Setup/calibration/capture/processing guide

Ian C · **Joined:** Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:56 am **Posts:** 57

Hi all. I've written up what I've found out about the iPi software so far and figured it'd be useful to the community, especially if I've got things wrong in it!

It's a 5.5mb word doc downloadable from here:
http://www.ian.chisholm.clara.net/eve/mocap.zip

It's got a fair few pictures in it. It covers a 3*Quickcam setup, and goes through the hardware, software setup, workflow, clothing, and so forth. I'm very new to this so I imagine there are going to be holes in it and things wrong, but it's a start. I've only actually managed one successful test capture but it's quite thrilling (and spooky!) to see the model come to life...

Anyway, I hope this is of use.

-Ian

Michael Nikonov · **Joined:** Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:13 pm **Posts:** 804

Thanks! This is very impressive tutorial.

Can you please allow us to link to it from our Support page (http://www.ipisoft.com/support.php)?

Ian C · **Joined:** Mon Nov 09, 2009 9:56 am **Posts:** 57

Of course :)

-Ian

Greenlaw · **Posted:** Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:19 pm

Ian,

Thanks for posting this!

I keep a lot of iPi Studio notes in a document too, but your document is much better organized than mine. :)

Greenlaw

TheOwl · **Joined:** Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:39 am **Posts:** 84

The new information I found on this is the Left, Front, Right arrangement of the cameras.

Is this necessary to get accurate calibration?

robyht · **Joined:** Thu Jan 21, 2010 3:40 am **Posts:** 22

Hi

The link seems dead, where can we get this info?

cheers

Castortroy2009 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:23 pm **Posts:** 11

I'd like to get that doc too!!!!

Castortroy2009 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:23 pm **Posts:** 11

I can't seem to make any of the software work. I would love to use this but its hard to find any clear instructions that don't assume you have some experience with motion capture of previous iterations of your software....,

realartforless · **Joined:** Fri Apr 02, 2010 6:51 pm **Posts:** 4

Yes, the link is broken.
All instructions on how to use it are here:

http://www.ipisoft.com/support.php

Great tutorial!
Thanks,Ian!

Greenlaw · **Posted:** Sat Apr 03, 2010 11:19 am

I think it's a little outdated but there is also documentation you can access from within the iPi DMC program. It's an .html document, so you can also access it from outside the program by making a shortcut and placing that wherever you want.

Also, pay attention to the tooltips that pop up when hovering over a tool or field. There are helpful explanations there too.

Finally, go through these forums...there's a lot of info to be found here, and it tends to cover the most common issues since the info is posted by other users experimenting with the program.

Greenlaw

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