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KINOVEA. A BRIEF LOOK AT HOW KINOVEA HELPS IN OBSERVATION. WHAT IS KINOVEA?. Kinovea is a free software mainly used to analyse videos frame by frame. . How is it used?.
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KINOVEA A BRIEF LOOK AT HOW KINOVEA HELPS IN OBSERVATION
WHAT IS KINOVEA? • Kinovea is a free software mainly used to analyse videos frame by frame.
How is it used? • Coaches and athletes use it to fine tune techniques and also to measure speed distance and height along with many other desirable intensions/purposes
The utilization of Kinoveaby “gteckers” • “Gteckers” used the videos to observe, analyseand compare.
“Gteck’s” Kinovea pilot project • Using kinovea to observe, analyse and compare two manning cup prospects while controlling and passing a foot ball.
A video showing how Kinovea can be used to watch a video and analyseit. • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebmcdUE7R7k&feature=related
Step by step Procedure in using Kinovea to watch a video. • Opening and playing a video • You can also use the menu File > Open or drag a file from the Windows Explorer to Kinovea to open the corresponding file. • Once the video is opened, launch the playback with the player controls or browse to an arbitrary location with the navigation cursor.
2. Specifying a working zone • Move to an interesting period and use the working zone start button .Launch playback and let it run until the end of the sequence to analyze. Hit the working zone end button . 3. Increasing image size • If image seems too small, use the little square handles at the image corners.Drag them until you are pleased with the image size.
4. Slowing down playback speed • In order to better study the motion, slow down playback speed using the speed cursor.
Zooming and Using Magnification • Zooming Use CTRL + Mouse Wheel to zoom in the image or unzoom. Move the zoomed image by dragging it around with the hand tool 2. Using the magnifier Click the magnifier button in the drawings tool bar .Hover your mouse on the image: the magnified zone shows up in the top left corner of the image.
Magnification contd • Click on image to temporary fix the source zone.Fourlittle corners are displayed around the source zone to resize it.
Playing motion backward with Reverse • The Reverse function lets you play the motion backward. • It simply revert the order of the images in the working zone. • To enable the Reverse function, use the menu Motion > Reverse.