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Track motion,
instead of markers.

Calibrate. Track. Graph. Find meaning in motion. All with your videos. Discover the power of markerless motion analysis with ProAnalyst 2023.

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ProAnalyst®

The world's premier software for markerless motion analysis, used by researchers, NASA engineers, investigators, biologists, medical professionals, and athletes. With ProAnalyst, any video camera becomes a non-contact measurement instrument.

New in 2023

2023 brings a modernized user interface, new licensing options, and exciting new features to ProAnalyst.

  • Mix and match toolkits for your application or choose a pre-bundled toolbox for a specific industry.
  • New licensing options for individuals or groups, like affordable subscription cloud licenses (coming soon).
  • Explore the updated toolkit control panels with intuitive layouts, new analysis tools, and helpful tooltips.
  • Want even more tools? Easily add toolkits to your ProAnalyst 2023 toolbox with the Xcitex License Manager.
  • Upgrade to ProAnalyst 2023 from legacy editions (e.g., Introductory, Lite, Professional, 3-D Professional).

Give your analysis dimension with powerful 3-D analysis tools

Analyze how a lizard uses its tail to flip over and other 3-D motion with just 2 video cameras and the 3-D motion analysis tools in ProAnalyst 2023.

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3-D Motion Analysis

What is 3-D Motion Analysis?

With one stationary camera and ProAnalyst 2023, you can extract 2-D motion data from any video, such as baseball velocity or the angular acceleration of a gear. Even so, there's important data you can't get from a single stationary camera... depth information. Any motion data you obtain is constrained to a plane.

That's where 3-D Analysis with ProAnalyst 2023 comes in. With a pair of video cameras, a 3-D Calibration, and the 3-D Analysis Toolkits in ProAnalyst, you can track 3-D trajectories, characterize 3-D oscillations, and even make 3-D stick models of subjects.

3-D Calibration

What is 3-D Calibration?

In 2-D video-based motion analysis, calibration is a crucial step that uses objects of known size to properly orient the camera and convert all motion data to usable real-world units.

In 3-D, the goal of calibration is the same, but the addition of depth and other degrees of freedom increases the complexity.

Once a time-consuming and mathematically involved process, 3-D Calibration has become the easiest part of 3-D motion analysis thanks to ProAnalyst 2023 and the Xcitex 3-D Calibration Fixtures.

3-D Calibration Fixtures

3-D Calibration fixtures are simply objects with known dimensions; these dimensions are stored in a associated "fixture file" to be used in calibration. Images of a calibration fixture and the fixture's associated fixture file provide ProAnalyst 2023 with enough information to calibrate a scene.

The 3-D Calibration Fixtures made by Xcitex are designed specifically for use with the 3-D Stereo Calibration Toolkit in ProAnalyst 2023, which makes calibrating measurement volumes easy. There are a variety of fixtures to choose from, each made for different applications: lightweight 1" and 2" fixtures; stronger 6" plastic fixtures; 12" and 24" aluminum fixtures; or heavy-duty 1-meter and 2-meter aluminum fixtures.

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12" fixture being imaged by two Xcitex ProCapture cameras.
1m, 12 inch, and 6inch Xcitex 3-D Calibration Fixtures
1 meter, 12", and 6" Xcitex 3-D Calibration Fixtures. Not to scale.
1inch and 2inch Xcitex 3-D Calibration Fixtures
1" and 2" Xcitex 3-D Calibration Fixtures. Push pin and paper clip for scale.

Toolkits for every task

The various analysis tools in ProAnalyst 2023 are organized into Toolkits designed to help you through each step in the motion analysis process.

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Feature Tracking Toolkits

Use these toolkits to track the features you care about, whether they're rotating, appearing and disappearing, or even moving in 3-D.

Compare 2-D Feature Tracking Toolkits Standard Feature Tracking Adaptive Feature Tracking Full Parametric Feature Tracking
Demo for FREE with ProAnalyst Essentials ✓ – –
Included with all ProAnalyst 2023 purchases ✓ – –
Display feature trails and vectors with variable lengths ✓ ✓ ✓
Unlimited auto-track and manual track features – ✓ ✓
Search Area, Matching Threshold, Sub-pixel Accuracy ✓ ✓ ✓
Choose the number of frames to search after a loss – – ✓
Adjust all advanced Search Parameters – – ✓
Search for special target types (like quad targets) – – ✓
Search for rotating features in degree increments – ✓ ✓
Import data from other toolkits via Virtual Points – – ✓
Interpolate track points through obstructions – ✓ ✓
Construct Stick Models with lengths and angles – ✓ ✓
Export tracking data to text or Excel ✓ ✓ ✓

Standard Feature Tracking

Automatically track one feature by defining and setting a feature template, or manually track up to three features by placing track points. Allows for limited search parameter adjustment and importing/exporting of tracking data.

Adaptive Feature Tracking

Track unlimited features of interest. Allows for feature rotation, interpolation through obstructions, and constructing stick models between features with distances and angles. Contains Standard Feature Tracking.

Full Parametric Feature Tracking

Track unlimited features of interest. Search for special target types, adjust all advanced search parameters, and import tracking data from other toolkits to place Virtual Points in the video. Contains Adaptive Feature Tracking.

3-D Stereoscopy

Combine two feature tracking data sets from the same event with a 3-D Stereo Calibration to produce 3-D motion data. Requires 2 cameras; ideal for tests with moderate 3-D movement. Contains Full Parametric Feature Tracking.

3-D Multi-Camera Arena

Perform a weighted merge of multiple 3-D motion data sets to construct a 3-D model of an event. Requires 3 or more cameras; ideal for tests with large or complex 3-D movement. Contains 3-D Stereoscopy.

Specialty Analysis Toolkits

Need something more specialized? These toolkits employ variations of the adaptive feature tracking algorithm, tailored for specific applications.

Constrained Edge Tracking

Track one or more edges along user-set channels with adjustable search types, channel widths, and thresholds. Ideal for characterizing surfaces like expanding shockwaves or oscillations like standing waves.

Particle Tracking

Track particles within a region of interest under user-set parameters, like min./max. area and particle color. Extract particle size, count, eccentricity, and average speed. Create correspondence trails for persisting particles.

Contour Tracking

Trace regions of similar intensity with user-set parameters and compute size, area, perimeter, center of gravity, and more. Ideal for analyzing evolving surfaces, including airbags, medical valves, and stretched parts.

Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV)

Track particle flow and compute a series of vectors for the velocity of the flow. Vector fields are drawn as a colorized contour map. Ideal for the study of aerodynamics, fluidics, and flows in machinery.

Cell Tracking

Track cell motion through veins and arteries in microscopic images. Compute cellular proximity to vascular walls, flow direction, and more. Ideal for microbiologists studying cell motion or cavitation in pipes.

Impact Excursion

Analyze the movement of a crash test dummy relative to restraints. Used in automotive sled testing to ensure compliance with international passenger safety regulations. Also ideal for concussion testing and analysis.

Scene Calibration Toolkits

Use these toolkits to construct the coordinate system for your scene. Save and reuse calibration files to speed up the analysis of iterative tests.

Compare 2-D Scene Calibration Toolkits Standard Calibration Orthonormal Calibration Perspective Calibration
Demo for FREE with ProAnalyst Essentials ✓ – –
Included with all ProAnalyst 2023 purchases ✓ – –
Calibrate the scale of the plane of motion ✓ – –
Switch between multiple calibrations ✓ ✓ ✓
Place the coordinate system origin – ✓ –
Rotate and flip the coordinate axes – ✓ –
Define custom planes of motion with 4 points – – ✓
Calibrate planes of motion using distances from camera – – ✓

Standard Calibration

For videos where the optical axis of the camera is perpendicular to the plane of motion. Place reference points on a known object to set the scale of your scene. Create multiple calibrations for different planes of motion.

Orthonormal Calibration

For videos where the optical axis of the camera is perpendicular to the plane of motion. Set the scale, origin, and coordinate axes of the scene. Create a moving origin and change the rotation & handedness of the coordinate axes.

Perspective Calibration

For videos where the optical axis of the camera is not perpendicular to the plane of motion. Define the plane of motion using four points with known positions or two tracked features with known separation moving through space.

3-D Stereo Calibration

For calibrating pairs of videos from two cameras that recorded the same event. Set the scale, origin, axes, and positions of your cameras in a 3-D measurement volume using known 3-D objects in the frame (3-D calibration fixtures).

Image Correction Toolkits

Prepare your image for tracking with these toolkits. Save and reuse image correction files to speed up the analysis of iterative tests.

Look-Up Table (LUT)

Apply a LUT to your image; make standard brightness, contrast, gamma, and exponential/log adjustments, invert the image, or convert it to grayscale. All adjustments can be made to individual color channels.

Image Processing

60+ advanced image processing filters, from arithmetic operations and binary thresholds, to edge detection and background removal, all with adjustable parameters. Combine filters in different orders to produce different results.

Image Stabilization

Remove unwanted shake and vibration from video. Track features in the image to produce a stabilized video for better analysis. Ideal for airborne testing, frequency analysis, drop tests, and correcting hand-held jitter.

Data Reduction Toolkits

After extracting motion data from video, graph them, compare them to other data, or present them with these toolkits.

Compare 2-D Data Graphing Toolkits Standard Data Graphing Advanced Data Graphing
Demo for FREE with ProAnalyst Essentials ✓ –
Included with all ProAnalyst 2023 purchases ✓ –
Graph one quantity against time ✓ ✓
Graph multiple quantities against time – ✓
Apply graph filters to graph lines – ✓
View Fourier decomposition – ✓
Import and graph external data – ✓
Export graph data to text or Excel – ✓
Graph one quantity against another – ✓
Create a 3-axis graph of quantities – ✓

Standard Data Graphing

Create a 2-axis graph of one motion data quantity against time. Choose from quanities created in other toolkits, like feature velocity, particle count, contour area, angle, etc. Save your graph playback as a bitmap sequence.

Advanced Data Graphing

Create 2- and 3-axis graphs of multiple motion data quantities. Apply graph filters, perform a one-click FFT, import external data for comparison, and export motion data to text or Excel files. Includes Standard Data Graphing.

Reports and Presentations

Add frame-by-frame or global notes to your videos. Annotate with shapes and text. Export data, analysis, notes, and annotations to a multi-slide PowerPoint presentation or an HTML web page, or send them directly to a printer.

Licensing

Choose the license type that best fits your analysis needs and the needs of your team.

Individual Licenses

Subscription Cloud License (coming soon)

ProAnalyst 2023 is licensed to an email via the cloud.

The most cost-effective option for shorter projects (i.e., less than 11 months). Allows for one concurrent user.

Pay monthly or save 25% by prepaying a year.

Lifetime PC License

ProAnalyst 2023 is licensed to a single computer.

The most cost-effective option for longer projects. Fixed to one workstation or laptop. Allows for one concurrent user.

A single payment grants users a lifetime license.

Lifetime USB License

ProAnalyst 2023 is licensed to a USB license key.

USB license key can be moved between computers. Default one concurrent user.

License up to 5 concurrent users with one USB license key; concurrent users can access licensed toolkits over local network.

A single payment grants users a lifetime license.

Group Licenses (coming soon)

Network Solutions

Ideal for large teams and lab groups.

License 10+ concurrent users; users can access all toolkits licensed by a USB key on the host machine.

Cost dependent on number of seats. Contact Us for pricing.

Institutional Licenses

Ideal for universities and other organizations with large campuses.

Concurrent users have access to selected toolkits via the cloud.

License unlimited users for finite periods. Contact Us for pricing.

Training

Xcitex offers a variety of training options to help you explore the depth of the ProAnalyst 2023 feature set. View training pricing.

Training Classes

Dr. Jesse Hong teaching a class on motion analysis.

Xcitex-hosted training class

A hands-on ProAnalyst Fundamentals motion analysis course is taught by an Xcitex instructor at an Xcitex facility across 2 days.

Xcitex holds multiple scheduled training classes in different locations each year. Check our Upcoming Events for information on the next training class.

View training class pricing. Charge is per attendee.

Training class at your facility

An Xcitex instructor visits your location to teach a private ProAnalyst Fundamentals training class across 16 hours.

Training can be divided amongst multiple sessions. Maximum 4 students; additional charges apply for more students.

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Remote training class

An Xcitex instructor teaches a private ProAnalyst Fundamentals training class to your team across 16 hours.

Training can be divided amongst multiple sessions. Maximum 4 students; additional charges apply for more students.

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Individual Training

Remote individual training

Meet one-on-one with an Xcitex engineer for web-based training.

Discuss your video, ask questions about an analysis Toolkit, or learn more about the motion analysis process for your application.

Training sessions can be purchased in 2-, 4-, or 8-hour increments.

Self-guided online training

The new Xcitex Support Center contains user guides and other support documentation for all the Xcitex products, including ProAnalyst 2023, as well as a Knowledgebase of tech support questions and other FAQs (coming soon).

If you don't have videos to analyze, you can Download Demo Files to practice with; the download contains a few videos and associated analysis files; simply load the videos into ProAnalyst 2023 and start analyzing!

Once you have downloaded and installed ProAnalyst 2023, take advantage of the comprehensive, searchable user guide inside the Help menu. You can also purchase printed versions of the Getting Started Guide and User Guide.

Visit our YouTube Channel to watch recorded webinars, training videos, and analysis showcases.

Purchase ProAnalyst 2023 Today!

ProAnalyst 2023 licenses are available for purchase now. For bulk orders and group licensing, please Contact Us.