[MacDV] Time lapse?

[Frank Flynn]

My Brother had an analog camcorder (Sharp I believe) that would attempt this
but it wasn't all that good at it.  It would shoot 2 seconds every 30 and
the manual recommended not to do it for too long (since the camera was in
pause mode during the 28 seconds).  It was very jerky.

I think you'd have better luck with a Mac (laptop if you need to do this on
the road) and use an application like ImageDV http://www.evological.com/
which can save still images from a DV feed or record the event live (real
time) and use this SW to extract images later.

Only keep every other image (or every 5th or whatever) to speed up the movie
then use iMovie or whatever to make these stills back into a movie.

Apple script can be really useful for the last step.

Good Luck,
Frank

On 7/31/03 5:19 AM, "Macintosh Digital Video List"
<MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com> wrote:

> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 23:41:58 -0700
> Subject: [MacDV] Time lapse?
> From: David Cole <themixguy at mac.com>
> Message-Id: <154C92F9-C322-11D7-BCA9-000393D91F90 at mac.com>
> 
> Anyone have an idea how to do time lapse video using a mini-DV camera?
> I believe the device is called an intervalometer for film cameras that
> you can set to take an exposure every so many seconds. But with the
> consumer camcorder? Or do I shoot bursts of video with a stopwatch and
> then pull out frames in editing?
> 
> Obviously a sturdy tripod is in order... but what about the rest of it?
> 
> -DC
> 


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Frank Flynn
Poet, Artist & Mystic