Stop Motion / Time Lapse.....

blythieboy · 14 May 2013

All,

really not sure which section this should be in but setup my GoPro to take a shot every 2 seconds whilst driving upto Fort William (so through the mountains, around the lakes etc) for the British Downhill Series....have about 1700 shots...so want to playback at about 24-30 frames per sec

want to put them together to become a video...

Anyone got any advice on which software to use to be able to process the 1700+ 1024x768 jpgs to an mp4....to then be able to load up onto vimeo / facebook...

would appreciate a workflow answer (ie - this app, then that app, finally this app) rather than just one worders...

Thanks in advance

JB

st599 · 14 May 2013

Eyeframe converter. Open the directory in it, click convert, then select the YouTube target.

blythieboy · 14 May 2013

and for the jpgs to mp4/avi..?

JB

redhed17 · 14 May 2013

I've recently started using VirtualDub for putting together timelapses, and found it to be excellent. :clap:

There is a great guide here on how to use it.

ernesto · 15 May 2013

Buy Mac, import the photos to iPhoto, launch iMovie and import them from iPhoto and then set timings for each frame, other video settings etc,. then export as whatever format suits - done in around 10 minutes

Realise the buying Mac bit may be an obstacle

jimmy83 · 15 May 2013

ernesto said:
Buy Mac, import the photos to iPhoto, launch iMovie and import them from iPhoto and then set timings for each frame, other video settings etc,. then export as whatever format suits - done in around 10 minutes

Realise the buying Mac bit may be an obstacle

Can you do the same to creat gifs?

blythieboy · 15 May 2013

Got mac book pro with retina display so can try that..wlthough have never liked iphoto....thanks for other comments too...will post a link to result and method when i have done it...

ernesto · 15 May 2013

jimmy83 said:
Can you do the same to creat gifs?

Sorry, never tried. I only dabbled in stop frame animation because I had the tools at hand to easily try it (iPhoto, iMovie, tripod, remote shutter release).

I soon found that what I didn't have was the patience with all that very, very slightly moving objects around lark!

hollis_f · 15 May 2013

Buy QuickTime Pro. Open Image Sequence, select the first frame, tell it the frame rate and let it go to work. Later you can export it as MP4.

For creating animated gifs I use FastStone's Create | Multi-Page File Builder. But a gif consisting of 1700 1024x768 images will be monstrously huge.

IgorFB · 19 May 2013

Lightroom does it..

st599 · 21 May 2013

blythieboy said:
and for the jpgs to mp4/avi..?

JB

Eyeframe Converter will convert Jpeg to AVC in an MP4.

Kenny Girvan · 29 May 2013

I think the gopro software (free) does this for you. Think you download it from their site.

CineForm its called, not very powerful but apparently really easy to do what your trying to achieve.

I've not used it but thinking of buying a gopro and was doing some research and stumbled across a site covering exactly what your doing.

Cheers,

Kenny