The workflow for editing together a time-lapse sequence in Apple Final Cut Pro X is a little different from other nonlinear editors (NLEs). How do you refine the duration and frame rate in Final Cut Pro X? Author Richard Harrington demonstrates how to ref
- Once you've imported all the media,…you're going to need to assign a frame rate.…Now the thing is, you don't actually have a movie clip here.…What you have is a bunch of stills.…But you're going to add all those stills into your sequence,…and then, using that,…you can basically decide how you want to re-time them.…What essentially happens here is…you drop them all into the project, or sequence,…and set a new duration.…Now once you've imported all of these,…it's really just a collection of still images.…
So what's going to be needed is you're going to want to select…the entire range by shift-clicking.…And now, you're going to want to add that into your project.…Let's go ahead and open up Shot_01.…And I'm going to select this range of assets,…and move them down into the project.…What's generated is really a slide show,…and in this case,…the duration of each of these images is 10 seconds,…which isn't going to work really well for a time-lapse.…
But we can easily change this.…So what we'll do is, with all of the items selected,…
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8/15/2017- What is time-lapse photography?
- Choosing a frame size and frame rate
- Using an internal or external intervalometer
- Selecting a memory card
- Shooting in JPEG, RAW, or MOV formats
- Tracking the sun's position
- Deciding how long to shoot
- Using a slider
- Shooting time lapse on a smartphone or tablet
- Removing noise and spots with Camera Raw
- Refining the duration and frame rate with Photoshop
- Blending frames in After Effects
- Creating variable speed effects in Premiere Pro
- Exporting your sequence from Final Cut Pro
Skill Level Intermediate
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Time-Lapse Video: Shooting From a Window
with Richard Harrington2h 11m Intermediate
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Introduction
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Welcome30s
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Using the exercise files2m 10s
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1. What Is Time-Lapse Photography?
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The end product1m 9s
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2. Technical Essentials
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3. Equipment: What You'll Need and What You Might Want
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Weather gear1m 6s
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Memory card selection2m 8s
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4. Choosing a Shooting Format
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5. A Better Timeline Panel
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How long should you shoot?1m 10s
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Tracking the sun's position2m 50s
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Working the scene2m 48s
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6. The Exposure Triangle in Depth
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7. Using a Slider
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Why shoot an HDR panorama?2m 37s
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Setting up for the shot3m 43s
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Shooting the source images3m 27s
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8. Shooting Time-Lapse Video on a Smartphone or Tablet
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Stabilizing the phone2m 52s
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Using Lapse It1m 26s
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Using iStopMotion for iPad2m 18s
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9. Managing Data from a Time-Lapse Shoot
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Using a card wallet3m 9s
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Choosing a working drive3m 18s
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Transferring data5m 41s
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10. Organizing the Images for Post
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Using stacks in Adobe Bridge3m 54s
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11. Developing the Images for Post
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12. Assembling a Time-Lapse Movie with Adobe Photoshop
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13. Assembling a Time-lapse Movie with Adobe After Effects
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14. Assembling a Time-Lapse Movie with Adobe Premiere Pro
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15. Assembling a Time-Lapse Movie with Apple Final Cut Pro X
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Conclusion
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Goodbye1m 4s
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