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If you want to have a proper tracking of a person, an animal or another thing you have to calibrate the Tracking System at first. <br> | If you want to have a proper tracking of a person, an animal or another thing you have to calibrate the Tracking System at first. <br> | ||
This includes the calibration of the background and the calibration of the cameras. <br> | This includes the calibration of the background and the calibration of the cameras. <br> | ||
Follow this Step by Step tutorial for Calibrating the Tracking System! | Follow this Step by Step tutorial for ''Calibrating the Tracking System''! | ||
== Prepare Yourself And The Stage == | == Prepare Yourself And The Stage == | ||
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Before starting with the calibration process, follow a few simple rules: <br> | Before starting with the calibration process, follow a few simple rules: <br> | ||
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1. Make sure to close the curtains (and windows) in the DBL (if the light situation changes while calibrating, you have to | 1. Make sure to close the curtains (and windows) in the DBL (if the light situation changes while calibrating, you have to capture the background again) <br> | ||
2. Take off your shoes, if you want to step on the light grey dancefloor aka magic carpet <br> | 2. Take off your shoes, if you want to step on the light grey dancefloor aka magic carpet <br> | ||
3. Keep drinks and food away from the Mac workstations and all the other electronic stuff in the DBL <br> | 3. Keep drinks and food away from the Mac workstations and all the other electronic stuff in the DBL <br> | ||
4. Do NOT barge against the cameras or the autopoles, where the cameras are fixed (otherwise you have to calibrate them again) <br> | 4. Do NOT barge against the cameras or the autopoles, where the cameras are fixed (otherwise you have to calibrate them again or in the worst case: You destroy something!) <br> | ||
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The Tracking System is still a little buggy. So keep calm and be patient while working with it. Bugs are getting fixed as soon as possible. <br> If you notice a bug, please write a bug report (a detailed [https://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Tutorials/Documentation/Bug_Report_How-To How-To-Bug-Report] can be found here) and contact [http://www.thecaptury.com/contact/ Nils Hasler], the CEO of TheCaptury <br> and inform [[Martin Schneider]]. <br> | The Tracking System is still a little buggy. So keep calm and be patient while working with it. Bugs are getting fixed as soon as possible. <br> If you notice a bug, please write a bug report (a detailed [https://www.uni-weimar.de/medien/wiki/GMU:Tutorials/Documentation/Bug_Report_How-To How-To-Bug-Report] can be found here) and contact [http://www.thecaptury.com/contact/ Nils Hasler], he is the CEO of TheCaptury <br> and inform [[Martin Schneider]]. <br> | ||
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Last but not least <br> | Last but not least <br> | ||
– It's easier and more fun, if you bring a another person, who can help you with the calibration and on whom you can check, whether your calibration is good enough for a proper tracking. :) | – It's easier and more fun, if you bring a another person, who can help you with the calibration and on whom you can check, whether your calibration is good enough for a proper tracking. Preferably the performing person should wear bright/colorful and/or short clothes. This makes the detection of the performer later much easier. :) <br> | ||
== Setup Of The DBL == | == Setup Of The DBL == | ||
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'''STEP 01 – Login And Start The Captury''' <br> | '''STEP 01 – Login And Start The Captury''' <br> | ||
Turn on the computer on the left side and login. On this workstation you have the advantage to use a second monitor. <br> It's useful for the person, that is on stage and wants to see itself while calibrating the cameras or performing. In case you do not know the password, ask a person who does. If you | Turn on the computer on the left side and login. On this workstation you have the advantage to use a second monitor. <br> It's useful for the person, that is on stage and wants to see itself while calibrating the cameras or performing something. <br> In case you do not know the password for the user login, ask a person who does. If you managed the login, the desktop appears. <br> You have to start the tracking software with the help of the command line. That is probably the nerdiest part of the calibration process. ;) <br> '''Hint:''' We do have two different versions of [http://www.thecaptury.com The Captury] installed on the Macs. If you want to work with the old version, type now in the command line ''captury'' in lowercase letters. If you want to work with the new version, type now ''captury-new'' in the command line. <br> Please wait a moment until the program is ready for working with it. Yes, it's that easy! <br> | ||
[[Image:captury-start.png|thumb|left| | [[Image:captury-start.png|thumb|left|270px]] | ||
[[Image:two-monitors.png|thumb|left| | [[Image:two-monitors.png|thumb|left|530px]] | ||
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If you take a quick look at the the program, you see all 12 cameras hopefully in the right order. But sometimes it happens, that this is not the case Change this with double clicking on the camera, that is in the wrong position. You will notice, that with double clicking you also make a fullscreen of | If you take a quick look at the the program, you see all 12 cameras hopefully in the right order. But sometimes it happens, that this is not the case. Change this with double clicking on the camera, that is in the wrong position. You will notice, that with double clicking you also make a fullscreen of this specific camera. Double click again to exit this fullscreen and go back to the overview of all cameras. In the best case the cameras are now in the right order. <br> | ||
Maybe you will also notice that in the upper right corner mostly everything is red or yellow-ish. <br> Our goal is to make the status icon of calibration and background green. <br> | Maybe you will also notice that in the upper right corner mostly everything is red or yellow-ish. <br> Our goal is to make the status icon of calibration and background green. <br> | ||
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If you did a good job in calibrating, the skeleton in the tracking should detect the person on the floor quite easy. :) <br> | If you did a good job in calibrating, the skeleton in the tracking should detect the person on the floor quite easy. :) <br> | ||
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A last hint: If you notice, that your performer and/or you are part of the few undetectable persons, don't be sad and make sure you wear something bright and colorful to improve the detection. In the worst case, you have to ask somebody else, who can be detected by the system! <br> | |||
[[Image:person-detected.png|thumb|left|800px]] | [[Image:person-detected.png|thumb|left|800px]] | ||
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