dvx time lapse test

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You can get nice smooth timelapse motion with interval recording..

speeding up continuous footage isn't Timelapse anymore don't forget..

the way I did it.. the time consuming way.. was to record (this is with an XL1s mind you) 0.5s of footage every minute.

after I had all my footage.. I took the quicktime file and exported it to an image sequence.. then I took every 15th frame and placed it in a separate folder... then imported that sequence back into Quicktime and voila... time lapse...

I was thinking about writing a little app to make this process stupid proof.. but i am lazy..

but you can definately get nice smooth results.. you just need to work for it I guess..
 
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[quote author=DvPixl link=board=Clips;num=1106474097;start=15#23 date=02/01/05 at 20:16:42]all that sun directly into the lens can't be good for the DVX.[/quote]

iris closed as far as it could go, uv filter, and nd64.
 
Bad for it?

Bad for it?

iris closed as far as it could go, uv filter, and nd64.
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We shot a sunrise timelapse over the Serengeti in Kenya, same deal minus the nd64. Camera did just fine, no noticeable ill-effects.

All of my timelapses go full roll as well...we use one briefly toward the end of a trailer we cut for a project I did, a sunset over the ocean. Also came out beautifully.
 
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[quote author=antOmic link=board=Clips;num=1106474097;start=0#0 date=01/23/05 at 01:54:57]
apologies for a smear in the compression just out of the opening fade. i tried 3 times and this was the best i could get out of sorenson3.
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I thought you did that on purpose until I read your post -- it's kind of a cool ripple effect.

Exfilms, I liked your greenscreen example a lot.

john2, instead of splicing frames, you can always do the math and speed it up by the correct percentage.
 
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[quote author=antOmic link=board=Clips;num=1106474097;start=0#0 date=01/23/05 at 01:54:57]i posted this to ask the question if anyone has had smooth results like this using the "interval rec" setting on the dvx.

so far i have not seen any interval footage appear as smooth as just letting the camera run.[/quote]
It depends on how long a timespan you would like your timelapse to cover and how fast you would like it to display.

I posted a timelapse formula here:

http://www.dvxuser.com/cgi-bin/DVX2/YaBB.pl?board=news;action=display;num=1086733670;start=3#3

I still believe the best way to capture timelapse is with a remte capture application that grabs the images off of a digital camera or possibly video camera.
 
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Hans, thanks for all the info. I followed through all your posts and found this.

http://www.hanskellner.com/archives/2004/05/17/san_francisco_bay_time_lapse_video.html

I used to live in San Francisco, and boy I sure miss it.

However, that video is the perfect example of what I mean. It seems way too jerky and stop motion for me. I want liquid smooth rolling clouds, not jumpy footage.

So far, at least for short coverage (not spanning more than an hour), I'm sticking with the wear and tear on my poor DVX. It's worth it to me for clean smooth footage.
 
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I agree Hans. I've had good luck creating timelapses with a Canon 10d and a laptop running a remote capture program.
The nice thing about creating a t-lapse this way is that you end up with an ultra high-def video. So you can zoom and pan across your timelapse without losing any resolution. Check it out:
http://www.savvyproductions.com/video samples/clouds.mov
 
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elrosten...

finally some footage in line with what i'm asking. thanks.
 
Timelaps...OUCH!

Timelaps...OUCH!

That was really smooth! But I sure wouldn't have pointed my camera at the sun for 10 minutes!
 
I think there are some who do this with still cameras that capture images over a time lapse. The its so much easier. Just import 48 pics into your timeline for a supersmooth 2 sec bit. Or am i dead wrong ?
 
Are you kidding me? That time lapse came out GREAT. But then again, it should have...you kept it on throughtout the entire thing. So it REALLY isn't a time lapse. I tried my hand at T.L., but I had it set to shoot 2 seconds every 30 seconds and kept it outside for 3 hours pointed at a tree, then sped it up into 30 seconds....It looks TERRIBLE!!! But check it out...its funny...lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHtLCWeZdZQ
 
scharky said:
From what I have found on the DVX100a, the intervolometer works like this. The shortest amount of frames that you can capture in one burst is 15, ie .5 seconds. 30fps / 2 =15. So what you want to do is make it so that you are playing only one of those 15 frames at every interval. This can be accomplished by using a capture program such as scenalyzer. In scenalyzer you can set it to capture 1 out of every n frames. Set n to 15 and your set. The other way you can do it is to capture all of the footage. You then have to speed up your footage and turn off frame blending so that it is playing only 1 out of every 15 frames. This will give you super smooth playback of your timelaps footage. Otherwise, as it is set up, it plays 15frames, then jumps ahead in time say 2 min then plays another 1/2 second of footage. This is what makes it jumpy. Why can't they just make it so that the camera can capture only 1 frame at a time? is that not possible with the DV codec?
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Uummm...You can't make the ULTIMATE TOOL...where would the money be in the DVX100C and the XL3? Save room for improvements...Can you imagine not knowing the exact numbers of your settings are unless you count the clicks? That's what it's like to work on the XL2...they weren't dumb. They knew the DVX already had those features...it's all bizz. Now the XL3 users will buy up Canons and brag about setting numbers as if they never exiasted.​
 
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