The first thing VertexBooth shows you is a list of profiles, and it is not obvious what a profile is or why you would want more than one. Getting this straight early saves you rebuilding a booth later.
What a profile actually is
A profile is the whole booth. Every screen the guest sees, the print design, the prices, how photos are delivered, and which camera and printer to use are all inside it. Whichever profile is selected is the one that runs, and the one Studio edits.
That means you can keep a wedding booth and a corporate booth on the same computer, each with its own look and pricing, and switch between them in a couple of clicks.
1. Start from the right place
You have three ways to make a profile, and picking the wrong one is the usual first mistake.
- New gives you an empty booth with nothing in it. Choose this only if you genuinely want to build every screen yourself.
- Duplicate copies the profile you have selected. This is almost always what you want. Build one booth you are happy with, then duplicate it for each new venue or event style.
- Import from file loads a profile someone sent you, or one you exported from another machine.
Import never overwrites. It always adds a profile alongside the ones you already have, so you cannot lose a working booth by importing something on top of it.
2. Give it a name you will recognize later
Use Rename and be specific. “Wedding – 2×6 strips – paid” tells you more at 7am on an install day than “Booth 2” does.
3. Open Studio and work down the Home page
With your profile selected, click Open Studio. The Home page runs a check of everything that has to be right and tells you what is not.
Each line is clickable and takes you straight to the page that fixes it. Work down until the list is green, rather than hunting through the sidebar guessing which page you need.
4. Know which settings follow the profile and which do not
Most settings live in the profile and travel with it. A few belong to the computer instead, and in the sidebar they are labeled this PC. Testing, the license and updates are the main ones.
This catches people out. Export a profile, load it on the booth computer at the venue, and the test mode setting does not come with it. That is on purpose, but it means you check test mode on every machine rather than assuming it came along for the ride.
5. Back it up before you need to
Use Export to file once your booth is set up the way you like it, and keep the file somewhere that is not the booth computer. A profile is hours of work, and booth computers live hard lives in the backs of vans.
Common questions
How many profiles can I have?
As many as you like. They cost nothing while they sit there unselected.
If I change a setting, which profile does it change?
The one selected in the launcher, which is the one named under the VertexBooth logo at the top of the Studio sidebar. Check that name before making changes you care about.
Can I move a booth to a new computer?
Yes. Export the profile on the old machine, import it on the new one, then set up the hardware and check the this PC settings, because those do not travel.