Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
Ideal for wedding party , get - togethers , or just about any intellect to have a political party , GuestReelis one of those straight - peg - in - a - square - hole program . GuestReel melt in kiosk mode where anyone at the political party or event can walk up to the Mac , type in their name , city , and a text content . Then , they can record a video recording greeting using either your Mac ’s built - in iSight camera or a video photographic camera connected over FireWire .
The covering works exceptionally well . A nifty countdown appears before GuestReel records the video salutation . Shy client or those who do n’t care to be on video can clack a button to only leave the school text message before the video starts recording .
For each video recording , GuestReel bring through the message with a thumbnail video prevue . you could then press spacebar on any greeting to play the video , which can also be viewed in full - projection screen .
GuestReel groups messages by television recording or text salutation . you could then export all of the message as an iMovie project ( for get a QuickTime moving-picture show of all greetings ) or export the clipping directly into iDVD ( to make a burned-over videodisk ) . Or , you could count on out a way to post the greetings online for your client to view ( such a posting feature film is n’t found in GuestReel ) .
The interface for GuestReel is just a bit unwieldy without much flair to the kiosk screen , but it ’s working enough . In stall modality , there is a tiny close button on the lower left wing that most mass will not notice , which continue the partiers from closing down the app .
Overall , GuestReel is worth the price because it does exactly what you postulate for capturing the well - wishes and silly remark of anyone who attends your party of event .
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[ John Brandon is a 20 - year veteran Mac exploiter who used to run an all - Mac art department . ]
