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Using the Pivot Interactives Iris™ Light and Color Measuring Tools
Using the Pivot Interactives Iris™ Light and Color Measuring Tools

The Pivot Interactives Iris™ tools allow you to take light- and color-based quantitative measurements directly from a video.

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Written by Trevor Register
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Overview

The Pivot Interactives Iris™️ Light and Color Measuring Tools allow you to take light- and color-based quantitative measurements directly from a video. This can be used for videos both from the Pivot Interactives collection as well as instructor- and student-uploaded videos.

Please note that as of 9 May 2022, activities using the Iris™️ Light and Color Measuring Tools the will only work in Chrome, Firefox, and Microsoft Edge. They will not work in Safari.

Using the Iris™ Light and Color Measuring Tools

The Iris™ Light and Color Measuring Tools allows you to measure quantities such as transmittance of light and temperature directly from a video. For videos with Iris™ enabled:

  1. Click the tools icon in the top-right corner of the video.

  2. Click the Iris™ icon.

  3. Click and drag the Iris™ to select an area to measure.

  4. When measuring transmittance, the measurement is shown in the box labeled Transmittance.

    Different color LED's have been placed behind a sample of distilled water. The transmittance through the water of each light can be measured using the Iris™ Transmittance Tool.

  5. When measuring temperature, the measurement is shown in the box labeled Temperature.

    A bunsen burner was used to heat an aluminum rod. The Iris™ Temperature Tool can be used to measure the temperature at different points along the rod as it's being heated up.

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