Trying to find a PhotoBooth AppleScript

[semifamous]

I saw a cool idea at a wedding expo: There's a photobooth. The guests get in, take some pictures, and get to keep a couple for themselves and a couple go into the guestbook.

But the service costs $1100. The idea looks easy enough to do myself with a MacBook and an AppleScript.

The tricky part is that apparently nobody else has completely done this yet.

I found a request for exactly this on the Internet in the comments on one page, but the response doesn't instill much hope.

I found an example implementation, but it looks like it doesn't do everything quite right.

I don't have long-term access to a MacBook, or I'd try writing the AppleScript myself. I know friends who have MacBooks, but I can't borrow one for a week to try to set all of this up.

Does anyone know where I would begin to look for something like this? I asked Google where I can find info about "applescript photobooth print" (without the quotes) but I don't know how to further refine that search or if there's an AppleScript collection site somewhere that might have something like that.

[semifamous]

So apparently on the new PhotoBooth features page for OS 10.5, there looks like a paragraph about this:

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Share your smiles.

Taking photos is only half the fun. The real joy?s in the sharing. In Leopard, Photo Booth files automatically appear in your iPhoto library, complete with a Photo Booth keyword tag, so you can sort, send, and photocast them in a snap. And thanks to a new photo printing feature, you can choose a layout and add your favorite shots. Just like in a real photo booth.

So it looks like the print feature doesn't work like I expect in 10.4? I guess I'll have to wait until 10.5 then to get this feature. That's fine. The wedding's not until April anyway. =)

[semifamous]

Ok.

10.5 is out now, so instead of making a new thread, I figure I'll bring this one back up and look for ideas. Does anyone know now how to do this?

[osirisX]

The only thing I can think of is, take 4 photos (Not the 4 up). Once the photos are taken, select the 4 of them and click the iPhoto button. Each set of 4 will be created as an event. Then just print each event out as a contact sheet with 2 columns and no title.

[semifamous]

But can that be automated to happen automatically? I want them to just be able to click on an external button and have it do all of that, but I don't want to have someone sitting at the booth wasting the day when they should be enjoying the party...

[osirisX]

I got it to partially run with Automator UI recording. I wish I could help more but I don't know any Applescript.