Time-lapse photography is a set of pictures taken over an extended period of time. It's very interesting. Static pictures can only allow you to see what happens in one moment, but time-lapse photography allows you to see what happens in many connected moments. The following are the Apple camera time-lapse photography tips compiled by the editor. I hope it will be useful to everyone.

Apple camera time-lapse photography skills

Step 1: You need a smart phone, it is best to choose the iPhone series, the performance of iPhone phones is better than other brands of mobile phones in all aspects

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Step 2: You need to download a mobile time-lapse photography app. I personally recommend the “timelapse” iPhone app, which is relatively simple to use.

Step 3: You need a mobile phone tripod. If you have a SLR tripod, you can just buy a mobile phone connector. There are many of them on a certain store, and the prices vary. You can buy it according to your own financial ability. I use JOBY myself, which I bought when I was traveling in the Czech Republic. Compared with other connectors, the quality is really good, and they are also sold on Xobao

Step 4: After you have the above equipment, start shooting , timelapse mobile phone time-lapse photography software has a simple page and is relatively easy to use. It has preset shooting modes, and you can create your own modes. If you are not experienced at the beginning, you can practice using the preset modes first.

Step 5: After the video is shot, there is no background music and it is relatively rough. Now you need to use some software to edit it. First of all, I recommend using the videoshop software to add upper and lower white space to the video. Of course other colors can also be used.

Step 6: You can directly import it into video software such as Meipai or Miaopai, add your favorite music, and there are many filter options.

Step 7: If you can use some professional video editing software, you can use these software to edit, add background music and other things that look more advanced.

Remarks: Mobile phone cameras are definitely not as good as SLR cameras. If you have higher requirements for picture quality, you can equip some external cameras specifically for iPhones. Domestic brands have many options.

Camera time-lapse photography skills

1. Early preparation

First of all, we need to choose a shooting equipment. At present, most devices with camera functions, such as SLRs, cameras, sports DVs, and mobile phones, can meet our needs for shooting time-lapse photography (some products have built-in time-lapse functions, while others, like mobile phones, can use related App to solve). In short, the choice of shooting equipment is very wide, as long as your equipment can achieve interval shooting by itself or through external conditions. Prepare shooting equipment (slide rails, tripods, cameras)

Then, there are related shooting accessories. If you plan to shoot a fixed time-lapse lens, then you need to prepare a stable tripod. If you are shooting a small-scale moving time-lapse, then you may need to prepare a guide rail with a timed movement function; if you are shooting a large-scale If the motion is delayed, you may need to prepare some carts, rulers, etc. according to the situation.

2. Shooting and Production

The Nikon D7200 can generate time-lapse videos directly in the camera, or you can use photo intervals to shoot and synthesize them later.

After preparing these hardware equipment, we can officially enter the shooting process. In terms of implementation methods, there are currently two mainstream methods. One is that the device itself can automatically generate time-lapse videos, and the other requires taking interval photos and then synthesizing them through post-production software. The first method is relatively simple to produce, and the second method has more freedom in post-production. The following cases are carried out using the Nikon D7200. The Nikon D7200 is fully functional in terms of time-lapse shooting. In addition to the automatic generation of full-HD time-lapse videos in the camera itself, the Nikon D7200 can also use the interval photo shooting function to produce higher-resolution videos. In order to give you a comprehensive understanding, the following two methods are involved, and you can choose according to your actual situation.

1. Fixed delay pre-shooting

Adjust the interval time in the menu, and then start shooting. In this link, we will first try the method of directly generating full time-lapse video shooting in the camera. We fixed the camera on the tripod, adjusted the fixed exposure parameters, focal length, and frame ratio, adjusted the shooting interval, and then pressed the shutter button and waited.

Fixed time-lapse video (after the shooting is completed, just copy the video automatically generated in the camera)

After the shooting is completed, there will be a complete time-lapse video in the camera . It is relatively simple to automatically generate time-lapse videos in-camera. No special processing is required in the post-production process. We only need to repeat the above steps and shoot different shots for post-editing.

2. Small-scale moving time-lapse shooting

In this step, we use photo intervals. First, we still need to adjust the camera to the fixed exposure parameters, focal length, and frame ratio. , and the most important interval time.

The camera is fixed on the slide rail (small range movement has prospects as a reference, and the movement effect is obvious)

Then, fix the camera on the delay slide rail, and set the slide rail Movement speed (professional time-lapse slide rail supports interval movement), and then you can officially shoot.

After the shooting is completed, a sequence of images with consecutive file names is obtained in the camera, and a smooth motion time-lapse shooting is completed here. So how can hundreds or thousands of sequence photos be turned into a continuous video? We use PR to explain it to you.

When importing material into the non-editing software, click on the image sequence, and after importing, it will be a complete video.

Open the software and just click Sequence Import when importing materials. The imported clip will be a formed time-lapse photography, which is very simple. Note that you must click Sequence Import, otherwise, the imported material will be a single-needle static image. If the material is interrupted, please check whether your file names are continuous.

AE comes with a command deformation stabilizer for stabilization. For some videos that need to be stabilized, we can import the clips into Adobe After Effects, and then use AE's built-in command deformation stabilizer to add it to the clips. In this way, we put different time-lapse shots together for editing and scoring, and finally formed a complete work.

3. Large-scale mobile time-lapse photography

Large-scale mobile time-lapse photography is relatively difficult, and it is also a shooting method that has become more popular in the past two years. Before shooting a large-scale moving time-lapse, the first thing to do is to think clearly about the final desired lens effect. Is it parallel movement? Moving around an object? Or exercise as you please? This must be clear before shooting, because only by determining this can we design the movement paths of machines and people.

For time-lapse shooting around an object, first we need to find a fixed perspective reference point on the object. For example, in the above building, I used the position of the red frame as the reference point. Then adjust the camera to the central point focusing method. When taking each image, place the focus point at the red frame; then, plan a rough path of camera movement and the average distance of each movement, and each interval for how long. Once determined, you can follow these settings and shoot step by step.