Experience View

Experience View is the full-screen runtime environment where guests interact with the photo booth. When an operator clicks Start Photo Booth, FMX enters Experience View and begins running the workflow. Everything the guest sees on the booth display is rendered through this view.

Screen Layer Architecture

Experience View composites six layers from bottom to top. Each layer serves a distinct purpose and can be configured independently through the workflow and theme settings.

Layer 1: Timeless Background

The bottom-most layer. Displays a persistent background that remains visible throughout the entire session. This can be a static image, a looping video, or an animated sequence. It provides the visual foundation that shows through any transparent areas in the layers above.

Layer 2: Live View

The camera's real-time preview feed. When a Live View workflow step is active, this layer shows what the camera sees, giving guests a mirror-like view of themselves. Webcam, Canon, Sony, and supported Nikon feeds can be displayed here. This layer also handles chroma key processing when green screen or blue screen mode is enabled.

Layer 3: Main Animation

Workflow step animations play on this layer. Countdown timers, transition effects, instructional animations, and step-specific visual sequences are all rendered here. This layer activates and deactivates as the workflow moves between steps.

Layer 4: Feature Layer

Interactive elements and AI processing results appear on this layer. This includes:

• On-screen buttons -- Touch targets for guest selections
• Input forms -- Email, SMS, and survey data collection fields
• AI results -- Output from cloud AI services such as headshot generation, drawing effects, background removal, and style modification
• Selection grids -- Photo selection interfaces for multi-capture workflows

Layer 5: Timeless Foreground

A persistent overlay that sits above all dynamic content. Use this for decorative frames, borders, vignettes, or any visual element that should remain visible regardless of what workflow step is active. Like the Timeless Background, this layer persists across the entire session.

Layer 6: Branding Overlay

The top-most layer. Displays company logos, watermarks, or sponsor branding configured in the Theme settings on Foto Master Cloud. This layer ensures branding is always visible on top of all other content.

Camera Behavior in Experience View

Camera behavior during photo capture differs by camera type:

• Canon DSLR/Mirrorless -- The live view feed blacks out briefly while the camera captures the full-resolution photo, then resumes immediately after. This momentary blackout is normal and expected.
• Sony Mirrorless -- FMX may pause the Sony live preview while taking a photo, then restart it after the photo is saved.
• Nikon DSLR/Mirrorless -- FMX may pause the Nikon live preview while taking a photo, then restart it after the photo is saved.
• Webcam -- The live view feed stays on continuously. Photo capture grabs a frame from the video stream without interrupting the preview.

During Record Video, FMX records from the selected camera's live preview. This works with webcams, Canon cameras, Sony cameras, and compatible Nikon cameras when their live preview is available.

Cloud AI Services

FMX connects to Foto Master's cloud AI services during the session. These services process images in the cloud and return results that appear in the Feature Layer:

• Headshot/Modify generation -- AI-generated portrait enhancements
• Background removal -- Automatic subject isolation
• Style modification -- Artistic filters and style transfers
• Drawing effects -- Sketch, cartoon, and illustration transforms

AI requests are sent asynchronously. The workflow can continue or display a processing animation while waiting for results.

Key Fob Actions

FMX supports a hardware key fob with four configurable buttons (A, B, C, D). Each button can be mapped to a specific action in the workflow:

• Trigger photo capture
• Skip to the next workflow step
• Select an option
• Restart the session

Key fob actions are configured per workflow step in the experience design on Foto Master Cloud.

Local Asset Storage

All assets used by Experience View are stored locally after syncing:

• Path -- {BaseFolder}/Events/{EventDisplay}/
• Contents -- Images, animations, videos, sounds, overlays, and layout files
• Offline operation -- Because assets are stored locally, Experience View runs without an internet connection after the initial sync

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See also: Select, Sync, Play, Session Lifecycle, Main Dashboard