Lightroom 5 Time Lapse Templates For Powerpoint
Time-lapse photography has quickly become one of the most popular forms of creative expression in the past year. A ton of expensive gear and advanced methods exist to produce cinema quality videos like the opening sequence in 'House of Cards,' but this shouldn’t deter you from getting out and trying it on your own.
The simple truth is that all you need is a basic DSLR, a tripod, a cheap intervalometer, and Adobe’s Lightroom. Video at its core is simply a series of photographs taken very closely together and combined to appear as one long sequence. By understanding the speed of objects passing through your scene and the length of time-lapse needed, a simple calculation is all that’s left.
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Locate a Dynamic Scene
You will first need to find a composition that lends itself to a time-lapse. This can be anything from moving cars, people, or even clouds. The speed of the subjects within your frame will dictate how long you will need to wait for the time-lapse to complete. For example, to capture slow moving clouds you would need to stay put for much longer than you would need for moving cars, as they will not pass as quickly through your frame. Consider this in your decision as you may find yourself getting bored or simply not having enough time. Once you’ve got it, set your camera on a tripod and compose the shot.
Determine Your Exposure
To keep things simple when starting out shoot at times of the day when the variability of light is not changing much. This can be mid morning, mid afternoon, or even night. Creating a time-lapse that spans from afternoon to dark can create complications that are beyond the scope of a beginners level.
Next, determine your exposure. The exposure should remain static throughout your shoot and set using manual mode. Again, consider the speed of the subjects in your frame and how you want them to appear in your time-lapse. If capturing the movement of people, do you want them to appear sharp, or slightly blurred? Slowing down your shutter can create an ethereal look that is interesting if used correctly. Think about the shutter speed first then set aperture and ISO last.
Finally, turn off your cameras high ISO noise reduction and image preview functions if possible. Both of these settings create a lag after each shot is taken which slows down your camera and interferes with short, back to back intervals. Shoot in raw, lock your focus manually, and set a white balance that is appropriate for the scene instead of using auto.
Determine Your Interval
The interval is simply the time between each shot taken. In a scene with quickly changing movement, you will want to choose an interval that is shorter. For example, crowds of people crossing an intersection. The subjects in your scene will be moving quickly so taking your first shot and then another ten seconds later will appear choppy as all of their movement in between those ten seconds will not have been captured. Conversely, clouds moving slowly across the sky don’t need to be shot every 1/2 second as they will likely not have moved much since the previous shot. Here are some scene examples and intervals to consider as suggestions. Note, these are not hard fast rules. Only practice will help you become better at analyzing a scene and setting an interval.
- Moving people or cars = 1/8-1/2 second intervals
- Moving clouds or waves = 1-5 second intervals
- Star trails = 10+ second intervals
Calculate Your Video Length
The math is simple. Say you need a 10 second time-lapse. Video in the US is typically viewed at 24 frames per second for cinema, or 30 frames per second for broadcast. This means 24 or 30 photographs appear consecutively within a one second span. Therefore, to make a 10 second video you will need to shoot 24fps multiplied by 10 seconds, which equates to 240 images total, or 300 using 30fps. It is always wise to shoot a few more than what is required just for good measure. Set your intervalometer accordingly.
Create the Time-Lapse in Lightroom
Now that your images are shot, import them into Lightroom and perform any necessary adjustments to exposure, contrast, or color. It is best to edit the first image in your sequence then apply those adjustments to the others by Shift + clicking the last image and using the Sync button in the develop module. If the adjustments are not applied the same to every photo, it will be apparent when played back.
By editing a single image first, those adjustment can quickly be applied to all other shots in our sequence using the Sync command
Proceed to the Slideshow tab. You will need to download and install a free preset that stitches together your sequence at 24fps or 30fps. Download the file and look for the folder titled slideshow presets. Copy this folder then proceed to the folder that contains your Lightroom catalog. From there go to Lightroom Settings, Develop Presets, and finally User Presets where you can drag and drop the downloaded folder. Restart Lightroom and the presets will appear under your Template Browser tab to the left.
Download the free preset and drag it to the User Presets folder in your Lightroom catalog
Once the preset has been added to your Lightroom folders, you will be able to export images as a video sequence at varying frame rates
Highlight all of the images to be used in your sequence. Select the appropriate fps from the left template. Then scroll down to the far bottom of the right tab and select a quality of High. Make note of how long your final sequence is in the bottom right corner of your image frame. Finally select Export as Video on the bottom left, create a file name, and choose 1080p 16:9 as your video preset.Select a quality setting of 'High' for optimal results
Based on the fame rate and the number of images selected for your sequence, Lightroom will provide the length of your video once output.
Save your timelapse accordingly and select a video preset of 1080P 16:9
The time-lapse will now be generated and saved to your computer. Be patient as this can take several minutes depending on your computer and the length of the sequence. Enjoy!
Once Lightroom finishes sit back and enjoy your work! Make note of what worked and what didn’t and keep practicing. It will no doubt be addicting. I’ve included some basic examples of work I’ve completed to give you inspiration. And as always, feedback is appreciated!
Time-lapse videos: Those wonderful cutaways in everything from nature programs to detective shows, showing off the passage of time in a few moments. If you remember that video is just a lot of still images playing at a fast rate, it’s easy to imagine they could be done on any digital camera.
That’s actually the truth. You can make a time-lapse video using your camera, possibly with little to no accessories even, using just Lightroom to built it. For this article, we’re just dealing with making the clips, and while you can potentially make much longer sequences in Lightroom, it’s probably better to create shorter sequences and join them together in iMovie or Windows Video Maker.
The Gear Needed for Time-Lapse Photography
Camera
Most modern cameras with a remote shutter port can do time-lapse photography. The only feature you need is the ability to shoot a series of frames at a regular interval. Cameras like the Fujifilm X-T2, Nikon D750 and Canon 5DIV have this function built-in. If your camera doesn’t, you can buy a special type of remote shutter called an intervalometer. You could even use basic GoPro-style action cameras. These have this function built into their photo modes.
Intervalometer
For cameras that need them, you can grab either official camera branded ones like the Canon TC-80, or grab one off eBay, or places link LinkDelight and Amazon. Make sure it has the same port as your camera and lists your camera as compatible.
Tripod
As you’re running a series of images, your initial run will be static. There are ways to do motion with time-lapse; but initially, let’s just get something that works! Any tripod will do. However, it’s a good idea to have something that won’t be blown over or rocked by the wind. Even a slight movement of the camera will affect the final video quality.
Lenses
Any lens that can capture the scene! If you’re doing landscape, a wide lens can set the scene, while a telephoto could let you zoom into the scene to show more cloud movement for example. If you’re doing night scenes, a fast prime would help you a lot.
Other things
A book, an app, and a seat. Time-lapse is about compressing time. That means you’ve got to be there for the time the shoot takes. We’ll talk about frame rates and frame numbers, but basically, if you shot every 5 seconds for 20 minutes, you’ll have about 10 seconds of video. Yep, that’s all you’ll get for your wait. You may as well have something else to do while you’re shooting!
Choosing frame rates and time intervals
Video is measured in terms of frame rate, that is, how many frames are played each second the video runs. There are loads of different rates; 23.97 frames per second (fps), 24 fps, 25 fps, 29.97 fps, 30 fps. There are plenty of choices. Lightroom’s video export is at 29.97 fps, so it’s best to think close to this. This means that you need 30 shots for each second of footage or 300 images for 10 seconds. In the video world, a 10-second clip is fairly long, so with that as a reference, at a 5-second interval between shots, you’ll be shooting for 300 x 5 = 1500 seconds = 25 minutes.
Why 5-second intervals? Well, there are two reasons. The first is that 10-seconds would give you a 50-minute shoot instead of 25, and the second is that during the daytime, 5-seconds generally looks good for most wide scenes. If you’re shooting city scenes, with moving traffic, one or two seconds will be fine and look great. For astronomy scenes, the exposures run from 15-30 secs, so you may find a continuous shooting mode gives a smoother final result.
Intervalometer Settings
Setting your camera or the intervalometer depends on the device. Here’s how it looks on a Fuji X-T2 and with a TC-80 remote. You’ll find other devices will have similar menus.
Fuji settings (or example):
In the camera menu, select Interval Timer Shooting.
Set the Interval to 5 secs. Set the Number of times to Infinity.
You can also set a delay before the time-lapse starts.
Press OK to start.
Intervalometer Settings
Press Mode until you see a set of bars, indicating an interval. Next, press the dial on the side to edit the time and change between seconds, minutes, etc. Turn the dial to change the time. Press the Start button to begin.
Getting the shot
Choose a location where there’s some kind of movement. It could be people, clouds, or even the sea. As long as something is happening over the duration of your capture time.
Set your tripod up and compose the scene. Do a test shot to check your exposure. When you’re happy with the image, take a shot of your hand with one finger pointing into the frame to let you know that the time-lapse is going to start at the next image.
Set your intervalometer (internal or external) and let the camera fire away until you have enough shots for your sequence. If you plan on doing a lot of editing to the images, shoot in Raw. If your exposure is perfect, you’ll get away with JPEG. As a compromise, you could use mRaw or sRaw modes if you want smaller files, but with the advantage of better editing control.
Why make this choice? Well you’re shooting a lot of photos, and if your final video is HD, it’s only 1920 x 1080 px in size, so huge files aren’t needed. For 4K, you obviously need larger files (these are 3840px wide).
When the sequence is done, take a shot of your hand again with two fingers, to let you know the previous image was the last in the sequence. You’ll find doing this helps, because the changes between images are subtle, and you don’t want a sudden jump in the look of the video from a longer gap between shooting the test shot and beginning the sequence.
Back to the computer
First of all, load your files into Lightroom. Next, edit one photo, then use CTRL/CMD+Shift+C, to copy all the settings. Select all the photos, and use CTRL/CMD+Shift+V, to paste the settings to all of the images. You could use Auto Sync for this, but it can cause slowdowns with large quantities of photos, due to the amount of processing taking place.
Make a collection of the images between your two hand shots. If you want to reduce the footprint of the images in your original folder, you can use stacking to reduce the set down to one visible image. This image will have a badge with the number of images in the stack showing on the thumbnail. Select the images to stack and use the shortcut CTRL/CMD + G to group the images into a stack.
Stack the images.
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The Time-lapse Template
Next, select your time-lapse collection, and go to the Slideshow Module in Lightroom. You’ll need a special time-lapse template for Slideshow, which can get for free from here. Follow the instructions to install the template. Please note that it’s not a Develop Preset, so it won’t install in the Develop Module, it has to be in Slideshow. Restart Lightroom.
For ease of location, I create a folder for the Template by clicking on the + in the Template Browser panel header. From there, I selected New Folder from the drop-down menu and named it “Timelapse”. Next, I then canceled out of the dialog as I wasn’t creating a new template, just the folder. Finally, I dragged the time-lapse template into the folder in the panel.
Once everything is set up, you’ll need to select the new template from the Template Browser. To create a video, click Export Video at the bottom of the Left Panel. Choose what resolution you want (e.g. 720, 1080, etc.) in Video Preset dialog. Enter your preferred filename and path, then click Export.
Timelapse In Lightroom
WARNING: Don’t attempt to playback your time-lapse video from within the Slideshow Module as Lightroom will probably fall over. This is because Lightroom wasn’t really designed for creating a time-lapse, though it does work fine as a video export.
It’ll take a while to export your video, because Lightroom has to process each file to be added to the new video. By way of caveat, sometimes Lightroom doesn’t include the last few frames. It’s an issue with the rendering engine and not related to the template itself. It’s been reported as an issue, but for now there’s no way around it.
Software Alternatives
Most video editors such as Premiere Pro and After Effects allow you to import images onto the timeline. First of all, export your photos from Lightroom and import them into the software you want to use. For Premiere, use File > Import…. Then select the first image in the sequence. Tick the Image Sequence checkbox and hit Return. Premiere will create the movie sequence automatically from the photos.
The process is different in each software, so you’ll need to check how in the manual. Generally, you should set each image to display as one frame, ensuring you’ll get a perfect time-lapse. If you have the older Quicktime 7 Pro software, you can use File > Open Image Sequence to select the files. You’ll need to enter a frame rate (e.g. 24 frames per second) and then Quicktime will build your time-lapse video.
Make your own
Now that we’ve covered the basics of what you need, and how to process a time-lapse, you’ve no excuse not to go out and make your own. Have fun and share your videos with us in the comments below.