Configuration

The photobooth is highly customizable, from within the application itself or using configuration files.

Available configuration options

Changing configuration options

Default values with a short description of their meaning are given in photobooth/defaults.cfg. To change configuration values, do not edit this file but instead do one of the following:

1. Modify settings via GUI

Start the photobooth, select Settings and change the configuration values there. You can change to the different tabs and adjust everything to your needs, before clicking Save and restart.

This is the recommended way for unexperienced users or if you want to quickly change a value.

After saving, a configuration file photobooth.cfg in your top folder is created or updated, which contains your custom settings. Any values in there take precedence over the default values in photobooth/defaults.cfg.

2. Modify settings via configuration files

You can edit the configuration before/without starting the application. For that, edit the configuration file photobooth.cfg in your top folder. This is useful, e.g., after a fresh installation, when you need to change resolution, full screen mode, or similar options before running the application for the first time.

If it does not yet exist (e.g., after a fresh installation), create it as a copy of photobooth/defaults.cfg:

cp photobooth/defaults.cfg photobooth.cfg

The entries in the file take the following form:

[Category]
key1 = value a
key2 = value b

For a description of all available configuration values, have a look at the explanations in photobooth/defaults.cfg.

All configuration values in your photobooth.cfg are used instead of the default values in photobooth/defaults.cfg.