Dropbox Watch Folder
Connect your Salsa to a Dropbox account to automatically import captures from a folder or another photo booth to combine all of your event captures into one Live Gallery.
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Explainer
What Is Dropbox Watch Folder?
Dropbox Watch Folder provides you a way to automatically add captures taken from another photo booth to a Salsa Live Gallery.
Once turned on, Salsa will continuously check a selected Dropbox folder for any newly added images or videos and uploads them to a Salsa event. This allows guests to browse, select, and share from Gallery Mode or Sharing Station.
Dropbox Watch Folder is compatible with Legacy, Queso, and any other photo booths with Dropbox integration – including 360 booths.
Learn more about setting up Sharing Station and Dropbox Watch Folder for non-Salsa photo booths
How To
Connect Dropbox to Salsa
Connecting Dropbox to your Salsa account is required to use Dropbox Watch Folder and can be done from either the Salsa iOS app or web app.
To connect Dropbox to Salsa:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Click Manage Account
Click Integrations
Click Connect under Dropbox
Sign in to the Dropbox account
Click Allow for Salsa to access your Dropbox account
Note: Connecting Dropbox will also automatically upload captures taken with Salsa to that Dropbox account.
How To
Select a Folder to Watch
After connecting Dropbox, you’ll be able to select a specific folder for each event.
To select a Dropbox Watch Folder:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Select and event or create a new event
Click Configure Event
Click Select next to Dropbox Watch Folder under Event Info
Click the circle button to select that folder
Click Select Folder at the bottom of the folder list
Note: All image and video files added to a selected folder will be uploaded to the event’s Live Gallery, include files added to folders inside of the selected folder.
How To
Change the Selected Folder
You can change which folder is watched by removing the originally selected folder and choose another following the same steps above.
To change the Watch Folder:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Select the event
Click Configure Event
Click Remove next to Dropbox Watch Folder
Click Select Folder
Choose different folder from the list
How To
Stop Watching a Folder
If you want Salsa to stop watching a folder, simply remove the folder from the event.
To stop watching a folder:
Sign in to the Salsa web app
Select the event
Click Configure Event
Click Remove next to Dropbox Watch Folder
To restart watching the folder, select it again from the same settings screen.
Note: Any images or videos added while Dropbox Watch Folder is off will not be uploaded.
What To Know
Supported File Formats
Dropbox Watch Folder supports the following file formats and sizes:
JPEG/JPG images up to 50 MB
MP4 videos up to 50 MB
All other files added to the Watch Folder will be not uploaded to the Live Gallery.
What To Know
How Files Are Uploaded
After a folder has been selected to be watched, all supported images and videos added to the folder will be uploaded to the event’s Live Gallery.
Depending on the file size, it may take take a moment for the image or video to appear within the Live Gallery after it has been successfully uploaded and added to the Dropbox folder.
An image/video will not be uploaded to the event’s Live Gallery if:
The image/video is not in a supported file format
The image/video is added before the folder is selected
The image/video is added after the folder is removed
The image/video is taken by Salsa in the same event
What To Know
Differences Between Dropbox Syncing and Dropbox Watch Folder
Dropbox Watch Folder
When a supported image or video is added to a Dropbox folder, a copy is automatically uploaded and added to a Salsa event, Live Gallery, and Sharing Station.
This allows you to bring together captures from other photo booths into a single gallery.
Dropbox Sync
When a capture is taken on Salsa, a copy is automatically uploaded to a folder on a connected Dropbox account.
This allows you to easily access and use the files for printing, projecting, post-processing, or to be used as backup.
What To Know
Using Sharing Station with Dropbox Watch Folder
Dropbox Watch Folder works perfectly when paired with another one of Salsa’s features – Sharing Station.
Sharing Station is a dedicated mode for Salsa used specifically for displaying event captures and providing sharing options for guests to send it to themselves.
Enabling Sharing Station will allow you to use an iPad running the Salsa iOS app to display a gallery of the captures copied over from a Dropbox Watch Folder.
What To Know
Using Dropbox Watch Folder with Other Photo Booths
With both Dropbox Watch Folder and Sharing Station enabled, Salsa becomes the perfect tool for displaying captures taken on another photo booth to be shared via email, text, printed, and more.
Using Sharing Station to display captures taken on another booth also allows you to take advantage of other Salsa features such as:
Branded Live Gallery
Unlimited email and text
AirPrinting
AirDrop sharing
Sharing Stats for collecting email addresses and phone number
Surveys for collecting additional information from guests
Learn more about setting up Sharing Station with other photo booths
