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# Applying an AI Effect to Photos

This is where the magic happens. Here's how guests apply AI effects to their photos — and what you can control behind the scenes.

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## The Guest Experience

1. Guest sees the available effects on the **attraction screen** and **picks one first**
2. Guest takes their photo on the **capture screen**
3. The AI processes the photo with the selected effect (takes a few seconds)
4. The transformed result appears on the **share screen**
5. Guest can share or print the result

[screenshot: Attraction screen with effect selection]

It's designed to be intuitive — guests choose the style first, so they know what they're getting before they pose.

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## What Gets Transformed?

The AI effect is applied to the guest's **captured photos**. Depending on your settings, it can be applied to:

* **One photo** — Just the first or selected photo
* **Multiple photos** — All photos in the session

This is controlled by the **Max AI Photos Count** setting (see below).

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## Behind the Scenes

When the AI processes a photo:

1. The photo is uploaded to ALIVE's AI processing service
2. The AI model applies the style transformation
3. The result is returned as a high-quality image matching the original resolution
4. Credits are deducted from your account

|| If the AI processing fails (network issues, server overload), the original photo is kept as a fallback. Guests won't be stuck with a blank screen.

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## Settings That Affect AI Effects

These settings are found in the **Effects** tab:

* **Max AI Tries (Coming Soon)** — Will let you control how many times a guest can retry applying effects per session. Currently fixed at 1
* **Max AI Photos Count** — How many photos the effect is applied to (default: 1)
* **Auto-Apply AI** — Controls whether the effect is applied automatically after the photo is taken, or if the guest needs to manually press a button to generate it. When set to manual, retrying is easier since the guest can simply press the button again

See the next articles for details on each setting.