1. Event Hash Tag
Select the hashtag to monitor on Instagram and/or Twitter. This should be specific to your event to prevent unwanted photos from being downloaded.
2. Check Availability
Click the check availability check mark to check to see if your hashtag has been used before on Instagram. Checking something like #wedding will prove to be a poor choice, as there are millions of photos uploaded for that hashtag. If there are no photos found, then you can assume that no one will accidentally be using your hashtag during your event.
This feature can also be used to download previously uploaded photos for your hahstag from Instagram that may have been uploaded prior to the event or while the software was not running. Instagram has a habit of reporting more photos than are actually available, so the reported number may be different than what you can actually download. If photos are already downloaded, this will more than likely result in duplicates. If you want to avoid this, delete or rename the event folder in Windows explorer and let BYO Booth download them all.
3. Event Hash Tag #2
Select the hashtag to monitor on Instagram and/or Twitter. This should be specific to your event to prevent unwanted photos from being downloaded. These photos will be saved under the 1st hashtag folder.
4. Photo Save Folder
This is where you would like BYO Booth to save downloaded images. The default is C:\BYOBooth. A new subfolder will be created for each hashtag you use.
5. Enable Instagram
Enable or disable Instagram. You also have the following options:
6. Instagram Options
1. Download Instragram photos
2. Download Instagram videos
3. Log in to an Instagram account - This will enable the program to search for new photos quicker as an authenticated user.
4. Auto Like: If you are logged in, this will automatically like incoming Instagram photos and video, showing your Instagram account as the "liker", encouraging the user to explore your account and possibly like it in return.
7. Enable Twitter
Enable or disable Instagram. You also have the following options:
8. Twitter Options
Download Twitter photos.
Download Twitter Tweets (text).
Log in to a Twitter account. Unlike Instagram, this is mandatory in order to use Twitter in BYO Booth.
9. Enable Watch Folder
You can have BYO Booth monitor a watch folder to add photos from other sources. Common uses of this is to watch the save folder of a photo booth, or to watch the save folder of an Eye-Fi card to incorporate photos from a roaming photographer. Watch folder photos will be center cropped and squared off to match the Instagram style photos.
10. Auto Start
Enable Auto Start if you want BYO Booth to startup and bypass the settings screen. You can return to the settings by pressing F1.
11. Foreign Hash Tag Placeholder
Enter an English word as a placeholder when using a foreign hashtag.
12. Chromecast Slideshow
Activate the Chromecast Slideshow functionality. Slideshow will play Instagram photos and videos and Twitter photos and text. Ads are not shows in the Slideshow.
The video below covers Instagram hash tag selection, slideshow background customization, photo storage location, slideshow speed and photo deletion.
General Tab Walkthrough