Projects & datasets
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Project | A real-world shoot or job (for example, one photo day or one event). You group its captures under a single project folder. |
| Project folder | The collection root on disk that holds many dataset folders, typically a NAS or drive folder you name for the project. Set it in Storage / Dataset folder settings. |
| Dataset | A single capture: all the camera frames produced by one trigger, stored together with their metadata (dataset.json). |
| Dataset folder | The folder on disk for one dataset. It contains that capture's frames and its dataset.json metadata file. |
| Iteration | Multiple trigger firings within a single capture, producing several frames per camera in one dataset. A 10-shot burst is 10 iterations. Step between iterations with PgUp / PgDn in the inspector. |
| Dataset reference | A dataset promoted to act as the active reference for processing tasks (image alignment, chromakey, mosaic, sequencer, and others), so its registration data can be reused across later captures. |
| Working folder | The app's own home directory (for example, ~/xangle/cameraserver). It stores configuration and app state, not your captures. Different from the project folder. |
Capture & cameras
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Capture | One firing of all cameras at the same moment, producing a single dataset. |
| Trigger | The action (or button) that starts a capture. |
| Camera | A connected camera body, Canon, Sony, GoPro, phone, or USB webcam. Each one is assigned a number. |
| Camera number | The position assigned to a camera. It controls ordering and how its frames are named. |
| Camera lane | The per-camera strip in the capture view that shows one camera's latest frame, number, and connection status. |
| Frame | A single image from one camera within a dataset. |
| Frames | The grid inspector page for reviewing individual frames across datasets and iterations. |
| Liveview | A full-screen live composite from the connected cameras. |
| Quickview | Fast single-image review of the latest capture or a chosen dataset. |
| Camera node | An adapter host (often a Raspberry Pi) that connects one or more cameras to the server. |
| Network node | A Raspberry Pi or Windows host running node services on the network. |
Processing & 3D
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Camera registration | Computing per-camera transforms from a capture using Cloud, RealityScan, or 2D markerless. Cloud and RealityScan recover 3D poses. 2D markerless computes 2D transforms for fixed-arc rigs. |
| Image alignment | Applying the camera registration to crop and warp images so subjects stay centered and stable across cameras. |
| Camera registration tokens | Monthly cloud usage credits for camera registration. One uploaded image costs one token, and tokens are consumed only on successful cloud completion. |
| Gaussian splat | A 3D scene trained from a dataset's aligned frames. Often shortened to "splat." |
| Queue | The background processing list, alignment, splats, and video renders run here without blocking the operator. |
| Output | A render produced from a dataset: video, image, or export, configured on the Output page. |
Workspace & UI
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Dashboard | Your composable operator workspace, built from movable module tiles. |
| Module / Tile | A movable panel on the dashboard that exposes one page or function. |
| Quick Nav | The Ctrl+1–9 shortcuts that jump straight to your chosen pages. |
| Naming | The rules that decide how captured files and folders are named. Configured on the Naming page. |
Sharing & delivery
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Share | Delivering a capture to a guest, by QR code, email, or direct download. |
| Kiosk | A locked-down sharing-station mode for guest self-service. |
| Devices | The connected guest browsers you can navigate, lock, or disconnect from the server. |