Camera Setup
A guide to the Advanced Camera Settings
Guide to the advanced camera settings in Swing Catalyst, including exposure, gain, and white balance
Automatic Lens Distortion Correction in Swing Catalyst: Enhancing Your Visual Experience
In the world of sports analysis and motion capture, clarity and precision in visual data are paramount. Swing Catalyst's latest feature, the Automatic Lens…
Differences between PCI / PCI Express slots
Swing Catalyst requires certain hardware specs to work with different cameras and sensors. If your desktop PC does not meet this criteria it can be extended…
Gigabit Ethernet & GigE Vision camera network recommendations
GigE Vision is an interface standard for machine vision cameras. Swing Catalyst supports the GigE Vision standard through a licensed USB dongle.
How to mitigate LED light flicker
LED light can unfortunately cause flickering in the video image when used in combination with high frame rate cameras. It's also worth noting that not only…
How to set up CCTV cameras for use with Swing Catalyst
How to use a web camera (DirectShow integration) with Swing Catalyst
Note that the camera integration type is identified, e.g. DirectShow, Spinnaker:
How to use the Swing Catalyst hardware encoding
In Swing Catalyst 9.3 and up, there is added support for utilizing the computers graphics card to speed up video processing.
Improving camera image quality
This support article describes how to improve the video image quality of your cameras using Swing Catalyst's built-in video filters. The improvements may…
Minimum distance requirements for camera placement in Swing Catalyst setups
Recommended lighting for studios & garage bay installations
Lighting recommendations for Swing Catalyst studio and garage bay camera installations
Recommended USB 3.0 Components
We strongly recommend USB 3.0 PCI Express cards for desktop systems.
Swing Catalyst supports two types of cameras for capturing swing video: