Timelapse

[george013]

Is there anybody here who did something with timelaps? And if so can he/she get me started?

George

[chauncey]

Not sure what you mean.

[Mike Buckley]

This seems at just a glance to be relatively thorough.

There should be plenty of other information on the Internet also available. To help you find more information, search the term timelapse photography, not timelaps (without the "e").

[george013]

This seems at just a glance to be relatively thorough.

There should be plenty of other information on the Internet also available. To help you find more information, search the term timelapse photography, not timelaps (without the "e").

I'm looking for info about the software. I just created my first one.Shot 153 pictures with a delay of 2s. I want to change the frame rate when viewing. Don't know if and/or possible. Exposure,focussing, interval I can figure out.
I won't forget the e anymore☺.

George

[Manfred M]

George - time lapse is essentially a video file and with most video players, there is no way to change the playback speed. This means you have to build this part of the effect in when you are creating the file by setting that each flame is set for. This is done using a non-linear video editing program.

[george013]

George - time lapse is essentially a video file and with most video players, there is no way to change the playback speed. This means you have to build this part of the effect in when you are creating the file by setting that each flame is set for. This is done using a non-linear video editing program.

That means I've to calculate with a playing off framerate of 24? So 24 images means 1s video. I also have to figure out what output. This one was a mov video.
My first try was with an interval of 2s.
I was able to activate an old Flickr account. Posted the video on it but I can't play it on this pc.
DSC_8108 by george0131, on Flickr
I don't know how to deal with it at this moment. Maybe you've some advice?

George

[IzzieK]

If you have Photoshop you can do timelapse there too and can adjust your time if you want. I use ProShow Producer (Photodex) to put together my timelapse slideshows. Been using it for over 6 years now.

[george013]

If you have Photoshop you can do timelapse there too and can adjust your time if you want. I use ProShow Producer (Photodex) to put together my timelapse slideshows. Been using it for over 6 years now.

Do you adjust the time when creating or playing the movie? I looked at proshow but that costs about $250. It's fun for me in the first place. This one I made with PanolapseWin125, free I think. Could you see the movie?

George

[dje]

George time needs to be adjusted in the creation stage, not at playback. I think you need to make the distinction between the rate at which the still images change and the frame rate of the video file. I would think that most timeplapse software would only control the former. The rate at which the still images change determines the "motion" effect in the video and also of course the duration of the clip. Your example on Flickr has a frame rate of 15 fps. This is the actual frame rate of the video and also the rate at which the images change. ie one still image equals one video frame. You could change the video frame rate of your video to say 30 fps in a video editor and this would be implemented by making each pair of two consecutive video frames the same. But the video would still look the same and be of the same duration.

Make sense ?

Dave

[george013]

George time needs to be adjusted in the creation stage, not at playback. I think you need to make the distinction between the rate at which the still images change and the frame rate of the video file. I would think that most timeplapse software would only control the former. The rate at which the still images change determines the "motion" effect in the video and also of course the duration of the clip. Your example on Flickr has a frame rate of 15 fps. This is the actual frame rate of the video and also the rate at which the images change. ie one still image equals one video frame. You could change the video frame rate of your video to say 30 fps in a video editor and this would be implemented by making each pair of two consecutive video frames the same. But the video would still look the same and be of the same duration.

Make sense ?

Dave

Thanks. I made a second movie with 30fps DSC_8108-30 by george0131, on Flickr
From where did you get the info of the movie? I know about exif with photo's but not with movies.
I'll make another one with an interval od 1s.

These photo's where taken as jpeg, basic quality. Next serie I'll try high qulity. I doubt if I'll see a difference. Except in file size.

George

[dje]

Thanks. I made a second movie with 30fps DSC_8108-30 by george0131, on Flickr
From where did you get the info of the movie? I know about exif with photo's but not with movies.
I'll make another one with an interval od 1s.

These photo's where taken as jpeg, basic quality. Next serie I'll try high qulity. I doubt if I'll see a difference. Except in file size.

George

George I use a piece of freeware called "MediaInfo". It can be downloaded here. Once installed, you go into Windows File Explorer, right click on the file and select MediInfo. It has a number of views available.

Your second video plays twice as fast as the first because the rate of change of stills has doubled.

Dave

[IzzieK]

Do you adjust the time when creating or playing the movie? I looked at proshow but that costs about $250. It's fun for me in the first place. This one I made with PanolapseWin125, free I think. Could you see the movie?

George

George, you forgot to put your movie. It used to be fun for me too, at one stage until I got people asking me to do one, then another one, then another one, ad infinitum. So now I have templates, special effects, transistion galores. And there are so many free ones in the internet. Nothing is really free, they got something from you too so I prefer to pay. Not that it is safer, but at least I'd like to think so...Anyway, timelapse is just like making a movie but the lazy man's way of making a proper well thought of, movie -- you set your camera up, set your time, then leave your camera to do the job. Then you come back and put it together.