**FIRST EMAIL**/Dartfish Software Evaluation Opportunity

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings Teams:

FRC needs up to 50 teams to evaluate Dartfish movement analysis software before December 31st of this year. Teams may view an online demonstration of Dartfish here.

Team Tasks:

• Participate in three online training sessions
• Create and evaluate video of your robot using Dartfish
• Upload one video to http://dartfish.tv/ChannelHome.aspx?CR=p8449
• Complete and return evaluation by December 31, 2009
• Support FIRST community forum

System Requirements:

• Windows XP-SP3 (32bits), Windows VISTA SPI updated or Windows 7 updated
• Dual Core processor at 1.7 GHz
• 2048 MB of RAM
• Enough free hard drive space to install the software and store video clips
• 7200 rpm hard drive
• 256 MB dedicated memory graphics card, resolution 1280x800, 32 bits colors
• IEEE1394 port (or FireWire or I-link), built in or acquisition card (to connect to DV camcorder)
• Internet Explorer 6.0 or later version
• .NET2.0 SP1 installed. Integrated in the Dartfish software installer (CD version)
• WMF11 installed. Integrated in the Dartfish software installer (CD version)
• Camera/imaging device – High Definition Video (HDV) camcorder recording onto tape preferred for best quality

Interested teams should complete the software evaluation application by Tuesday, November 10, 2009. Selected teams will be notified by November 13th and Dartfish software, licenses and the evaluation manual will be distributed shortly thereafter.

Go Teams!

[Mark McLeod]

Greetings Teams:

The link we recently sent you to apply for participation in the Dartfish Software Evaluation does not appear to be working. Please use http://www.usfirst.org/forms.aspx?ekfrm=15875 . If you have already filled out the application at the previous link, you will need to resubmit here.


We apologize for the inconvenience and thank you all for your understanding.

Go Teams!


(corrected in the previous original email -Mark)

[boomergeek]

Dartfish offers a free one-month trial to anyone.

My son downloaded Dartfish to see how easy it was to use for a trebuchet contest for NH Techfest on November 14th, 2009 (www.nhtechfest.org).

It is truly sick...

Within an hour or two, we had useful technical data of the physics of a trebuchet.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnrALqkMFgM

As you can see, it even works with low-res video from a Blackberry.
We will get DV quality video by Wednesday.

I hope they pick team 241 as one of the 50 teams.