A great example of creativity and skill!
What interval setting did you use when taking the images?
Did you use the same interval for both day and night images?
Thanks for sharing this!
@Zh2: QuickTime Pro 7 can create image sequence videos. (I'm using 10.6.8, I don't know what's available in 10.7). Under File in QT 7 select Open Image Sequence... Select the first image in your sequenced images folder and click Open; select a frame rate - try 1 or 2 frames per second, you'll have to experiment with this setting, click OK and QT creates a video of your images.
Hey Bill, thanks for the comment. I mostly used two or three seconds, sometimes 5. In that range. I changed depending on the amount of movement in the scene and how much I anticipated I had to speed it up later.
As for Quicktime Pro - indeed that is what a lot of people use, then load it into AE of FCP for further editing. Normally you would use 1 frame per image or 24 images per second.
Very nicely done, great music to go along!
Thanks, credit goes to The XX.
Here are two I've done over the years.
iMovie doesn't have the precision one would want. It can only go down to something like 5 frames per image. You want to be able to use one image per frame. Many people pay for the the Pro license for QuickTime 7 Pro which allows you to import a collection of photos, one photo per frame, and output a QuickTime video.
Interesting doing this with an iSight or iPhone. Got to say though a DSLR gives you lot more flexibility of course.
Seconding on iMovie. I have not tried it but I think Quicktime will do a nice job, you can still cut etc in iMovie then.
I found that Final Cut Pro X has major issues if you tell it to load 5000 images - that becomes a pain. So I'd do the video in Quicktime in full size, then open a 1080p timeline and do the editing in FCP.
Was all the panning/zooming done digitally, or did you have an actual dolly when shooting it?
Digitally. I do intend to get a dolly, it's awesome for urban or nature scenes.
In that case though, even the tripod was a hassle with the amount of people.
Often, digitally is sufficient I think.
This is utterly fantastic work. The fact that each scene would itself work as an interesting and well-composed still frame strikes me as the fundamental reason it works so well. Starting from that point and *then* adding on the timelapse element in a scene with a lot of great activity, and then a great backing track just layers on even more goodness. Really well done! I love it.
Thanks for the comment
It's a big advantage if you have taken "normal" photos before.
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It's really cool this thread had such a good start!
Let's see if we can keep it alive.
I am gonna post my second timelapse later - which actually was the first I have ever done.