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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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Does anyone know how To Make A Time-Lapse Video in Premiere Pro 2? Thanks.
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gsully53 Posts: 77 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline
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Just right click on the clip on the timeline and select speed/duration. By Increasing the speed to 200% will make the video go twice as fast etc.
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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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Thanks but It was not speed/duration. Here's a sample of time-lapsed video: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1609676 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyyCcjbrWOM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TemK6CF6lF0 I found a tips here: http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Make-A-Time-Lapse-Video-With-Your-Digital-Video-Camera&id=19704 _____________________________ DODOZ (in reply to gsully53) |
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Levi Posts: 286 Joined: 1/17/2007 Status: offline
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Hi Ruel Found this little tidbit on time-lapse  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_lapse _____________________________ Levi www.imageevent.com/cabinetry Insanity is doing the same thing, the same way, everyday, and expecting different results. (in reply to DODOZ) |
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wizard Posts: 6029 Joined: 2/15/2006 From: New Hampshire, USA Status: offline
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I would believe all of these clips were done in the camera. I don't know of any thing in Premiere to do that. Seems like it would take enormous computer power to cut out one frame every so many seconds or minutes, stitch it together, and render it out. Plus, how big a hard drive would it take to store days of footage for the raw stock. But, maybe those a lot more knowledgeable than I am can come up with a solution.
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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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Thanks Levi and Bill, guess what I found another tips regarding this, your right Bill, time consuming and will use a lot of Hardrive space. Here's the link: check the sample clips. http://midnightoilproductions.com/reading/?p=31
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gsully53 Posts: 77 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline
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How is the method you described different from changing the speed that I suggested above?
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D. Eric Franks Posts: 2544 Joined: 11/10/2004 From: Florida Status: offline
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It's not different, just a lot faster. DODOZ is looking for something like 1 frame every second, which is something like 3000% slowing - I'm pretty sure Premiere will not go that far - so you'd have to do a giant capture and then maybe mulitple renders. When I have done this in the past (I have a year-long collection of sunsets from the same location), I just rolled tape and then CAPTURED one frame a second into the computer using Scenalyzer. Very convenient and easy. Other DV capture apps probably also have this feature now, but my experience with that app is from the late twentieth century, so I don't really know what is new now. Eric < Message edited by D. Eric Franks -- 4/24/2007 8:45:06 AM > (in reply to gsully53) |
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gsully53 Posts: 77 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline
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Just for grins I tried it and was able to speed up a video clip by 10,000%. This reduced a clip that was 8:35 to just over 5 seconds
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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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gsully, what I mean to say is 200% speed/duration is not enough for time-lapsed video, the link that i've post above took 8 months to finish a 1 minute time-lapse video and use 200 GB of space. I just wondering if that is possible, not I've learn that it took a lot of time to finish this one, also a huge space on hard drive. Check the link to see a video and how they do that.
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gsully53 Posts: 77 Joined: 12/21/2006 Status: offline
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could you do it multiple times. I mean could you increase the speed 100x and output your 800GB as 8GB (approx 32 minutes). then repeat again this time at 32x to reduce it to a 1 minute clip. Would you lose quality doing this versus doing it all in 1 step?
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MikeG Posts: 14 Joined: 6/9/2006 Status: offline
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Use a still camera as an alternative. I have a Canon EOS 20D that came with a software app which will monitor and trigger a still shot every X seconds. Hook it up to a laptop, PC or whatever, set it and forget it. Import all the stills into Premier and you have a time lapse sequence. Just a thought. _____________________________ Mike (in reply to DODOZ) |
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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quote: This is one thing that was easier to do with film than in video. I still have an old film camera with the device built in that letws you do this. It is called an intervalometer. I Googled that for "video intervalometer" and it turns out they exist. Adorama has one for $369, and I think this link will take you to it: http://www.adorama.com/VDDVTL1.html From the site: Datavideo TL-1, Time-Lapse Video Intervalometer · Datavideo's Intervalometer TL-1 is an easy to use, microprocessor based DV Bank accessory that will open up new worlds of creative, scientific, technical and business opportunities for you. Now you can have unlimited real time control of your production technology and use 'time' more efficiently and imaginatively. · What's an Intervalometer? Simply put, a video intervalometer allows the user to determine the number of video frames the DV Bank records and how often it records them; it enables the creation of time-lapse video images. Thus, very slow activities (such as clouds moving across the sky) appear to be speeded up. · Datavideo's Intervalometer and DV Bank allow you to shoot single frame images, produce activated or general-purpose interface (GPI) triggered segments, animations and time-lapse videography. The Intervalometer allows the director/producer to "compress elapsed time" and gives you nearly unlimited creative potential because the look, style and overall effect of the final video can be fine-tuned. · The Intervalometer and DV Bank can also be used to animate "still" images, creating "moving" images like in traditional cartoons. Again, the director/producer determines the recording time interval and the number of frames to be recorded. When the video is replayed at normal speed (30 fps) the process creates a continuous image that appears to move. The Intervalometer is exceptionally useful in creating unique opening titles, revealing data on a chart or for creating an easy to follow instruction guide for a complex process. _____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to DODOZ) |
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wizard Posts: 6029 Joined: 2/15/2006 From: New Hampshire, USA Status: offline
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Nice info/post Stephen - points to you.
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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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 Thanks Stephen, I will check the link. Points to you again.
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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quote: Thank you, Bill. I've always been fascinated by time lapse, and once shot an entire two hour road trip at one frame per second. Playback at 24fps is a hoot. But until tonight I couldn't figure out how to do it for video. Finding this device at Adorama settled something for me as much as anyone else. If I wasn't in the middle of a computer upgrade I'd jump at one of these. I can't believe the time range it has. Anything from 29 frames per second to one frame per DAY. That last one would let you track the path of the moon up and down the horizon over a few months or a year if you had a remote camera you could set up and leave there that long. Watching a plant grow, or a flower open and close is startling. These things can let you do a lot. But as it's description points out, the most efficient way to do this kind of capture is to limit the run time of the camera to single frames over discrete intervals of time. Too bad it's such low res and DV only. I think Mike's idea of using a still camera with auto exposure software could get you a HD equivalent if the camera had the right resolution. It seems to me that I have some Canon software that would do that. If so, then when I get a chance I might set up a simple Powershot on a tripod, hook up a laptop and give it a run. It could be interesting. BTW where does it explain about "points" on the forum? _____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to wizard) |
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wizard Posts: 6029 Joined: 2/15/2006 From: New Hampshire, USA Status: offline
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Points are your "score" beneath your avatar. They have no meaning except what you decide it means to you. (no prizes or anything) They are acquired by someone who feels that your post was helpful, rating your post. This is done by clicking on "rate post" in the lower right corner of the post, and choosing what you feel is appropriate. There, was that helpful?
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illustratedWORD Posts: 506 Joined: 11/11/2006 From: York, PA - (living in Switzerland) Status: offline
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I have done some time-lapse using DV tape and speeding up footage in the computer. Here is one example I used this method (time-lapse at beginning of video). [note use of DJ "revealers" ] Otherwise, for looong time-lapses (several days, morning-to-night, etc.), I use a (FREE) stop-frame animation program on my laptop and connect (USB or Firewire) directly to my camera. A simple webcam or DV camera can also be used to capture the images. An extra benefit of using a digital still camera is I have a better image quality and resolution. There are several free (or inexpensive $20+) stop-frame animation programs that come standard with this direct to camera time-lapse feature. A few do not support digital still cameras though. That's two options I use, depending on the circumstances. ---------------- Edit: After checking out what that "video Intervalometer" does (Stephen mentioned above), I realized that's what I described with the stop-frame animation program I use. 
< Message edited by illustratedWORD -- 4/26/2007 6:27:07 AM > _____________________________ ~ Tim www.illustratedWORD.com (in reply to wizard) |
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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quote: It was indeed, and so you get a point from me. I had no idea how those were given and you filled in a blank. I noticed that by choosing to give a point it also gave a letter "grade" to the post. I have seen letter grades on entire threads, how does that happen? [Then I'll get off this aside.] _____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to wizard) |
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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quote: I found a post on DVinfo from last June where a guy named Mike Schrengohst mentions this:
_____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to illustratedWORD) |
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illustratedWORD Posts: 506 Joined: 11/11/2006 From: York, PA - (living in Switzerland) Status: offline
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quote: When points are given to the initial post that started the thread. _____________________________ ~ Tim www.illustratedWORD.com (in reply to dajuiceguy) |
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Jerel Peterson Posts: 379 Joined: 5/10/2003 Status: offline
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Don't most video cameras have time lapse capabilities built-in? Both the ones our school has have that capability. I just used it last week to record the decoration of the gym for our prom. It's much easier than doing it on the computer--instead of capturing 8 hours of tape and speeding it up on the computer, I had about 2 minutes on tape. The only problem is that the longest interval you could set was 2 minutes.
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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quote: I have not found many that do support single frame or time lapse, and that surprised me. What cameras are those that you were using, and to what medium do they record? Are they by any chance tapeless; i.e capture cards or disk recording? I think it has more to do with the recording end of things than the camera, and here I am dividing a amcorder into its two major components the way higher end ameras do. At the camera end it would seem to be a matter of open or closed. The recorder determines duration, or so it would seem. And recording to a moving tape would be limited by the tape transport, I would think. But I'm not sure about this. What I do know is that I'm using a couple of Sony HDX-325 ENG cameras with the EVV9000 Hi-8 back; a Sony HDR-FX1 HDV cam, and a JVC GY-HD100 HDV cam. All these cameras are prosumer grade and up, and are configured for primary recording to tape, and none has provision for time lapse or single frame that I know of. I have a firestore drive recording unit for the JVC, which could also be used with the FX1, but it does not appear to have any settings for single frame recording. I haven't really tried it though. Are there very many video cameras in the hands of forum members that have built-in intervalometers, or single frame shutter options? (Single frame capture from a clip doesn't count since the camcorder isn't doing that. Don't count digital still cameras in video mode as a video camera either.) _____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to Jerel Peterson) |
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Matt Posts: 5743 Joined: 5/15/2003 From: Oak Ridge, NC Status: offline
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Not all cameras have that function, if you want to know if a camera has that function you need to look for an option called interval recording not time lapse.
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D. Eric Franks Posts: 2544 Joined: 11/10/2004 From: Florida Status: offline
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Just from memory, the Sony consumer camera interval mode records a handful of frames at a time, so it isn't strictly able to do what you want, but at least it's better than just rolling tape and speeding it up in post. Eric (in reply to Matt) |
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IMG Posts: 862 Joined: 3/23/2006 From: Irmo, SC Status: offline
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Speaking of time-lapse photogrpahy check out THIS LINK for some of the most compelling and downright gorgeous footage I have ever seen (INCLUDING all of the Nat'l. Geographic stuff, THIS is even better looking than that!). These guys claim to use a digital still camera and a proprietary rig that they built themselves to achieve those awesome effects. What is so different about their footage is that it looks so fresh, new and exciting. The color temp is rich, vibrant, vivid and literally jumps right out at you compared to other similar stuff in that genre. _____________________________ ==== Scot ==== JD 37, 39, 40, 42, 46, 49 ST 4, 10, 12, 13 ETK 1-10, PTK HDJB 1-10 DJTV 1-3 (in reply to D. Eric Franks) |
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VizualEyes Posts: 17 Joined: 3/17/2007 Status: offline
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What a great topic. First off - I think the new version of adobe production suit is bundled with DV Rack origionaly of serious magic. This is what I use to do TimeLapse clouds in HD or SD..... Just park my camera out by the pool....firewire into my laptop ... set up the frame rate to capture and go to the movies. I hope DJ offers a TimeLapes volume in the HD VidTrx.... And more cloud fly overs. _____________________________ JL (in reply to IMG) |
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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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The link that Scot post was interesting but the price- I can' afford, I was hoping DJ will create this kind of Video, VTX 1 has some cool time-lapse similar video, but the cloud, clock, sunset are cool clips to use.
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illustratedWORD Posts: 506 Joined: 11/11/2006 From: York, PA - (living in Switzerland) Status: offline
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On the subject of using a DSLR for timelapse, here is an excellent example of a timelapse shot using a DSLR's built-in "intervelometer". Watch the HD 720p timelapse reel to get the full impact. Since this feature is part of the camera's firmware, I wish Nikon would provide a simple firmware update for their DSLRs that don't have this feature (D70s, etc.). Would be soooo nice to only take my DSLR with me (and tripod ) to do high resolution timelapse shots!
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David Slater Posts: 999 Joined: 5/27/2004 From: Toronto area Status: offline
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OH wow Tim that is . . . that is . . . that is amazing I think I might go price out some new camera gear tommorow might see if I can get a used 20D wow _____________________________ DAVE (in reply to illustratedWORD) |
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Chromakey_Green Posts: 77 Joined: 4/2/2007 From: North Lincolnshire - England Status: offline
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I shot a time-lapse of the sun rising over the rainforest and mountains in Royal Mulu, Malaysia. Twice we got up at silly O clock in the morning to climb the mountain where we set up the camera and I manually stood there for a couple of hours firing off the capture via remote. I then sped up the footage in Premiere Pro to get me the short few seconds I needed. _____________________________ Of course I am blind! - I am a cameraman! (in reply to David Slater) |
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illustratedWORD Posts: 506 Joined: 11/11/2006 From: York, PA - (living in Switzerland) Status: offline
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Chromakey_Green, Between time-lapse shots over Malaysia and your scuba diving/video profile picture, it appears you live a boring life. The sun rising shot in Malaysia sounds breathtaking. ------------ I experimented with no (additional) cost, feather-weight solutions to "assist me" in manually triggering my DSLR at regular intervals without the need to look at a watch or counting in my head, which would drive me bonkers. I use my iPod sized (digital) musical metronome which sends out a soft beep at a constant interval. ...I know, a bit primitive but until I can get a Nikon D200 with time-lapse built in, it'll do for those out-of-the-way time-lapse locations I end up at where a DSLR is all I have with me. _____________________________ ~ Tim www.illustratedWORD.com (in reply to Chromakey_Green) |
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Chromakey_Green Posts: 77 Joined: 4/2/2007 From: North Lincolnshire - England Status: offline
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Hi IllustratedWord Sadly, those kind of gigs are few - but lovely when they happen! I have online the video we did in Malaysia, and if you are interested are happy to pm you the link. _____________________________ Of course I am blind! - I am a cameraman! (in reply to illustratedWORD) |
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izoneguy Posts: 1 Joined: 5/10/2007 Status: offline
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Nick does some great work. We have all of his work and more for sale at www.MotionZoneHD.com (in reply to IMG) |
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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quote: DV Rack is still a $350 add-on. Serious Magic's Ultra 2 for Chroma Key work is what is bundled with the Production suite, and will become UltraCS3 in the new production premium. _____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to VizualEyes) |
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jmeredith Posts: 836 Joined: 9/4/2003 From: Oregon/Hawaii Status: offline
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DVRack will be/has been renamed OnLocation CS3 Quote from the Adobe Store... quote: (in reply to dajuiceguy) |
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dajuiceguy Posts: 222 Joined: 3/6/2007 Status: offline
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Aha! Thank you for that! One more reason to upgrade to CS3. I'm looking forward to that.
_____________________________ - Stephen System specs- Dual Quad Xeon 2.33 GHz; 16 Gb RAM, 500 Gb system drive, 650 Gb edit drive, 3 Tb RAID 3 video source files drive, nVidia Quadro FX4500; Win 7 64-bit; Adobe CS5 Production premium; Avid Media Composer 5; Cineform Neo 4K (in reply to jmeredith) |
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Jerel Peterson Posts: 379 Joined: 5/10/2003 Status: offline
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The Sony TRV900 that I used for the prom will record 1/4 second as the smallest time amount when set for interval recording.
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sevenhills Posts: 346 Joined: 1/28/2007 From: Lynchburg VA. Status: offline
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I just caught this post, I have DV Rack (SD) and I have been asked to do a time lapse of a house being built in a week. They want footage from each day and it sounds like it can be done with DV Rack and I feel sure that it can, problem is I have never tried it and I don't really want to spend a week shooting something like this. I'm going to take a look at it just for the experence and see what I come up with. I will try to post my findings in the future. DV Rack is something I use a lot, I have had it for about 3 years now and I wouldn't want to be without it.
_____________________________ Mike Norris Lynchburg, VA Your mind is like a parachute, it only works when it's open. (in reply to Jerel Peterson) |
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DODOZ Posts: 698 Joined: 1/2/2007 From: Chicago Status: offline
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Mike, here's a sample clips of Time Lapse Home Contruction Video, and tips, hope this help. http://midnightoilproductions.com/reading/?p=31 Video Samples: https://www.midnightoilproductions.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=277 < Message edited by DODOZ -- 5/26/2007 3:43:06 PM > _____________________________ DODOZ (in reply to sevenhills) |
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