two up
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
Presenter and headshot cornerIdea by ZeroCapture
A headshot corner
One person at a time, a 1.5 m screen on a frame, one soft light and the device at eye height. For staff photos, speaker headshots, profile pictures and “meet the team” pages.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A 1.5 m green screen on a frame
- One large soft light (a softbox or a lamp through a white sheet)
- The device on a stand at eye height
- A plain or office backdrop
How to set it up
- Seat people 1 m in front of the screen, light from the front and slightly to one side.
- Choose the Single layout and turn the event caption off.
- Set photos to true to life (unmirrored), so text on clothing reads the right way round.
What to try
- Make one event per team, so each team’s photos stay together.
- Use Studio grey or Paper white for a clean, corporate look.
- Single layout
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
- True-to-life (unmirrored) photos
- Every plan
- Built-in plain backdrops
- Every plan
- Events
- Free: 1 event; Personal and White label: Unlimited
Home partyIdea by ZeroCapture
The living-room party booth
A green sheet or screen on a living-room wall, the device on a stand, the remote passed round, and photos on guests’ phones before they leave.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green sheet or screen, pulled tight to avoid creases
- A stand for the device
- The remote
- Two lamps aimed at the screen
How to set it up
- Iron or stretch the sheet: creases make shadows the key has to work around.
- Light the screen evenly, then calibrate with everyone out of shot.
- Turn on QR sharing on the home Wi-Fi.
What to try
- A Garden party or Blush skin for a softer look.
- Strip of three for a classic photo-booth strip.
- QR download over the venue’s Wi-Fi
- Free: Links last 8 hours; Personal: Links last 1 hour to 14 days; White label: Links last 1 hour to 30 days
- Ready-made skins
- Free: ZeroCapture and ZeroCapture light; Personal: Any of the 12 ready-made skins; White label: All 12, plus your own
- Strip of three
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
Kids’ partyIdea by ZeroCapture
Kids’ party in space
Camera low, a parent on the remote, bright backdrops (space, jungle, under the sea) and a box of props. Short countdown, beeps on.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen big enough for three or four children
- The device on a stand at children’s eye height
- The remote, in a grown-up’s hand
- A box of props (nothing green or shiny)
How to set it up
- Lower the device so it looks at the children, not down on them.
- Set a short countdown with beeps, so they know when to freeze.
- Turn on auto-reset so the next group starts from your defaults.
What to try
- Smile sounds: a silly noise just before the photo gets the giggles at the right moment.
- Grid of four catches four poses in one go.
- The Kids party skin.
- Countdown and beeps
- Every plan
- Smile sounds
- Free: 21 built-in sounds; before the photo only; Personal and White label: 21 built-in sounds, and on a remote button
- Grid of four
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
- Ready-made skins (Kids party)
- Free: ZeroCapture and ZeroCapture light; Personal: Any of the 12 ready-made skins; White label: All 12, plus your own
- Auto-reset of guest choices
- Every plan
WeddingIdea by ZeroCapture
Golden-hour wedding booth
A wide curtain by the dance floor or in a side room, the couple’s names and the date on every photo, and backdrops of the venue at golden hour or the city where they met.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A 3 m green curtain on a frame
- Two soft lights
- The device on a stand
- Backdrops the couple chose: their venue, their city
How to set it up
- Put the booth where people pass but out of the dance floor’s light show.
- Set the caption to the couple’s names and the date.
- Import their backdrops and make a collection for the day.
What to try
- The Wedding skin.
- The couple’s logo or monogram stamped on every photo.
- An online gallery for the couple afterwards.
- Caption and date on photos
- Personal and White label only
- Ready-made skins (Wedding)
- Free: ZeroCapture and ZeroCapture light; Personal: Any of the 12 ready-made skins; White label: All 12, plus your own
- Logo stamped on photos
- White label only
- Online QR
- Every plan, with ZeroCapture Cloud
- Client galleries
- Free and Personal: Yes, per event, in ZeroCapture's look; White label: Yes, per event, in your branding, with ZeroCapture Cloud
Big curtain stageIdea by ZeroCapture
The big curtain stage
A 3 to 4 m green curtain for groups of six to eight, two lights, the device 3 m back and a taped line on the floor where guests stand.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A 3 to 4 m green curtain
- Two lights, one each side
- The device on a tall stand, 3 m back
- Floor tape
How to set it up
- Light the curtain evenly from both sides; keep guests 1.5 m in front of it.
- Tape a line where the group should stand, so everyone fits the frame.
- Use the back camera for the best picture, and kiosk mode so the booth runs itself.
What to try
- Grid of four for group chaos; Two up for a posed and a silly shot.
- An attract screen that invites people over between groups.
- Grid of four and Two up
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
- Attract screen
- White label only
- Kiosk mode and the admin PIN
- Every plan
- Back camera
- Every plan
Corporate and trade showIdea by ZeroCapture
Branded trade-show stand
A branded booth on a stand: the client’s logo, colours and fonts, a branded backdrop, kiosk mode so staff can leave it, and nothing uploaded anywhere.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green panel or pop-up to fit the stand
- The device on a floor stand
- The client’s logo, colours, fonts and backdrop
- A small router, if the hall Wi-Fi blocks devices
How to set it up
- Build a skin in the client’s colours and fonts, and save it under their name.
- Reword the guest messages in the brand’s voice.
- Turn on kiosk mode and auto-reset, and share photos by QR over the stand’s own router.
What to try
- The logo stamped on every photo.
- A saved skin per client, so the next show is one tap away.
- Custom colours, fonts and button shape
- White label only
- Saved skins per client
- White label only
- Custom wording
- White label only
- Logo stamped on photos
- White label only
- Kiosk mode and the admin PIN
- Every plan
- Business use (charging, venues, clients)
- White label only
Second-screen galleryIdea by ZeroCapture
A second-screen gallery
A second device (any device with a web browser, or a TV’s browser) beside the booth, where guests browse today’s photos while others pose. On Personal and White label the booth serves a “Today’s photos” page itself over the same Wi-Fi, with no Cloud or account, in the event’s screen style: a plain grid or a Mosaic wall, and on White label a Spotlight slideshow, a Carousel or Polaroids too, each new photo arriving full screen with its QR code. With ZeroCapture Cloud, a client gallery has the same live screen online, anywhere with internet. Otherwise, the gallery is on the booth device itself.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A second device or a TV with a web browser, on the same Wi-Fi as the booth
How to set it up
- On Personal or White label, turn on Sharing > Today’s photos and open its link or QR code on the second device.
- Leave it beside the booth: new photos appear at the top as they are taken, and guests can scan a photo’s QR code to take it home.
- On Free: set the booth gallery to show all photos, and let guests browse it between turns.
What to try
- Pick the event’s screen style in Events, then Edit, and tap Preview to see it before guests arrive.
- Turn off the QR codes on Today’s photos for a TV that is only a display.
- With Cloud, open the client gallery’s live screen on a TV in another room, or put the gallery’s QR code on a table card so guests can find it later.
- Today’s photos, a local page for a second screen
- Personal: Live page in ZeroCapture's ready-made looks with the “Powered by ZeroCapture Studio” footer, Grid or Mosaic, a QR code on each photo (can be turned off); White label: Live page in your branding, newest first, in the event's screen style, a QR code on each photo (can be turned off)
- Live screen styles
- Free: Grid only, on a client gallery's live screen (Today's photos is Personal and up); Personal: Grid and Mosaic, chosen per event, on the booth's network, and online with ZeroCapture Cloud; White label: All five: Grid, Mosaic, Spotlight, Carousel and Polaroids, chosen per event, on the booth's network, and online with ZeroCapture Cloud
- The booth gallery
- Free: All events only; Personal and White label: All three modes
- Client galleries
- Free and Personal: Yes, per event, in ZeroCapture's look; White label: Yes, per event, in your branding, with ZeroCapture Cloud
School prom and graduationIdea by ZeroCapture
Prom night that runs itself
Runs itself for an evening: kiosk mode, a PIN-locked admin, nothing leaving the device, and a teacher with the recovery code.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen and two lights
- The device on a stand, plugged in
- A teacher who keeps the PIN and the recovery code
How to set it up
- Set an admin PIN and keep the recovery code somewhere safe.
- Turn on kiosk mode and auto-reset.
- Share by QR over the school’s Wi-Fi; links stop working after the time you set.
What to try
- An attract screen with the school’s own wording.
- The year and the school’s name in the caption.
- Kiosk mode and the admin PIN
- Every plan
- Auto-reset of guest choices
- Every plan
- Attract screen
- White label only
- QR download over the venue’s Wi-Fi
- Free: Links last 8 hours; Personal: Links last 1 hour to 14 days; White label: Links last 1 hour to 30 days
- Caption and date
- Personal and White label only
Seasonal pop-upIdea by ZeroCapture
Seasonal pop-up stall
A Christmas market stall, Halloween, Santa’s grotto, Easter: themed backdrops swapped each day, frames with the date, and a tip jar or card reader beside it.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen that packs down
- Themed backdrops and frames
- Power for the device all day
How to set it up
- Import the season’s backdrops and frames and group them in a collection per theme.
- Show only today’s collection to guests.
- Use the attract screen to draw people in.
What to try
- A frame with the date for each market day.
- Your own backdrops
- Free: Up to 3; Personal: Up to 20; White label: Unlimited
- Your own frames
- Free: 1; Personal: Up to 10; White label: Unlimited
- Collections
- Personal: Up to 3; White label: Unlimited
- Attract screen
- White label only
- Business use (charging, venues, clients)
- White label only
Venue boothIdea by ZeroCapture
A permanent venue booth
A booth that lives in a bar, restaurant, family attraction or holiday park: a wall-mounted device, a fixed green panel, always on, in Club mode so guests see only the camera and the shutter, with the venue’s branding on every photo’s stamp and nothing kept longer than you choose.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A fixed green panel, lit evenly
- A wall mount and power for the device
- The venue’s logo and website
How to set it up
- Mount the device where guests can see themselves, with the panel 1.5 m behind them.
- Set the backdrop, frame and layout in Booth defaults, and brand it with the venue’s logo and website.
- Turn on Club mode, so guests only take their photo and get it with its QR code, and throwaway photos, so each photo is deleted after the time you choose. Share by QR on the venue Wi-Fi.
What to try
- Put the venue’s logo and a line like the night’s name on the photo stamp, with the date and time.
- Give the result Retake, Discard or Print, each with its own switch.
- Swap the backdrops for each season or event night.
- Club mode
- Every plan
- Your logo and line on the photo stamp
- Free: ZeroCapture's stamp, always on; Personal: ZeroCapture's stamp, or none; White label: Your logo and line, or none
- Attract screen
- White label only
- Kiosk mode and the admin PIN
- Every plan
- Your logo on guest screens
- Personal: ZeroCapture emblem, can be hidden; White label: Your logo
- Your website under the logo
- Free: zerocapturestudio.com, fixed; Personal: zerocapturestudio.com, can be hidden; White label: Your website, or hidden
- Business use (charging, venues, clients)
- White label only
Cosplay and AI artworkIdea by ZeroCapture
Cosplay shots for AI artwork
Shoot the cosplayer against green with even light, choose a plain or a scene backdrop, then take the finished photo into an AI image tool to extend the scene or restyle it. The booth gives a clean, full-resolution keyed photo to start from; the AI work happens outside the app.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- An evenly lit green screen, big enough for the costume
- The device on a stand, back camera
- Your own AI image tool, outside the app
How to set it up
- Light the screen evenly and keep the cosplayer well in front of it, so no green spills onto the costume.
- Set capture to maximum quality and JPEG quality to 100.
- Use a plain backdrop if the scene will be replaced later.
What to try
- True-to-life photos, so lettering and emblems read the right way round.
- Maximum capture quality
- Free: Balanced (3000 px) or Standard (2000 px); Personal and White label: All four sizes, up to 6000 px
- JPEG quality control
- Free: Fixed at 80; Personal and White label: 70–100
- Back camera and true-to-life photos
- Every plan
- Built-in plain backdrops
- Every plan
Auditions, casting and model shotsIdea by ZeroCapture
Casting and model cards
Plain grey or white backdrops, the same framing for everyone, true-to-life photos, a numbered caption per person, and a Two up for face and profile.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen and one soft light
- The device on a stand at a fixed distance
- Tape marks for where people stand
How to set it up
- Fix the framing with floor marks so every shot matches.
- Use Two up: face first, then profile.
- Change the caption for each person (a number or a name), and make one event per session.
What to try
- Studio grey for skin tones, Paper white for a clean card.
- Two up
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
- Caption on photos
- Personal and White label only
- True-to-life photos
- Every plan
- Events
- Free: 1 event; Personal and White label: Unlimited
Content creatorsIdea by ZeroCapture
Thumbnails and channel art
Shoot yourself against green, pick a plain backdrop and composite in your editor later, or use a scene backdrop as it is.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen behind your desk or on a stand
- The device on a tripod, back camera
- The remote in your hand
How to set it up
- Point the back camera at yourself and hold the remote.
- Use maximum capture quality.
- Pick a plain backdrop if you’ll cut yourself out in an editor.
What to try
- A burst of expressions with Grid of four, then pick the best.
- Maximum capture quality
- Free: Balanced (3000 px) or Standard (2000 px); Personal and White label: All four sizes, up to 6000 px
- The Bluetooth remote
- Free: Any button takes a photo; Personal and White label: Remap any button
- Grid of four
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
Pet portraitsIdea by ZeroCapture
Pet portraits on the sofa
A green blanket on the sofa, the device low on a tripod, a treat behind it, a short countdown and a grid of four to catch one good one.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green blanket or sheet
- The device low on a tripod
- Treats
- Someone on the remote
How to set it up
- Drape the blanket over the sofa and the floor in front of it.
- Get the device down to the pet’s eye level.
- Set a short countdown and take Grid of four.
What to try
- A smile sound just before the photo for a head tilt.
- Retro 70s or Garden party skins.
- Grid of four
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
- Countdown
- Every plan
- Smile sounds
- Free: 21 built-in sounds; before the photo only; Personal and White label: 21 built-in sounds, and on a remote button
- Ready-made skins
- Free: ZeroCapture and ZeroCapture light; Personal: Any of the 12 ready-made skins; White label: All 12, plus your own
Fundraisers and charity eventsIdea by ZeroCapture
A photo for every donor
A branded photo for every donor, the cause’s logo on each one, and a donation QR beside the booth (that is the organiser’s own, not the app’s).
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen
- The cause’s logo
- A printed donation QR code of your own
How to set it up
- Stamp the cause’s logo on every photo.
- Put the event name in the caption.
- Share photos by QR, with your donation QR on a card beside the booth.
What to try
- Backdrops that show what the money pays for.
- Logo stamped on photos
- White label only
- Caption on photos
- Personal and White label only
- QR download over the venue’s Wi-Fi
- Free: Links last 8 hours; Personal: Links last 1 hour to 14 days; White label: Links last 1 hour to 30 days
Clubs and teamsIdea by ZeroCapture
End-of-season player cards
End-of-season photos, “player card” frames, the club crest on every photo, and kids’ teams with parents on the remote.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green screen
- A player-card frame (a PNG with a clear middle)
- The club crest
How to set it up
- Import the player-card frame and make it the default.
- Stamp the crest on every photo.
- One event per team keeps each squad together.
What to try
- Grid of four for the whole bench.
- Your own frames
- Free: 1; Personal: Up to 10; White label: Unlimited
- Logo stamped on photos
- White label only
- Grid of four
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
- Events
- Free: 1 event; Personal and White label: Unlimited
Outdoor and gardenIdea by ZeroCapture
Garden and outdoor booth
Shade over the screen, the screen weighted or clipped against wind, late-afternoon light and the device charging from a power bank.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A gazebo or shade over the screen
- Weights or clips for the screen
- A power bank for the device
How to set it up
- Keep direct sun off the screen: even shade keys far better than patchy sun.
- Calibrate again when the light changes.
- No Wi-Fi? Turn on the device’s hotspot for QR sharing.
What to try
- Shoot in the hour before sunset for warm, soft light.
- Green-screen calibration
- Every plan
- QR download over the venue’s Wi-Fi
- Free: Links last 8 hours; Personal: Links last 1 hour to 14 days; White label: Links last 1 hour to 30 days
Themed worldsIdea by ZeroCapture
Themed worlds
Haunted house, space station, 1920s speakeasy, pirate ship: a set of backdrops, matching frames and a rail of costumes and props. Everything the guest sees fits the theme, including the wording.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A set of backdrops and frames for the theme
- A rail of costumes and props
- A skin in the theme’s colours
How to set it up
- Put the theme’s backdrops and frames in their own collection.
- Reword the guest messages to match (“Walk the plank!”).
- Pick or build a skin to suit.
What to try
- Props in strong, matte colours: nothing green, nothing shiny.
- Collections
- Personal: Up to 3; White label: Unlimited
- Custom wording
- White label only
- Skins
- Free: ZeroCapture and ZeroCapture light; Personal: Any of the 12 ready-made skins; White label: All 12, plus your own
Vintage studioIdea by ZeroCapture
The vintage studio
A retro photographer’s studio: sepia and film backdrops, a Retro 70s or Monochrome skin, a costume rack and a stool.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- Sepia or film-style backdrops
- A costume rack and a stool
- A frame with an old-photo edge
How to set it up
- Import the backdrops and the frame.
- Apply the Retro 70s or Monochrome skin.
- Use Strip of three for a booth strip.
What to try
- A caption in the style of an old studio stamp.
- Ready-made skins
- Free: ZeroCapture and ZeroCapture light; Personal: Any of the 12 ready-made skins; White label: All 12, plus your own
- Your own frames
- Free: 1; Personal: Up to 10; White label: Unlimited
- Strip of three
- Free: Single and Two up, and layout packs; Personal and White label: All 4, and layout packs
See yourself hereIdea by ZeroCapture
See yourself here
For estate agents, tourism and retail: “see yourself in your new home”, “on this holiday”, “at our opening”. A branded, one-backdrop setup on a stand.
What you need, how to set it up, what to try
What you need
- A green panel on the stand
- One backdrop: the home, the resort, the shop
- A branded frame
How to set it up
- Import the one backdrop and set it as the default.
- Add a branded frame and the brand’s logo and website.
- Share by QR so people take it home.
What to try
- Hide the backdrop choice, so every photo is the scene you’re selling.
- Your own backdrops
- Free: Up to 3; Personal: Up to 20; White label: Unlimited
- Your own frames
- Free: 1; Personal: Up to 10; White label: Unlimited
- Your logo and website
- Personal: ZeroCapture emblem, can be hidden; White label: Your logo
- Business use (charging, venues, clients)
- White label only
