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I bought an interval timer gizmo that works just fine but I'm having more trouble than expected finding software to compile my pictures into a Time Lapse video.

Any suggestions?
 
Adobe Premiere Pro can do this but it may be overkill if that's all you need. I assume Elements can do it as well and that program is more entry level priced.

I have no affiliation with Adobe. I'm sure almost any decent video editor can do it.
 
Rdefen said:
Rdefen wrote:

... I assume Elements can do it as well and that program is more entry level priced.
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At the very least, PS-Elements got me started and perhaps it's all I need. It seems that "Slideshow > Flipbook" is the key concept here but I had to dig pretty deep in a third party book to figure it out.

The 6.7 second / 100 picture time lapse WMV file I created was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to being able to do more interesting and creative things with my new toys.

Thanks for the tip.
 
Ray Maines said:
Ray Maines wrote:

It seems that "Slideshow > Flipbook" is the key concept here but I had to dig pretty deep in a third party book to figure it out.
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I use Premiere Pro, not Elements, so I don't know if the two work the same way. But in Premiere Pro when you import a file, if it sees that the file is a still picture (as opposed to a video clip) and it ends in a number it gives you a little checkbox called "Image Sequence" in the File Open dialogue. If you select the first picture and check that box, it will import all of the images into one pre-built video clip.
 
I use Sony Vegas. It also has an image sequence import.

But Gopro has a free version of CineForm Studio that works well for time lapse. I'm not fond of it as a video editor but for assembling the time lapse it's pretty good.

http://gopro.com/software-app/cineform-studio/

VirtualDub is also free but not as pretty of a user interface. Here are a couple tutorials.


http://timelapseblog.com/2009/08/04/using-virtualdub-for-time-lapse/

http://www.gimpforphotos.com/photography/time-lapse-virtualdub-how-to.html
 
Windows Live Movie Maker (from Microsoft, free) works great for simple movies (import the photos, select all, change duration to 0.03s, export into the format / size you want). You can add titles, transition from/to background color (e.g. black).

For more control, such as panning / zooming, Premiere Elements is great. In PE 10, you will need to rename the pictures in sequence (Pic-0001, Pic-0002, etc.) before importing them. Important: check the box "Numbered Stills" when importing. Then you can not only create a video sequence, but also use the panning and zooming tool.
 
I am currently experimenting with Adobe Lightroom 4.3 and LRTimelapse. Free trial version and templates are available.

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Schorsch68
 
Most of time creating a time lapse video takes less than half hour to forty minutes. I adjust frame rate depending on total number of images from four fps to twenty fps. Few thousands of images can be packed into two minutes of video.

I exclusively use free/open source software to create time lapse video on Debian GNU/Linux PC: GIMP, ImageMagick, ffmpeg, VLC media player.

GIMP: To analysis images for selecting crop resolution, basic color adjustment, i.e bright and contrast, color level.

ImageMagick: Mostly run 'convert' over the original image files to create images for the time lapse video. I use a script file that contains image manipulation options.

ffmpeg: Use it to create MP4 or FLV file. I use a script file that contains options of ffmpeg.

VLC media player: Inspect video files.

The downside is until getting familiar with above software, the end user need to invest some hours to learn them.
 
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I have 1500 photos that I need to make into time-lapse. I tried Windows Live Movie Maker and I could not get it to work. 1/3 into the generation, it will fail saying it ran out of memory (I have 12GB RAM, but the Movie Maker is just 32-bits). It suggests using a lower resolution but it does not help at all.

I hope to find a no-frill software that takes a sequence of pictures and turn them into video. I don't even need audio.
 
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joe6pack said:
I have 1500 photos that I need to make into time-lapse. I tried Windows Live Movie Maker and I could not get it to work. 1/3 into the generation, it will fail saying it ran out of memory (I have 12GB RAM, but the Movie Maker is just 32-bits). It suggests using a lower resolution but it does not help at all.

I hope to find a no-frill software that takes a sequence of pictures and turn them into video. I don't even need audio.
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Have you checked out the free GoPro program? I have used it a few times, and it works like it should (in my view) for timelapse videos.

The link further up in this thread is still valid.
 
LRTimelapse is a fantastic tool developed by a master of time lapse Gunther. For shooting there is unlikely to be anything better than qdslrdashboard. Fantastic free software developed by another master Hubaiz.

Have a look at the work Gunther has produced with these tools, top class.
 
Yes, I tried GoPro before I use Windows Live Movie Maker. And I wasn't impressed. In comparison, WLMM is much more intuitive. I had many successes but only now ran into this memory issue. Since I already precrop images into 1080p, I hope to use some command line tool to do it.
 
joe6pack said:
Yes, I tried GoPro before I use Windows Live Movie Maker. And I wasn't impressed. In comparison, WLMM is much more intuitive. I had many successes but only now ran into this memory issue. Since I already precrop images into 1080p, I hope to use some command line tool to do it.
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FWIW, I decided to use ffmpeg. It took some time and in the end I figured it out. The trickiest part is actually getting it to recognize the numbering scheme.
 
Ray Maines said:
Rdefen said:
... I assume Elements can do it as well and that program is more entry level priced.
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At the very least, PS-Elements got me started and perhaps it's all I need. It seems that "Slideshow > Flipbook" is the key concept here but I had to dig pretty deep in a third party book to figure it out.

The 6.7 second / 100 picture time lapse WMV file I created was a lot of fun and I'm looking forward to being able to do more interesting and creative things with my new toys.

Thanks for the tip.
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Does PhotoShop CS6/CC have the same ability?
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