Step 1: Make sure you have the proper equipment
A successful capture depends on your camera devices being charged and stably mounted in tripods and mounts. See this article for guidance on proper setup equipment.Step 2: Camera orientation
The first option you’ll choose on-screen during camera setup is camera orientation.IMAGE HERE IMAGE HERE IMAGE HERE IMAGE HERE CAMERA ORIENTATION STEP
Pick the best orientation for your athlete, movement, and space.Tips:
- Landscape orientation is better for movements where athletes travel horizontally (like pitching and broad jumps)
- Portrait orientation is better when athlete’s don’t travel much, or when they travel vertically (like vertical jumps)
- For tall athletes, or when space constraints limit how far away the cameras can be placed, portrait orientation can help keep the athlete in frame.
- Typically, our baseball and softball users choose portrait for hitting and landscape for pitching.
Step 3: Camera positions
In this step you’ll choose which camera positioning works best for your space. Note: these options are dependent on the selected handedness.Tips:
- Make sure the Primary and Secondary devices are in the right places. There is a colored bar at the top of each screen indicating which device is which.
- It’s very important for our 3D reconstruction that the cameras are 90° offset from one another. Using lines on the floor or a 90° laser level can help here.
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Below are visual diagrams of many of our most-used setups. Notes that for movements where there is no handedness (like jumps, squats, etc.) there is only 1 setup option.ACCORDIONS HERE title + top-down diagram + isometric diagram
Step 4: Place the cameras
Once you’ve chosen the right positioning, place your Primary and Secondary devices where they belong.Tips:
- For most movements, there are helpful silhouettes showing where the cameras should be placed in relation to the athletes.
- It’s very important that the athlete stays fully in view for their whole movement - if the camera can’t see part of their body, we can’t track it.
- Having someone stand in position and do a practice swing/pitch/jump can help you make sure your cameras are place far enough away from the athlete to capture their whole body.
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Step 5: Enter the distance
Once your cameras are placed at the proper distance, measure and enter the distances on each device.Tips:
- Always measure from the center of the tripod to the center of where the athlete will be standing when they start the movement.
- If you’re capturing in the same facility every time, you can mark the tripod position on the ground with tape or paint, and make a note of the distance so you don’t have to re-measure every single time.