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Printing ALIVE Effect Photos

The ALIVE Effect creates both a video and a still photo. When it comes to printing, there are a few things to know about how ALIVE handles the output.

What Gets Printed?

Printers can't print videos (yet — give it a few years). When a guest prints an ALIVE session, the still photo is what gets printed using your selected template layout.

The animated video is for digital sharing only — QR code, SMS, email, and native share.

Print Layout for ALIVE

ALIVE has a special print configuration for the ALIVE Effect. The printed output uses the same template as your regular photos, but the photo used is the still capture from the ALIVE session.

[screenshot: ALIVE print output example]

Tips for ALIVE Printing

Make sure your template looks good with a single photo — ALIVE sessions typically produce one hero shot, so templates with a single large photo slot work best
Preview before the event — Take a test ALIVE capture and print it to make sure the output looks right
Combine with multi-photo templates — If your template has multiple slots, the regular photos fill the slots and the ALIVE video is available as a separate digital-only output

The Best of Both Worlds

With ALIVE, guests get:

A physical print to take home from the event
A digital animated video to share on social media

That combo is powerful. The print lives on someone's fridge. The video lives on their Instagram story. You win either way.

If printing is your priority and you don't need the video, you can skip the ALIVE Effect entirely and stick with standard photo capture. But honestly — why would you?

Updated on: 17/03/2026

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