Optional Virtual Background

During Photo Session

I would like to request an enhancement to the Virtual Background feature.

Currently, when a Virtual Background is configured for a session, it is applied automatically. It would be great to have an option that allows the person taking the picture to choose whether or not to use the Virtual Background before taking the photo.

Desired Behavior

If Virtual Background is enabled for the event, the guest should be presented with a simple choice before starting the photo session:

Choose your background:

🖼️ Virtual Background
📸 Original / Normal Background

The guest can then decide which option they want to use for that particular photo.

Maximum Number of People

An additional useful setting would be the ability to define a maximum number of people for Virtual Background mode.

For example:

Virtual Background:

Maximum 2 people
Maximum 4 people
Maximum 6 people
etc.

If the selected Virtual Background is intended for up to 4 people, the system could display something like:

Virtual Background – up to 4 people

If more people are detected, the system could either:

automatically recommend/require the Original Background, or
display a warning that the Virtual Background is optimized for a smaller group.

Example User Flow

1. Event configuration

Virtual Background = Enabled

Maximum people = 4

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2. Guest starts the photo session

Display:

How would you like your photo?

🖼️ Virtual Background
📸 Original Background

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3. Guest chooses

Virtual Background

→ AI background removal
→ selected virtual background
→ photo taken

Original Background

→ no background replacement
→ normal camera image
→ photo taken

Important

The Virtual Background should remain enabled at the event level, but the guest should be able to override it for an individual photo/session.

This would be especially useful at weddings and other events where some guests may want a creative virtual background, while others prefer the natural venue/background.

The same concept already exists for AI features, so it would be great to have the same user-choice functionality available for Virtual Backgrounds as well.

Optional Enhancement

It would also be useful to allow the operator to configure:

Allow guest to choose: ON/OFF
Default selection: Virtual / Original
Maximum number of people for Virtual Background
Show/hide the choice screen
Automatically switch to Original Background if the maximum number of people is exceeded

This would make Virtual Background much more flexible without requiring the operator to change the event settings between photos.