v1.6: New video tools added to StereoMorph

StereoMorph version 1.6 is now available on CRAN! It actually first became available back in March of this year...but I have been busy and fallen behind on updates - my sincerest apologies! With version 1.6 I have started to incorporate features to make it easier to use StereoMorph with video, particularly from GoPro cameras. This came about through a collaborative project just published this past summer with Caine Delacy, Mark Bond, and others in which we used StereoMorph to collect 3D length data from free-swimming oceanic whitetip sharks. It was a fantastic collaboration and I'm very grateful to Caine for reaching out to include me in the study. You can find our paper here!

Identifying landmarks in a frame from a GoPro video of a free-swimming oceanic whitetip shark. StereoMorph v1.6.1 includes functions to extract video frames and use these to calibrate video cameras for 3D measurements of moving objects.

Here are the key updates with version 1.6:

• Video frame extraction, particularly .mov files
• The ability to extract and rename frames at different portions of a video, for synchronization
• A web-based tutorial guide (formerly available as a PDF).

I have edited previous posts of this blog to point users to the new corresponding tutorial webpages. I want to make sure anyone that ends up on this site has access to the most up-to-date instructions. From now on I will use this site to announce StereoMorph updates and answer user questions (using the comments below). I'll use my github site to host tutorial pages so that I can keep them updated.