TimeLapse software

[Davie Hudson]

i'm aware i'll need a timer for this ( not a problem there) but what software will i need?

I was speaking to a Hungarian gentleman last night on the banks of Loch Etive and he was showing me some of his timelapse stuff and how it applied to my kinda thing so I wanna give it a go. It was quite funny apparently when he said he'd go and set up his manual camera for a shot he needed and he pulled out an Alpa, my face was a picture i'm told ..... no wonder, thing of bloody beauty

 

[Pete Askew]

I know how to do it in PS and Premiere. Not sure whether Aperture has any video functions but I doubt it. I suspect there's a way with iMovie but probably Final Cut X would be the way to go. You get a lot of software for your money that's for sure.

Was he shooting film with his Alpa or did he have a digital back on it? Wonderful things though.

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Seems you can.

http://www.kennettnet.co.uk/products/timelapse/

 

[Davie Hudson]

I know how to do it in PS and Premiere. Not sure whether Aperture has any video functions but I doubt it. I suspect there's a way with iMovie but probably Final Cut X would be the way to go. You get a lot of software for your money that's for sure.

Was he shooting film with his Alpa or did he have a digital back on it? Wonderful things though.

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Seems you can.

Timelapse for Aperture | KennettNet

He was doing the timelapse with a 7D and using the Alpa for static shots

 

[Pete Askew]

Does he have a web site?

 

[Davie Hudson]

Does he have a web site?

I did ask but he seemed guarded about such things and kept turning it towards me, His name is Andres but said to call him Andy .... nice bloke, we chatted around the fire for about 2 hours

 

[Steve Dormer]

Hi Dave

Never tried this form of photography, look forward to seeing what you come with.

 

[Larry Bolch]

Done a lot of variations on it—movies from stills. I love the Studio version of Sony Creative's Vegas. Most of the function of the pro-level at a tiny fraction of the cost. There are three packages for consumers from $50US to $130US, while the pro version is a whopping $700US.

The main difference other than price, is that the pro version interfaces with network and production-house systems, and allows unlimited video and audio tracks. The studio version offers 10 video and 10 stereo audio tracks, and even with my wildest experimental stuff, I have never come close to using them all. Don't even think about the cost of the stuff that it interfaces with!

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It does great slide-shows as well, with enough audio tracks that you can synchronize both sound-effects and a music track. It can also be used as a multi-track audio editing studio and it plays nicely with the other Sony applications. All business, with zero eye candy. Drag and drop on a timeline. Minimal learning curve.

Some of my experiments in movie-making using the software.

https://www.youtube.com/user/LarryBolch

All the photography stuff was done with still cameras. Some began as cinemagraphs, others by using sequences. "Jailhouse" used morphing software for a continuous morph of mug-shots from the Denton County, Texas sheriff's office. "Conversation" was originally shot a decade back, but in mixed light, so only now was I able to correct it. The audio is based on synchronized sound-effects. There are also a couple of pieces that were done with 3D software. Great fun, and no feeling of being limited by the software—only imagination.

 

[Pete Askew]

But Windows only.

 

[Davie Hudson]

Alas no use to me then, I have a windows laptop but it's old now and couldn't handle the files I don't think.... I have iMovie on both apple computers so might try that and have seen a free on for mac that looks interesting.

 

[Pete Askew]

How about that add-in for Aperture I posted above?

 

[Davie Hudson]

How about that add-in for Aperture I posted above?

i somehow managed to miss that .... i'm on it right now , must order a timer right away

 

[Larry Bolch]

Alas no use to me then, I have a windows laptop but it's old now and couldn't handle the files I don't think.... I have iMovie on both apple computers so might try that and have seen a free on for mac that looks interesting.

I run it on my senior machine, which is no powerhouse. The editing process works very smoothly, and so do all previews. Rendering the final movie is when the lack of power shows. However, there is no user intervention needed during this phase, so I flip the screen to the back and write in RPF—or whatever.

 

[Andy Boardman]

Regards timelapse photography, I belive the new Nikon D600 has it built in & from the stills it will produce a movie, will have to have a play with that when we get one in for demo, I am reading that you can adjust the play back time to so maybe worth a look if you need that facility.

 

[Ahmad Bhai]

he pulled out an Alpa, my face was a picture i'm told ..... no wonder, thing of bloody beauty

From time to time i like learning things & im glad i leant about Alpa.
I dont have any experience of timelapse photography, Googling i found this free app SLR camera control from your iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad | ioShutter
Iphone, Ipad connect to dslr to do timelapse.

 

[Davie Hudson]

From time to time i like learning things & im glad i leant about Alpa.
I dont have any experience of timelapse photography, Googling i found this free app SLR camera control from your iPhone, iPod Touch & iPad*|*ioShutter
Iphone, Ipad connect to dslr to do timelapse.

I might need to have a look at that, I imagine the connection might be pricey though

 

[David Mitchell]

I am trying to find a youtube video that I saw a while back which did timelapse, they were able to do it by creating a slideshow but they set the slideshow to run at 24fps giving the timelapse/stop motion video, I will try and dig it up for you, I think it was a commonly used program but had a seperate file downloaded as a template to allow for 24fps.

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Bingo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM7EJZ-8HWw

 

[David Jones]

There is an article on this in the November Black+White Photography. They suggest: Quicktime Pro or an application called Time Lapse Assembler (Mac or Windows). Download Time Lapse Assembler for Mac - Create movies from a sequence of images. MacUpdate.com. It is free unless you wish to donate.

They also suggest h.264 compression format and 1080px for the movie height.

 

[Milan Vjestica]

If you have a Nikon try;

digiCamControl - DSLR camera remote control open source software | digiCamControl

Connects the camera via USB!