This continues until the camcorder runs out of tape or battery life. The camcorder will rest in standby mode, then engage the recording mode to record the short interval of video, then go back to standby mode. The typical time-lapse settings allow you to set the camcorder to capture a second or more of video per various time intervals, usually every one to thirty minutes. There are quite a few prosumer cameras that will allow you to set your camcorder up to capture time-lapse video. Let’s quickly discuss some of the time-lapse techniques to get a better idea what kind of clips can be captured. There are some obvious challenges to getting this to work.

This technique works by capturing a single image of the flower every ten seconds for up to four or five days until it reaches full bloom. For example, a video clip that shows a flower bud blossoming into full bloom in ten seconds uses a time-lapse technique to speed up that natural process. Time-lapse video is when the playback of a video clip appears to be faster than the natural speed of the action that has been captured. We’ll be discussing “fast motion” or better known as time-lapse video.

This month we’re going the opposite direction and speeding up the movie reel. Last month we discussed slow motion, which can be used to manipulate time and expand a brief moment into a much longer time period. The audience gets to see Forrest’s life from childhood to adulthood in less than three hours.

Youtube time lapse tool