• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  what is the best option for timelapse capture in FCP

  Posted by Miriam on November 3, 2006 at 3:36 pm

  I am searching for a plug in or function of Final Cut Pro that will allow timelapse capture over a number of days. I used to be able to do this in Adobe Premiere using their stop motion capture feature. Does FCP have such a feature? I am looking at BTV pro as it was mention in another thread from 2005. But that software was last updated in 2002 and I wonder how well it will work with current versions of FCP.

  Thanks for your help.

  Chris Poisson replied 19 years, 10 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  Jeff Carpenter

  November 3, 2006 at 3:50 pm

  I know iMovie has a feature that does this. It works with any firewire camera.

  When you switch to the camera input there’s a selection for time lapse capture. You can work in DV or HDV and then export it as a quicktime movie and import that into Final Cut.
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  Chris Poisson

  November 3, 2006 at 6:15 pm

  Miriam,

  For time-lapse capture I use BTV Pro, which is an all-around great capture tool. Bensoftware.com I think…
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  Miriam

  November 3, 2006 at 6:34 pm

  Hey,

  I downloaded the 15 day trial of BTV pro and it’s great. Simple and exactly what I was looking for. I am using the GL1 but capturing in 24p. Very cool. I am also going to try some HD capture to try and match the HD camera that we will be shooting the rest of the video with. We’ll see how that goes. I like how BTV pro lets you blend/merge a series of frames for each captured frame.

  Thanks,
  Miriam
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  Chris Poisson

  November 4, 2006 at 5:09 pm

  Hey Miriam,

  Yes, it’s fantastic, the timelapse feature is VERY adjustable, so depending on the length of your original and the desired result, you may want to run off a few short tests before you go through the whole tape.

  Have fun!

  Also note that there are a bunch of settings for capture results, very comprehensive tool.

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