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This page summarizes all information and documentation that is available for PIVlab. You can find links to video tutorials, papers and the forum here.
Not sure what PIVlab is, how it looks like, and if it is easy enough to use? Then have a look at a quick video demo of how PIVlab looks like. Some example results are presented here. Many researchers (> 1000) have used PIVlab in the past, you can find an overview here and scan through their results. If you don't have access to these papers, then there is an initiative called "Sci-Hub" that might help. Just google for it. There also is a blog where I post news from time to time.
PIVlab needs Matlab and the image processing toolbox to run. It is compatible with releases from Matlab R2019b and later. PIVlab checks for all requirements during startup and will warn you if something misses.
Download the latest 'PIVlab.mltbx' from here, and run it on your computer. It will automatically add the PIVlab toolbox and app in your Matlab installation. Alternatively (my preferred method, but also the only way if your Matlab release is older than R2015b [8.6]), download the zip file from GitHub by going here, click 'Source code (zip)' of the latest release and extract the contents to a new folder in your Matlab work directory. Then run PIVlab_GUI.m.
You can get support in the Google Groups forum. Usually I am very responsive. If you have problems analyzing your data, please always provide the original data in the forum. And if I have a fix or a solution for your problem, please give me feedback if it worked!
A tutorial for PIVlab with step-by-step instructions is available here. If you prefer watching videos, you can watch three tutorial videos here: Part 1/3, Part 2/3 and Part 3/3.
All files of PIVlab are introduced in brief on a separate wiki page. A software paper summarizes information on PIVlab. And a chapter in my PhD thesis shows some extensive accuracy tests.
You can support PIVlab development by contributing code, writing documentation, donating via Paypal (so that I can update my Matlab license from time to time) and giving a comment and rating on Matlabs FileExchange Website. The best way for supporting PIVlab is to buy hardware for PIVlab from OPTOLUTION, the company I am working for. If OPTOLUTION generates some money with PIVlab hardware, then I can spend more of my working time for improving PIVlab. Have a look at the available hardware here, or contact us for customized hardware: OPTOLUTION PIV hardware for PIVlab