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Participant Editing Tools

Allow participants to make their own customizations

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Written by Emily Devlin
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Participants will have the opportunity to make a few choices about the appearance of their pictures both before and after capturing them—depending on your settings.

All customizations can be enabled from your preset settings in the Photo Design, Chroma Key, and Photo Editing panels.

⚠️ Not all customizations are available on all plans. See below for availability. ⚠️


These options appear after participants tap to start but before their picture is captured.

They can also be made available post-capture via participant editing tools.

Multiple Layouts

Participants can choose between four layout types:

  • 1x1 (Single Photo)

  • GIF

  • Live GIF

  • Rebound

💡 We hope to introduce more layout types & flexibility within this tool in the future!

Multiple Overlays

Enable this to let participants choose from a selection of overlays before taking their photo.

Background Replacement

Plans that support multiple backgrounds per preset will allow participants to choose their preferred background.

Use a green or blue backdrop, or

Glam Filter

Smooth wrinkles and blemishes with this beautifying filter.

  • Default filter type and strength are set in advance.

  • Two styles:

    • Glam-more – optimized for darker skin tones

    • Glam – optimized for lighter skin tones

💡 We recommend enabling glam as a post-capture tool as well, so participants can pick the best strength & option for themselves.


These tools appear after the photo(s) are taken. Some tools offer deeper customization depending on your plan.

To enable post-capture tools:

  1. Go to your Photo Editing panel

  2. Click “Manage Tools”

  3. Activate or deactivate tools using arrow icons or by dragging

  4. Reorder tools using drag & drop

📍 A retake button is always available — even if all other edit tools are disabled.


Layout

Let participants choose from available layout types.


📍 Layout options are limited by how many frames were originally captured (e.g., a 1x3 strip can’t be created from a single photo).

To configure:

  • Go to your Photo Editing panel

  • Click the Edit icon in the Layout row

  • Move desired layouts to the “selected” column


Overlays & Background Replacement

When these pre-capture tools are in use, they can also be enabled as post-capture tools too.


Glam Filter

Let guests adjust the filter type and strength.

Not configurable.


Crop

Allows participants to change crop type.

Not configurable.


GIF Speed

For GIF layouts only — participants can speed up or slow down playback.

Not configurable.


Rearrange

Participants can shuffle the frame order in multi-frame layouts.

Not configurable.


Adds auto-sized digital props using face detection. We have a library of free, pre-made prop packs; or custom props (not available on all plans) can be pre-configured in a Prop Editor.

📍 If no face is detected, the tool is disabled.

To configure:

  • Method 1: Use the Photo Editing panel to move props to the “selected” column

  • Method 2: Use the Props panel to browse prop packs

    • All stickers in a pack are auto-selected by default

    • Deselect any undesired props before saving


Stickers

Participants can drag, drop, and resize stickers on their layout.

To configure:

  • Upload your sticker files in the Stickers panel


Margin Color

Participants can change the margin color of their layout.

📍 Tool is disabled if your layout has no margins.

To configure:

  • Open the Photo Editing panel

  • Click Edit in the Color tool row

  • Activate/deactivate default colors using arrows or drag

  • Use the "+" icon to add custom colors via color wheel or hex code


Drawing

Allows freehand doodling on the photo.

Color Configuration:

  • Access from the Photo Editing panel

  • Click Edit in the Drawing tool row

  • Manage colors the same way as Margin Color

Drawable Area Configuration:

  • Find the Drawing Panel (below Photo Editing)

  • Tap “Choose Area” to restrict drawing zones

  • Add an optional custom prompt


    📍 Avoid configuring drawable areas from the online dashboard—use the app instead.


Filters

Adjust warmth, coolness, or apply B&W effects.

To configure:

  • Open the Photo Editing panel

  • Click Edit in the Filters row

  • Move desired filters to the “selected” column


Tips

💡 Limit to 1–3 editing tools per event to avoid overwhelming guests and slowing session times.

💡 Incompatible tools will be auto-disabled based on settings and layouts.

💡 Be cautious when using crop/layout edits with custom graphics. Test thoroughly to ensure design elements (like logos or overlays) translate well across all enabled options.


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Multiple Layouts

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Multiple Overlays

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Background Replacement

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Glam Filter

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Crop

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GIF Speed

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Rearrange

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Prop Pack Library

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Custom Props

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Stickers

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Margin Color

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Drawing

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Layout

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Filters

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