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Image movies

Objectives

  • List some of the different file formats that are used for videos and some of their strengths and weaknesses
  • Recall that videos are composed of sequences of single frames
  • Recognize that one approach for analyzing movies is to develop a technique that works reliably on a single frame and then loop that analysis through every frame in the movie

Accessing files

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The source files for this lecture are at <repo>/lectures/image_movies

Other useful material

Core materials

Image movies

A video explaining the objectives and some of the factors to consider when working with videos that contain scientific data.

A video showing how to make a movie from snapshots of a figure.

A video showing how to track the positions of moving objects in a video.


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