KineBody Pro

• Bone identification by hovering or tapping, shows scientific & common names.
• Over 200 identifiable bones

The entire KineBody 3D viewing area is a sophisticated movement control - by dragging across it in various directions, you can move the body or joints quickly and intuitively. All body & joint degrees of freedom (DOF) can be moved 1 DOF at a time, and several allow 2 DOF movement. Using touch input, you can even move the body simultanously along 3 translation axes. Rotation axes are colored to simplify operation.

An associated 'movement palette' lets you select which DOFs to move. Modifier keys permit temporary override of the current mode.

Coarse, medium, and fine control, are provided via keyboard modifier keys.

Sliders are provided for each rotation axis (degree of freedom (DOF)), for body or joints, plus 3 more for body translation axes. Each slider shows DOF name(s), range of motion (ROM) limits, and current value. Many sliders are color coded to match with respective rotation axes.

Two additional body rotation sliders permit rotations about horizontal & vertical screen-fixed axes. These rotations can't be calibrated in terms of body position, but a special 'provisional' calibration feature allows measurement of angular displacements.

The sliders permit convenient operation: start dragging anywhere in the slider box (no 'marksmanship' required, to grab the slider handle!), then drag anywhere in the window.

Sliders are integrated with joystick movement controls: they move automatically & update their numerical values during any joystick movement operation. Special calibration for body rotations (dubbed ‘casual mode’) avoids abrupt jumps in the angle values.

Sliders are customized for different movement modes:

• Body rotations wraparound at ±180°
• Body translation limits adjust for extended motions
• Body distance uses mixed calibration: Linear for closeup, logarithmic for far

Coarse, medium, and fine control, plus 'quick zeroing', are provided via keyboard modifier keys.

You can change most rotation angles or translation variables by editing the numeric value associated with each slider. Most conventional textbox editing methods are supported.

• True 3D illumination, surface shading, and perspective, via WebGL
• High definition 3D bone shapes

• Load pose files created & saved using KineBody PoseTools (or old Standard Subscription).
• View the poses from any perspective, using 6DOF body movement controls.

• Load animation files created & saved using KineBody Pro AnimTools (or old Advanced Option).
• Play/stop the animation using conventional playback controls.
• Adjust rate & repeat mode, & step thru keyframes.
• View the poses from any perspective, using 6DOF body movement controls.

KineBody Pro’s animation capabilities allow you to demonstrate complex human motion sequences, for use in training or analysis of many types of human motion. A KineBody animation displays as a live moving 3D skeleton figure, with smoothly changing joint angles and body position, in the KineBody viewing area. The animations can be played back in an automatic/timed manner, using conventional Play and Pause controls. During playback, you can manipulate the view or body position using KineBody’s 6DOF body movement controls (joystick, step rotations, etc).

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• License to publicly present KineBody content (images, & live or recorded animations)

• Responsive sizing at first use
• Custom size adjustment for KineBody controls and text
• Selectable size adjustment for viewing area.
• Custom size parameters are automatically saved.

• Capture viewing area, save as 'png' image file
• Select preset image size, or define custom width, height, or aspect ratio.

• Select male or female skeleton
• Realistic proportions ~ ANSUR II

• Autofit: Instantly resize & center the body, for a complete view.
• Undo/Redo: Easily recall earlier poses (in a session), or fix missteps, by navigating thru the history of pose changes & joint selections.

• Integrated Help: Tool tips give quick reminders about operation of each control (>300 total).
• 'Hints' panel serves as large tooltip for viewing area functions
• Extensive written instructions & explanations (www.kinebody.com).
• Instructional videos: covering basic operation and animation methods. A growing library, currently totalling over 60 minutes.

• 39 joints, 1-3 DOF each
• 78 joint degrees of freedom
• Realistic rotation axes and ranges of motion (ROMs)
• Select joint by menu or click/tap on distal segment

• Per hand: 18 additional joints, 25 DOF
• Per foot: 17 additional joints, 22 DOF

• Realistic scapulo-thoracic interface: 2DOF scapula motion follows posterior thorax shape
• Coupled patello-femoral action: patella moves with tibia during knee flexion
• Lifelike (non-intersecting) rotation axes, at knee, sterno-clavicular, and all spinal joints

• For neck & lumbar spine, you can move multiple joints synchronously, using a single control
• Intuitive biaxial joystick control for flexion/extension and lateral bending, works from any perspective

• Optionally move Left & Right joints in unison, to simplify creation of symmetric poses.
• Works with multiple movement control modes: joystick, slider, numeric input.

• Retain last pose from one session to the next (automatically)
• Save named poses to your browser or app storage area
• View named poses by selecting from a menu
• Save poses in browser or app storage to a disk file

The Save Poses feature allows you to save pose parameters (angles for all joints, plus body orientation), so you can recall, view &/or modify them during some future KineBody session.

You can save any pose under a name you select, into your browser or app storage data, so it’s available when you restart KineBody. Further, you can save a collection of poses to a file you select, which is useful as a backup, but also makes it possible to share poses. A special ‘auto-save’ feature is included, to save your most recent pose without any effort on your part.

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• Focus attention on specific joints
• Reveal obscured details
• Selection via click on bone, or buttons

You can quickly hide selected bones, with the Show & Hide Bones feature. When bones are hidden, you can identify and view the bones behind them, to see obscured details. Or, by hiding most of the bones (all but 1 or 2), you can focus attention on those bones remaining.

To show or hide bones, you just have to click on them, using the 'Show & Hide Bones (SHB)' cursor.

You can also change their visibility via buttons, to Show All, Hide All, or Invert, plus dedicated Undo & Redo functions. Another button allows you to show hidden bones in a dark color.

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• create stunning 3D displays of human movement
• define ‘morphing groups’: sets of joints you can move synchronously, using a single control
• powerful editor allows you to add, delete, rearrange, and edit poses
• save to repository & disk; distribute to other KineBody Pro users for playback

With this feature, you can create original animation sequences, to demonstrate any conceivable human motion. To define an animation, you simply assign time values to selected KineBody poses – period! Then press the Play button to watch the animation progress automatically & smoothly between the poses, according to the timing you defined.

It’s even simpler to define a ‘morphing group’ (= a set of joints you can move synchronousely using a single control): just select any two poses, accept the default timing, and then use the animation progress slider to view an interpolated pose.

KineBody animations can be as elaborate as you want. Modify your pose sequence numerous ways (add, delete, rearrange, or edit the poses) using KineBody's simple tabular Animation Editor.

KineBody animation sequences are designed to be played back in the viewing area of KineBody Pro (to enable live changes in view and flexible playback options). You can save & distribute the animations to other KineBody Pro users via KineBody Repository files. To export the animations to other media, use whichever third party ‘screencasting’ tools you prefer.

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• Transparent background
• Import background image or video
• Alternative rendering

Creating realistic poses is vastly simplified by using KineBody Pro's ‘Pose Tracing’ feature. You can import an image of a person posed (or in action) to serve as a background behind the KineBody skeleton, and then fit the bones directly on top of the image, to match. If necessary, you can select alternative rendering options, like ‘comic style’, ‘outline color’, and ‘transparent body’, to help tell if the bones are correctly positioned.

While doing this, you still get to use all of KineBody’s other special capabilities: identify bones, move them, hide them, etc. With 6 DOF body motion and 172 joint degrees of freedom, you can fit any realistic pose.

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• Replicate part of one pose, for use in a different pose.
• Flexibly select joints or body degrees of freedom to copy.
• Corroborate joint selection via special bone highlighting.

Pose ‘flipping’ enables you to quickly transform an entire pose into its ‘mirror image’ counterpart. You can select from any of three ‘mirror’ planes, which align with the coordinate planes of your screen (normal to horizontal, vertical, and distance axes). This capability is especially useful for creating animations involving alternating left-right motion (e.g., walking/running, swimming, etc): after you create a pose for one time point, you can flip it and delay it to serve in the 2nd half of the cycle.

• Export angles for every joint & DOF, along with 6DOF body position, to text file. (JSON format)
• Select between two coordinate systems (Right Handed , Anatomical (Symmetric))