Phoenix Airport Time Lapse

Friday, 23 March 2012

While waiting for our plane to arrive in the Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, i made this time lapse video of Terminal 4. I used my Canon S95 camera with the CHDK program running the intervalometer script. Here's my previous CHDK post.

I took a photo every 3 seconds over about 50 minutes. I then compressed the images, converted them to a video at 8 fps.

Then i used Adobe After Effects to add the intro, sound, motion and other minor effects.

http://youtu.be/NPjqRwPS5_0

I used After Effects once before to edit a compilation of time lapse videos i created. The video below took several days and lots of reading of how to do each step.

http://youtu.be/kIdaNc0MPOc

This time though, it only took me a few hours. It goes to show that the first time is always the most difficult, then every time after that goes faster.

Here's my Youtube Channel with all of the video's i have uploaded.
http://www.youtube.com/user/notitlerequired

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Time Lapse - Adobe After Effects

Wednesday, 9 November 2011

While reading a magazine i saw something about Adobe After Effects. It's kind of like Photoshop for videos.

It was super complicated at first.
Then little by little i learned how to use it. I also watched several How-To video's on YouTube.

I still only know a tiny bit but it has great potential. It has the ability to create videos with lightsaber fights and other amazing effects.

So here's what i created, no special effects, just simple camera movements.

• I first created a simple intro.

• Then i added the music.

• Then i added some of the time lapse videos i made.

• Then was able to create motion using a camera tool and changing the zoom and position.

It takes a while, you need a fast computer and it's a bit of a pain, but i plan on using it a lot more.

This is what it looked like when i was all done. The list of videos are on the left and at the bottom are all the effects and timelines of when they happen.

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