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# Getting Started: Getting Started: HootBooth® ILLUMIN8 Software (Curator Live) Guides

## Getting Started: HootBooth® ILLUMIN8 Software (Curator Live) Guides

Follow these steps to successfully set up your HootBooth ILLUMIN8 with the Curator Live software:

 

Setting up the Curator Live software app is a two-part process. 

- Events are created on the Curator Live website
- Events are loaded via the Curator Live app on your iPad.

**Step 1 - On a PC/Mac:**

Create your Account using the provided software credentials (also called the 'promo code')

- [Activating your account](https://hootboothphotobooth.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/17000068889-how-to-guides-activating-license-for-illumin8-curator-gif-booth)
- <https://intercom.help/curatorlive/en/articles/3222650-how-to-create-an-event>[Creating Events on CuratorLive](https://vimeo.com/645296988?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=34013755) 
- <https://intercom.help/curatorlive/en/articles/3347168-video-curator-live-overview>[Using the Curator Live iPad App](https://vimeo.com/646888438?embedded=true&source=video_title&owner=34013755)<https://intercom.help/curatorlive/en/articles/3348348-video-pixbooth2-overview>
- [More on Uploading Custom Graphics](https://hootboothphotobooth.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/17000069746-how-to-guides-overlay-graphic-size-guides)
- [Understanding Curator Screens](https://hootboothphotobooth.freshdesk.com/solution/articles/17000083342-how-to-guides-understanding-curator-screens)

**Step 2 - On your iPad:**

- Download the Curator Live app from the App Store and login using the same Curator account you previously created.

**Step 3 -  Printing (If Applicable)**

- [Printer Setup Guide](https://hootboothphotobooth.freshdesk.com/a/solutions/articles/17000115939)

 

For more, visit [Curator Live](http://curatorlive.support/article-categories/pixbooth-app-basics/) and the [Knowledge Base](https://home.curatorlive.com/knowledge-base/)

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