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# Going Live — Starting and Pausing an Event

This is the moment. You've set up your event, picked your template, loaded your effects — now it's time to let your guests loose. Going live activates the photo booth and switches your iPad into full-screen capture mode.

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## How to Go Live

1. Open the event you want to run
2. Tap the **Go Live** button
3. The app switches to the **capture screen** — your booth is now active

[screenshot: Go Live button on event screen]

That's it. Guests can now step up and start taking photos.

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## What Happens When You Go Live?

* The screen enters **full-screen capture mode** — no navigation bars, no distractions
* The camera preview fills the display
* The idle screen / screen saver will show when no one is using the booth
* Guests tap the screen (or the booth auto-starts, depending on your settings) to begin a photo session

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## Pausing an Event

Need to take a break? Swap a backdrop? Refill the printer paper?

1. Tap the **back button** or enter your **exit password** to leave the capture screen
2. You'll return to the event screen
3. The event is now paused — no one can take photos until you go live again

To resume, just tap **Go Live** again.

| If you've set an exit password, guests won't be able to accidentally (or intentionally) exit the booth. Highly recommended for unattended setups.

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## Tips for Going Live

* **Test before you go live** — Take a few test photos to make sure your template, effects, and printer are all working
* **Charge your iPad** — Or better yet, keep it plugged in. A dead booth mid-event is not a good look
* **Lock rotation** — Make sure your iPad's rotation lock is on so the screen doesn't flip when guests get creative with angles
* **Set an exit password** — Especially if you're not standing next to the booth the entire time

|| Templates and effects are configured globally in their respective tabs — not inside the event. If you need to change them mid-event, pause the event, update the template or effects from their tabs, then go live again.