Introduction: Raspberry Pi Photobooth

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This instructable will show you how to make your own Raspberry Pi Photobooth!

This was a http://www.sydneyunimaker.club project for the Sydney Mini Maker Faire

What you will need:

  1. A Raspberry Pi (~$35 AUD) (I used a B but other models should probably work)
  2. A Raspberry Pi Camera (~$40 AUD) (I used Rev 1.3)
  3. An HDMI screen (~$100 AUD)(I used something similar to http://www.ebay.com/itm/7-7-inch-TFT-LCD-Module-w-... but any should do
  4. A button (~$15 AUD) (I used little bird big red button from http://littlebirdelectronics.com.au/products/big-d... )

The photobooth takes three photos and generates a bmp photostrip with a header of your choice!

Step 1: Set Up on RPi

To attach the camera watch the video here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/help/camera-module-set...

Then install python-picamera by following the instructions here: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/usage/ca...

You also need to install the python-pygame package

Make sure your rpi boots to a console rather than a desktop by following this: http://ask.xmodulo.com/disable-desktop-gui-raspber...

Connect the button to GPIO04 ( pin 7 ) and ground on the rpi. Look up which one using this site: http://docs.oracle.com/javame/8.0/get-started-rpi/...

If you bought the same button i did, you can also power the buttons LED from the 5v pin on RPi so it lights up when pushed.

Step 2: Photobooth Script

Run "git clone https://github.com/da-steve101/photobooth.git" from the console after you are logged in. This will download the python script. Now run "cd photobooth && sudo ./photobooth.py" to launch the photobooth app

The images are in "images/"

To change the header on the top of the photostrip replace the makerHeader.png

Make sure it is the same size and has a transparent background. I made these images with Gimp.

I had an 8Gb sd card. This should be enough space for most events (300 strips i reckon but not tested). Currently the script saves the images in /media/disk/Photobooth_images/image_*/* (I had a separate disk mounted but you don't have to have one)

Each folder has the 3 original images in it and the generated strip

I had intended to get a printer and print it (looking at http://www.zink.com/) but ran out of time. Also grab a $100 ottoman for a seat and make a wooden frame to mount the electronics. An ottoman is great cause you can store costume stuff inside it.

That all there is too it :) any bugs or patches create an issue or pull request at the github. It is very hacky and only tested a couple of times.