“Frame Removal” to Create Time-Lapse Effect

[Michael Sacci]

Normally footage is shoot at 1 frame every minute or so. Then you capture that and normally still speed it up. So if you recorded over 9 hours you would have 18 minutes of footage (540 frames) So if you wanted to have it play in 90 seconds you would speed it up 1200%.

So if you have real time footage you would want to leave just one frame every minute or two, simply cut out 29 frames, close gap, frame ahead one, remove 29 frames, close gap and so on. Export this as a self contained movie, bring it back in and speed it up to desired duration and you have a perfect time lapse, no frame blending is ever needed.

[Alex Elkins]

[Michael Sacci] “simply cut out 29 frames, close gap, frame ahead one, remove 29 frames, close gap and so on.”

Isn’t that essentially what FCP is doing when you speed up a clip anyway? Is there a difference between the two methods, apart from having more control over which precise frames you’re keeping?

Thanks,
Alex

[Jeremy Garchow]

Perhaps this will help?

https://nattress.com/Products/BigBox/TimeTools/GTimeLapse.htm

[David Bogie]

My usual post in response to timelapse inquiries:

https://www.gethincoles.com/
https://www.creativepro.com/story/howto/24670.html
https://www.haworth-village.org.uk/nature/time-lapse/thumbs.asp
https://www.macworld.com/weblogs/macosxhints/2006/07/timelapsemov/index.php
https://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/2005/05/18/timelapse.html
https://www.timelapsedigital.com/
https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/time_lapse_article/time_lapse.html

bogiesan

This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

[Arnie Schlissel]

If you have Shake, you could do this with a timeX node. One of the options there is to plug in a simple formula that would only use every N’th frame. Say every 30th or 120th frame, if you so choose.

Arnie
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