Eros Fine Art Photo wrote:
I'm trying to get familiar with time lapse photography and I thought the ViewNX2 software from Nikon, which came with my camera, had some way of doing that.  Maybe I'm missing something, but I can't figure out how to put a series of photos together on it. 

I know Quicktime 7 has a way of doing it, but it's only in the pro (paid) version.  Can anyone recommend a good, free, downloadable program I can use to edit this?

Thanks in advance.

Well for image capture and setting up the time laps there is sofortbild http://www.sofortbildapp.com/ which is free but you need a mac or from Nikon you can use Camera Control Pro2.

I use Final Cut Pro X which is over 300 dollars.

Extrosy wrote:
He's looking to process the pictures he's already taken, not to control the camera.

In which case he might give this freeware a try - PhotoLapse 3

http://home.hccnet.nl/s.vd.palen/ 

studio36uk wrote:

In which case he might give this freeware a try - PhotoLapse 3

http://home.hccnet.nl/s.vd.palen/ 

Eros Fine Art Photo wrote:
Okay, I tried Photolapse 3 and it seems like a good one to work with, but I'm not sure what codec I should use for the output. 

I shot the images in JPG large, but resized all of them to 1920 x 1080.  I want to put the timelapse video into a short 1080p music video at 24fps.  I tried using one of the stock codecs with the program, but Adobe Premiere was running slow when I added it to the timeline. 

Which codec would be best for this?

I am not in a position to advise you on the choice of codec. There are just far too many codecs, video + audio in combination, and far too many underlying technical considerations including the container format, video stream format, audio stream format, bit rates, rendering intent, viewing method, cross compatibility, and many more. You may have to do a bit of experimenting to find something that you can live with.

Without meaning to sound flippant, you will have to find and use the one that works.

One place to start, however, is to install on your system a big[ish] codec pack like Klite and you can have some room to experiment. You would also be well served to get a transcoder app like "Super".

Keeping in mind that I am not producing or creating new video but working with existing stuff in infringement claims cases. I find myself sometimes having to take some [working] footage and transcoding it from "X", as I receive it, to "Y" to make it compatible with an editor and in a format so that I can work on it, then outputting it from the editor as "Z" format to take account of the end use, and, additionally, if writing a DVD/Blueray to display on a standard TV set [for use in court] then when writing the discs to transcode it again [usually the disc writing app will do this] into suitable formats for that output media and method. Unfortunately video is like that.

Studio36

EDIT: There are guys here that produce new works and hopefully one may jump in with some more helpful advice.

DougBPhoto wrote:
Bump:

As Quicktime Pro is no longer supported for windows, and software changes from year to year.

For those photographers who are doing time-lapse photos, what software are you using to assemble.

I prefer using Adobe After Affects for it.  Not a problem if you have a subscription to CC but if you don't you can try it for 30 days free.

nwprophoto wrote:
Disclaimer, never used it but Windows Movie Maker should do it.

I have used it in combination with audacity, it works pretty well if you are not looking for high end menus, etc.