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Excess Media Capture

Excess Media Capture lets you take more photos than your chosen template requires and then select your favorites before saving.

This feature gives photographers and users more creative control and flexibility during sessions. It’s ideal for ensuring every shot looks its best, especially when working with groups, professional clients, or in fast-paced roaming events.

Whether you are using Photo Booth Mode or Roaming Mode, this feature helps you capture extra moments and pick only the ones worth keeping.

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Important Notes
Known Limitations
What is Excess Media Capture
How It Works
Setting Up in Snappic (Step-by-Step)
Benefits for Roaming and Photo Booth Modes
Usage Tips and Advanced Tips
Best Practices
Final Tips
Contact Support

Important Notes

➡️ Cross-Mode Compatibility – Works in both Photo Booth Mode and Roaming Mode.

➡️ Supported Templates – Works with any multi-photo template

Known Limitations

⚠️ Excess Capture Storage (Photo Booth Only): In Photo Booth Mode, only the selected captures are saved to the gallery. Unused captures are automatically discarded after selection. This limitation does not apply to Roaming Mode, where extra captures can be saved as new sessions.

⚠️ Template Type Support: Excess Media Capture supports Photo, Boomerang, and GIF templates. It does not support Video templates in either Photo Booth or Roaming Mode.

⚠️ Extra Steps: Excess Media Capture adds an extra review step to the workflow. This gives operators more control over which images are saved, but it can introduce a slightly longer process for guests or photographers. If a more seamless, fast-paced experience is preferred, users can disable Excess Media Capture, allowing sessions to proceed directly to saving and sharing without the additional selection step.

What is Excess Media Capture

Excess Media Capture allows you to capture more photos than your template requires, review them immediately, and choose the best ones to include in your session output.

Example: If you are using a 3-photo strip template, you can capture six photos or more instead of just three. Once all shots are taken, you can select which three you want to keep.

This feature is especially useful for:

✅ Group photos that may require multiple takes

✅ Roaming photographers who capture guests quickly.

✅ Ensuring perfect expressions or poses before saving.

How It Works

When Excess Media Capture is enabled, the app allows you to take more captures than your selected template requires.
After capturing, a selection screen appears where you can tap to keep or discard images.
The selected images are processed and saved to the event gallery.
If you are in Photo Booth Mode, the unused images are discarded automatically once the session is finalized.
In Roaming Mode, you can save unselected photos as a new session if you desire to do so. The previously unused images that were not chosen will appear in the new live view for you to use as a next session.

Setting Up in Snappic (Step-by-Step)

Open your event in the Snappic Dashboard.
Go to Event Options → Roaming → Toggle on 'Allow Excess Media Capture'.

Save and sync your event to the Snappic app.
During capture, take more photos than your template requires.

On the selection screen, tap to keep or discard each image.

Confirm your selections to finalize the output.

Benefits for Roaming and Photo Booth Modes

Benefit	Photo Booth Mode	Roaming Mode
Guest Experience	Guests can take extra photos before finalizing their session.	A photographer can capture multiple shots per guest quickly without restarting between captures.
Control	Guests review all captured photos and select which ones to save.	Guests or the photographer select the best shots or save unused ones as a new session.
Workflow	Works and app experience, experience selection, filters, and AI FX. Keeps the booth experience seamless.	Ideal for high-volume or candid event photography.
Output	Only selected captures are saved to the gallery.	Selected photos are saved instantly, and extra captures can optionally be saved as separate sessions.

💡 Tip: Excess Media Capture helps maintain consistent quality in both booth and roaming workflows by allowing operators to save only the best images.

Usage Tips and Advanced Tips

✅ Use this feature during group shots or candid roaming sessions to get multiple options fast.

✅ Combine with Approval Requests for full control before saving.

✅ On iPhones, keep the Digital Props/Gallery panel minimized for a cleaner interface when previewing multiple captures by double-tapping on the arrow button to minimize it.

✅ If using AI-FX and Online background removal, only approved final selections will consume credits. Credits are only used for the images that are actually saved to the final output. Any captures that are not selected will not be processed and will not consume credits.

✅ Ideal for corporate photographers or wedding roaming setups where retakes are common.

Best Practices

✅ Do’s:

Enable this feature when you need creative flexibility.
Review selections with guests before saving.
Pair with Approval Requests for higher quality assurance.

⚠️ Dont's:

Do not exceed excessive capture counts at large events, as it can slow down the workflow.
Do not forget to sync changes after toggling this setting in the Dashboard.

Final Tips

Use it alongside Approval Request and Captured Media Previews to create a polished, efficient photography workflow that feels professional and guest-friendly.