Timelapsing - how to?

Phate · 18 Mar 2013 at 17:49

Hey guys,

I've got several timelapse videos to construct from my recent Iceland trip (and don't worry, big write up and LOTS of photos to follow, including Northern Light porn)

So, how do I do it? What software can I use for OSX? I can batch process the files in lightroom then export to jpg so that part isn't an issue.

Can anyone shed any light on this please?

Thanks in advance,
Jake

Oh and heres a little snippet of how the hilarity of the week went. Going to collate all the video and time lapse footage along with finished photos and a friend of mine is going to put it all together in a snazzy video

http://youtu.be/-El_H6qBl2Q - Give it till after 6pm, its still uploading then it'll process.

greywolf · 18 Mar 2013 at 18:03

For things like deflicker which can occur I have used http://lrtimelapse.com/ which is an adobe LR plugin. Although the plugin does much more than that. Might be worth a look.

Phate · 18 Mar 2013 at 18:18

Thanks mate, will give it a go

Didmatt · 18 Mar 2013 at 20:58

I just used Windows movie maker and imported the images and tweaked withe FPS mode, prob not the best way, but it keeps it simple and easy to do.

mrk · 18 Mar 2013 at 22:58

I merged each shot into a HD video first then exported the video to a GIF. Worked fine in Camtasia Studio + Movie Maker!

iMovie has this feature no?

Phate · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:23

Success...

mrk · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:26

Nice

Phate · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:38

Glad you like

mrk · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:40

I wanted it to last longer though

Phate · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:42

I know, that took 4 hours and it practically annihilated the battery, only 13% left and the Aurora was dying as well.

mrk · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:43

How many exposures was that? My gif was about 8 seconds from 84 exposures

In -27 temps the battery did miss a few beats and dropped in tens for the hour we were out!

Phate · 19 Mar 2013 at 00:44

unrealrocks · 19 Mar 2013 at 22:04

Pretty amazing stuff ... Howard mentioned you guys went on a pretty epic trip! Really been wanting to give star-trailing a go however living about 30yds from a city centre means a bit of a drive! The timelapse looks brill.