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Gluemotion 1 2 1 – Create Timelapse Videos From Photos

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Update: May 8, 2019 at 2:40 p.m. ET: Google Camera version 6.2, the version that brings the Time Lapse feature, has just hit the Play Store. If you own a Pixel phone, head to the Play Store link below to grab the update!

Original article: May 7, 2019 at 2:48 p.m. ET: Already available on other smartphones and several third-party camera applications, Time Lapse is finally coming to Google Pixel phones through the stock Google Camera app.

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Rolling out today, Time Lapse lets you put your phone down for a certain amount of time, record the world around you, and watch a sped-up version of the footage. Given the right circumstances and environment, time lapse videos can look stunning and make you appreciate the passage of time.

With Pixel owners no longer having to wait to natively capture time lapse videos, let's take a look at how to use the new Time Lapse feature on Pixel phones.

How to use Time Lapse

When you open the Camera app, go to the More section. From there, tap the Time Lapse option that sits next to Slow Motion and is represented by a fast-forward icon.

Tapping Time Lapse brings up a different and simple camera viewfinder. When the phone is in portrait, the top-right thermometer icon lets you change the color temperature. The lock icon on the right lets you lock or unlock exposure and auto-focus, while the slider with the sun icon lets you override the exposure settings.

There's also a magnifying glass option on the bottom right that lets you zoom in when you tap the icon.

We now get to the 1x, 5x, 10x, 30x, and 120x options laid out horizontally. You can only get a 10-second time lapse video, but you can choose for how long you want to record footage for. 1x means you record for 10 seconds, while 5x means you record for 50 seconds. That means the 120x option lets you record for a full 20 minutes.

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Once you're done recording, you can tap the bottom right icon to see your recording. Alternatively, you can hit the record button to grab another time lapse video.

The good news is that Time Lapse is a relatively easy and fun feature to use. Let us know in the comments if you plan to use Time Lapse on your Pixel phone.

Note: This article provides basic information about how time-lapse videos are created and includes a tutorial (at end of post) showing how to use still images (taken with any camera) to make a time-lapse video with iMovie. If you are looking for detailed instructions for producing a time-lapse video with a GoPro (and GoPro Studio), see this article and video tutorial: Time Lapse Tutorial for the GoPro Hero 3+. Another video tutorial shows how to use a montage of still images instead of video footage to make a video: How to Make a Video without Film Footage: Montage Revisited.

Time-lapse photography is a technique whereby a scene in real time is sped up to play in a much shorter time-frame. An example might be a shoreline experiencing a tidal cycle in which the tide rises and falls, covering and exposing a mudflat, over a 24 hour period. A film of such a scene in real time would be too long to watch, and it would be difficult for a viewer to see the gradual changes in the water level. Instead, if the scene were sped up to play in a shorter time period, the change would be obvious. Hours of change would be compressed into a few minutes, i.e., lapsing time.

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The time-lapse technique is particularly useful for displaying biological, chemical, and/or physical processes that are naturally too slow for the human eye to see in real time: a seed germinating, a flower unfolding, a caterpillar transforming into a butterfly, colors changing seasonally in a deciduous tree, a glacier melting, a shoreline eroding, storm clouds gathering, and many other events that take hours, days, or weeks to unfold. If you wish to study or display such changes on film, you must know how to create a time-lapse film.

Below is an example of a time-lapse of decaying fruit.

To begin to understand how to capture and edit a time-lapse film, let's analyze how the above film was created. A single photo was taken (from exactly the same position) of a bowl of fruit every 40 minutes for 74 days. This means that 36 photos were taken per day, and 2664 photos in all would be captured. If each photo represents a 1-sec frame in a film and all 2664 photos were played at 30 fps (frames per second), then the final length of the film would be 1.48 minutes (the actual length of the film was 1.37 min, perhaps because the frame duration was set to slightly less than 1 sec or not all photos were used).

Note that you can also create a time-lapse film by speeding up a video clip; however, this approach is usually limited to short-duration events (e.g., an hour) that can be filmed and later sped up to play in a few seconds. You can also splice together film clips shot at brief intervals throughout an event and then time-compress during editing by shortening the duration of the final film. In the video below, a decaying pig carcass was filmed at the bottom of the ocean over a 9 day period; the film appears to have been created by splicing together short film clips captured each day.

However, the creation of a time-lapse film with still images is the most common (and easiest) approach. To create a good time-lapse film, there are a few important points to keep in mind:

1. Use a tripod to ensure that all photos are taken from exactly the same position/angle. Otherwise, the resultant film will not be smooth.

2. Shoot the photos in manual mode; otherwise, the camera will try to automatically adjust for changes in light levels, etc.

3. Carefully calculate the time interval needed between photos. This calculation will depend on the process being filmed, how fast the changes occur, and how smooth you want the resultant film to be. The more photos per unit time, the smoother the result (if you want to create a jerky effect, then scale back). If you are shooting cloud movement, you might take one photo per minute. If you are filming something that unfolds over days or weeks, then you might take only one photo per day. For example, filming one year in the life of a tree might require only one photo per day (365 photos in all). If each photo is played for 2 sec at 30 fps, the resultant film would be 24.33 sec in length.

4. Be sure you have sufficient battery life and memory to accommodate all the photos. Use jpg and adjust the size so that you get optimum quality without running out of memory.

5. Before you launch into your project, do some test shots to make sure everything is set up correctly and you are getting what you need. It's a good idea to take a few photos and edit them to get an idea of how the final version will look and to spot any problems.

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In the tutorial below, I show how to turn a series of still images into a time-lapse video using iMovie (direct link to video on YouTube).

I used a point and shoot camera to take the photos manually, but you can use any still camera and purchase hardware and software that will automate the shooting for you. Also, you can even shoot time-lapse photos with your iPhone; there are apps that will help you do this (note: I've not tried all of these, so can't attest to their quality or ease of use):

Lapse It Pro will record photos and render the time-lapse film (this is the app that I use–see this post in which I test it out)

iTimelapse will take the photos and assist in rendering the final film (note: some customer complaints).

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Are you interested in learning more techniques like this? If so, you may be interested in my ebook, The Scientist Videographer, which is an electronic guidebook packed with information, tips, and tutorials and designed for the 21st century scientist, teacher, and student. Available in iTunes Store (fully interactive version for iPad, iPhone, & Mac), Smashwords (text version), and Amazon Kindle (text version).





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