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Time lapse ?s
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I need to create some time lapse footage. The subject is a construction site. One camera position.
The shoot: I’ll be using my Panasonic HMC 150 (AVCHD). Its a long shoot, 2 days – up to 10 hrs each day.
The edit: PP Cs4, on my Macbook Pro (dual Core).
End use: Client doesn’t know, Probably web video, maybe industrial use on a dvd. Not broadcast.
So what do you think? I have an idea of how the workflow should go, but I want to get everyones take on it.
Im thinking shoot at 720p, import into PP timeline, export every 6th frame as a tiff, then throw it back in the timeline? Then export as what?
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Instead of exporting every 6th frame, why not set the speed to 500%? If you’re in NTSC-world, it amounts to the same thing, with a lot less work. Render as either an uncompressed file or an image sequence and then you can do whatever you want with it.
I’ve done speedups like that and they work just fine.
Otherwise, if you can spare a laptop (or desktop) and install OnLocation on it, you have the option of time-lapse presets available, and can walk away with a recorded time-lapse sequence on a drive.
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Great advice.
Will speeding it up have the same look as time lapse?
I like your Onlocation idea. I have a MacBook with it already loaded. My problem might be the laptop battery. I don’t think it will last long enough. Any ideas on that? Also I’ve never used on location, is it easy enough to learn in a couple days?
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Great advice.
Thanks.
Will speeding it up have the same look as time lapse?
Yes.
I like your Onlocation idea. I have a MacBook with it already loaded. My problem might be the laptop battery. I don’t think it will last long enough. Any ideas on that? Also I’ve never used on location, is it easy enough to learn in a couple days?
No line power there?
You’re not doing this tonight, I hope. (grin)
Experiment with it. It’s pretty straightforward, and has worked well for me in multiple settings.
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