Create your own graphics?
The ability to add your own designs to your layouts is one of
the most powerful tools that you can use to customize
Simple Booth. After creating the designs with your preferred
program, we make it easy for you to upload those files into
the app.
If you haven’t used graphics editing programs in the past,
never fear! We recommend some affordable and user
friendly programs at the end of this guide.
What types of graphics can I upload?
Simple Booth Classic: customize the pictures with logos.
HALO: customize the pictures with logos, margins
backgrounds, green screen backgrounds, overlays, and print
graphics. Certain HALO plans support custom props, full-
screen app backgrounds, and gallery graphics for a more
customized experience.
Design Guide
Follow these recommendations
when creating graphics for your
booth setup.
Helpful Resources
Preping iPad for public use HALO Event Kit setup guide Printing Help
Pre-Event Checklist Getting Started Guide
What exactly does each graphic
customize?
Logo: logos appear above, next to, or below the pictures in
your layout.
Background: the background setting will upload behind the
pictures in your layout. This setting fills in the margins
around the photos rather than the background in the photos
themselves.
Green Screen Background: upload image(s) to use together
with a green screen backdrop. This setting replaces the
background guests are standing in front of.
Overlay: the overlay setting will upload your graphic above
your finished layout. These files must be saved with
transparency so that your pictures will show through your
design.
Page Backgrounds: upload an image to use as the
background of the start and edit screen pages. We also
support video start screens!
Gallery Graphics: upload gallery logos and link them to your
website, and advertisements to play during your Live Feed.
Custom Props: use unique props during your event.
Print Graphics: print full-bleed, professional prints by
uploading graphics designed to work with your printer.
Sizing your design
File types
Simple Booth accepts JPEG and PNG files. A PNG
(transparent) file must be used for any file that requires
transparent elements, like props and overlays.
Video start screens support MP4 files.
Determining size
Use the specs toward the end of this article to determine
what size to make green screens, full screen app
backgrounds, gallery graphics, props, and print graphics.
Use the specs immediately on the next page to determine
what size to make your logos, backgrounds, and overlays. As
an alternative option, you can reference your preset settings
to determine an appropriate size.
Either way, you will need to make some layout decisions
before creating your design. The size of your graphics
depends on the layout type, crop type, margin thickness,
iPad orientation, and whether you are using a logo in
addition to your background or overlay.*
Once you have made decisions about all of those elements,
you are ready to reference the recommended size and start
designing!
Note: these overlay sizing suggestions are based on layouts without logos. Adding a logo
to your layout will slightly change the overall layout size.
In order to use a logo together with a background or overlay, first create and upload the
logo, then reference the new size displayed in your design panel.
Logos
Overlays & Margin Backgrounds
Green Screen
Start Screen or Edit Screen Background
Maximum logo file size is 4MB.
Maximum overlay & background file size is 8MB.
Green screen graphics should be sized according to
iPad orientation.
Recommended Sizes:
Landscape: 1280x960px
Portrait: 960x1280px
Square: 960x960px
Aspect Ratio: Reference your iPad size to determine an
aspect ratio for start screen graphics and videos.
Portrait
iPad 9.7’’
1536x2048
1668x2224
1668x2388
2048x2732
2048x1536
2224x1668
2388x1668
2732x2048
iPad 10.5’’
iPad 11’’
iPad 12.9’’
Landscape
Maximum green screen file size is 4MB.
Gallery Logos
The recommended resolution is 540x360px.
The top and bottom gallery graphics will be resized
depending on your screen size.
On desktop the graphics are constrained to 180x728px,
preserving the aspect ratio. On mobile, the width of the
graphics are 60% of the screen width and the height is
adjusted accordingly.
Maximum gallery file size is 4MB.
Live Feed Ads
Props
Print Graphics
The recommended resolution is 1920x1080px, and the
file size must be less than 6MB.
Live Feed ads support GIFs in addition to PNG and
JPEG files.
Prop resolutions can vary depending on your prop, and
the file size must be less than 1MB.
The props feature supports PDF and PNG files.
The recommended resolution will depend on your layout
choice and your paper size. Please refer to the print-panel in
your app to determine the appropriate resolution for print
graphics.
Prints support GIFs in addition to PNG and JPEG files (print
overlays must be PNGs).
Maximum Live Feed file size is 6MB.
Maximum prop file size is 1MB.
Maximum gallery file size is 8MB.
Graphics Editing Programs
Not familiar with the right kind of software? Any of these
programs can be used to make designs for Simple Booth apps.
More Difficult
Less Difficult
Affinity Designer / Affinity Photo: a paid
program similar to Photoshop. Affinity can be
used in a browser or mobile app.
Pixlr: a free program similar to Photoshop. Pixlr
can be used in a browser or mobile app.
Canva: a (mostly) free, user friendly program.
Canva can be used in a browser or mobile app.
Canva requires a fee to save transparent files
(i.e., overlays).
Vintage Designs: a paid, user friendly program
great for making logos. Vintage Designs cannot
be used to make overlays and is only available
as an iOS app.
Video Conversion and Compression
Video Editing Programs
Created your masterpiece but the file isn’t an MP4?
Convert the file quickly and easily!
Realized your file is too big? Compress your MP4 file from the
same site. Start by uploading your file and choosing a
“constant rate factor.” The recommended rate factor depends
on how big your file is to start with. Smaller rate factors offer
less compression and the bigger rate factors result in more
compression.
Here are some examples for reference:
Constant Rate FactorOriginal File Size
25About 50MB
30About 100MB
35About 150MB
About 18MB
About 20MB
About 17MB
Compressed Output
Editing videos requires unique software. Most video editing
software must be downloaded to a computer (in other words,
videos typically are not edited in web browsers).
More Difficult
Less Difficult
Adobe Premiere Rush or Premiere Pro: Adobe’s
answers to video editing, the Premiere
programs feel similar to Photoshop. Both
programs offer a free trial, and upgrading to a
paid plan offers unlimited use and features.
iMovie: iMovie is a free tool that comes
preinstalled on Mac computers, it can be used
to make both simple and complex edits to
videos.
OpenShot Video Editor: a free, open source
video editor that comes with a built in tutorial
to get you started.
Adobe Premiere Rush or Premiere Pro: Adobe’s
answers to video editing, the Premiere
programs feel similar to Photoshop. Both
programs offer a free trial, and upgrading to a
paid plan offers unlimited use and features.
iMovie: iMovie is a free tool that comes
preinstalled on Mac computers, it can be used
to make both simple and complex edits to
videos.
OpenShot Video Editor: a free, open source
video editor that comes with a built in tutorial
to get you started.
Video Start Screen Sizes -
Aspect Ratio
Reference your iPad size to determine an aspect ratio for start
screen graphics and videos.
Portrait
iPad 9.7’’
iPad 10.5’’
iPad 11’’
iPad 12.9’’
2048 x 1536px1536 x 2048px
2224 x 1668px1668 x 2224px
2388 x 1668px1668 x 2388px
2732 x 2048px2048 x 2732px
Landscape