Raspberry Pi Photo Booth
The code for my Raspberry Pi Photo Booth (Version 2)
KNOWN ISSUES
- Does not work on Raspian Bullseye, due to changes affecting PiCamera. USE AN OLDER VERSION OF RASPIAN INSTEAD (e.g. Buster).
Instructions
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Build a photo booth (see below)
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Connect your Pi and PiCamera
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Connect a button to the Pi's GPIO21 and Ground pins.
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Install git & pip & pillow (which replaces PIL)
apt update && apt install git python-pip python-imaging -
Clone the code:
git clone https://github.com/jibbius/raspberry_pi_photo_booth.git -
Install dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
(Or, if you are using python3: python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt)
- Activate picamera in raspi-config:
sudo raspi-config
You must have camera connected to avoid the error:
mmal: mmal_vc_component_create: failed to create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1:ENOMEM) mmal: mmal_component_create_core: could not create component 'vc.ril.camera' (1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "./camera.py", line 45, in <module> camera = picamera.PiCamera() File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/picamera/camera.py", line 431, in __init__ self._init_camera(camera_num, stereo_mode, stereo_decimate) File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/picamera/camera.py", line 460, in _init_camera "Camera is not enabled. Try running 'sudo raspi-config' " picamera.exc.PiCameraError: Camera is not enabled. Try running 'sudo raspi-config' and ensure that the camera has been enabled.
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Run:
python ./camera.py -
Photos will get saved to photos directory where you can elect to publish them later.
More detailed instructions available on the blog:
jackbarker.com.au/photo-booth/
Contributing
I am happy for anyone to submit issues and pull requests.
A special thank you to all those who have submitted issues, and pull requests.
Version History
- 2.1 (2018-04-30)
- Allow "get ready" overlay images, to contain transparent sections.
- Previously, when photo resolution was increased an "out of memory" error would occur during playback. Now fixed. (Special thanks: Daniel).
- Config moved to
camera-config.yaml, in anticipation of new functionality ("coming soon").
- 2.0 (2018-04-10)
- Move all config into a separate file.
- Introduce YAML dependency.
- Introduce version history.
- Updated readme with additional installation instructions (Special thanks: ieguiguren).
- 1.2 (2018-02-28)
- Add debounce timer functionality to prevent accidental button presses due to EM interference (Special thanks: Andre).
- 1.1 (2018-01)
- Correction to Python header (Credit: ieguiguren).
- 1.0 (2017-05)
- Initial version.
License
This code is free to be used and modified in any manner that you would like.
Attribution is encouraged, but not required.