logger pro
rallain | April 7, 2009I recently posted a tutorial on using Logger Pro for video analysis. Why did I use Logger Pro? Why not Tracker Video? Here is a quick comparison of the two.
Logger Pro
In the previous tutorial, I used Logger Pro. The primary reason was that the tutorial was for a lab course. The students were already familiar with Logger Pro. Here are some of the pros of Logger Pro.
Fairly straight forward to use.
Good graphing and curve fitting utilities built in.
Integration with data from other sources. If you video a ball falling and also use a motion detector, you can "sync" the data.
Not really a…
rallain | April 6, 2009Cats can be entertaining - especially when they are someone else's cat and that someone made a video. Really, this post is about analyzing video with Logger Pro (in a tutorial type fashion). I just happens that I chose this cat video to analyze. Here is the video:
I am going to look at the part where the cat gets on the fan. I will try to step through the analysis so you can do your own.
Get the video
Actually, the first step is to find a video. YouTube has tons of stuff. Also, you could make your own video with a camera. A couple of things to make your life easier:
A non-zoom video.…