Timelapse

ANGUS · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

Now i have the 1000 jpegs to string into a timelapse i need some help, it needs to maintain high quality so AVI files are out, i need a reckomendation of a good program, prefer free but i will hapily pay if i need to that will give ma a high quality output and fully automate the process.

Thanks

HSK · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

Well, there's a free program called VirtualDub that will render the images into a video. There are plenty other programs too like Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, but VirtualDub is free and easy to do this with.

ANGUS · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

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Originally Posted by HSK

Well, there's a free program called VirtualDub that will render the images into a video. There are plenty other programs too like Sony Vegas, but VirtualDub is free and easy to do this with.

Tried VirtualDub but it makes it an AVI file thats 3GB and therefore cannot be opened. Unless you know a player that will open them?

HSK · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

Really? I didn't know there was a limitation on the file size and playing it...What were you using to try and play it? Maybe you need certain codecs etc...try VLC player if you already haven't?

ANGUS · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

just tried, VLC wont play it.

HSK · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

Hmm I'm really not sure then, I don't think I've tried to play a file that big. Sorry.

EloquentPixels · 21st of August 2008 (Thu)

Make sure you pick a video compressor (I usually use xvid), otherwise you're just dumping out uncompressed video. You'll have the same issue with any other video editing app.
You're file size and quality will depend on the bitrate. You'll have to make the size/quality trade-off regardless of the program you use.
I get great timelapses out of virtualdub. You can also apply various filters (i.e. temporal smoothing) to make things look even better.

21st of August 2008 (Thu)	#1
ANGUS Cream of the Crop Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia... Posts: 6,897 IMAGE EDITING OK	Timelapse Now i have the 1000 jpegs to string into a timelapse i need some help, it needs to maintain high quality so AVI files are out, i need a reckomendation of a good program, prefer free but i will hapily pay if i need to that will give ma a high quality output and fully automate the process. Thanks __________________ Angus \| 1D MkIV \| 1D MkIII \| 5D MkII \| 15FE \| 16-35 f2.8 L \| 24-70 f2.8 L \| 70-200 f2.8 IS L II \| 35 f1.4 L \| 135 f2 L \| 300 f2.8 IS L \| 580 EX II \| 580 EX II \|

21st of August 2008 (Thu)	#2
HSK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,124 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Timelapse Well, there's a free program called VirtualDub that will render the images into a video. There are plenty other programs too like Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere, but VirtualDub is free and easy to do this with.

21st of August 2008 (Thu)	#4
HSK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,124 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Timelapse Really? I didn't know there was a limitation on the file size and playing it...What were you using to try and play it? Maybe you need certain codecs etc...try VLC player if you already haven't?

21st of August 2008 (Thu)	#5
ANGUS Cream of the Crop Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia... Posts: 6,897 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Timelapse just tried, VLC wont play it. __________________ Angus \| 1D MkIV \| 1D MkIII \| 5D MkII \| 15FE \| 16-35 f2.8 L \| 24-70 f2.8 L \| 70-200 f2.8 IS L II \| 35 f1.4 L \| 135 f2 L \| 300 f2.8 IS L \| 580 EX II \| 580 EX II \|

21st of August 2008 (Thu)	#6
HSK Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London, UK Posts: 1,124 IMAGE EDITING OK	Re: Timelapse Hmm I'm really not sure then, I don't think I've tried to play a file that big. Sorry. __________________

21st of August 2008 (Thu)	#7
EloquentPixels Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Vancouver, B.C. Posts: 63	Re: Timelapse Make sure you pick a video compressor (I usually use xvid), otherwise you're just dumping out uncompressed video. You'll have the same issue with any other video editing app. You're file size and quality will depend on the bitrate. You'll have to make the size/quality trade-off regardless of the program you use. I get great timelapses out of virtualdub. You can also apply various filters (i.e. temporal smoothing) to make things look even better.

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