There are many tricks and experiments that can be done with digital cameras, and time lapse photography is one of them. Time lapse photography is great fun - capturing a time frame using single photos taken at intervals. All these frames are put together to create short video clip.
Its time to select the codec we want to use to export the video. Click Video > Compression and then select a codec from the list. If you have Xvid, select it and choose the quality or bitrates at which you want the video encoded. You can also select any other codec you have.
If you want a short audio clip, you can add by clicking on Audio from other file. Select the file and click Open. You can also add basic effects in virtualDub by clicking Video > Filters. When you are happy with your clip, click File > Save as AVI. Choose a location and click on Save.
For more time lapse photography videos, you can join Time-lapse flickr group.
Requirements
1. A digital camera - any digital camera will do.
2. Tripod or a stationary platform where you can keep your camera for a long period.
What to do
First select a target object you want to take the time lapse photo shoot of. It could be anything - a busy street, a blooming flower etc. Place the camera on the tripod or stationary platform at a suitable distance from the target you are shooting. Be careful - you must not move the camera from that position at all.
Depending on the type of object of the time lapse shoot, you need to decide an interval, after which the following shots will be taken. A time lapse of a flower blooming in the morning could happen in 5 hours, for example, so you need a sufficient number of frames to make up a good length time lapse. In this case, you would need to take a photo every 2-3 minutes of the object. The time interval may vary according to the target.
Now it's just a matter of time and patience and clicking the photos in the time after every 2 minutes. Make sure you have a sufficiently large memory card and the battery fully charged so you don't have to disturb the camera anytime. Remember, you don't need to take photos at 8MP resolutions. Anything up to 3 MP should be good enough. Don't change any settings between photos.
Creating the Time Lapse Video
Once shoot is done, copy all the images fom the camera to a single folder on the computer. Make sure to delete all previous photos taken on the camera.
From here on, things get really get simple.
Open VirtualDub up and click on File > Open Video File. Make sure the checkbox for "Automatically load linked segments" is checked. Browse to the folder where the photos are stored and choose the first image of the sequence. Click on Open. Just be sure that the images are numbered properly.
Its time to select the codec we want to use to export the video. Click Video > Compression and then select a codec from the list. If you have Xvid, select it and choose the quality or bitrates at which you want the video encoded. You can also select any other codec you have.If you want a short audio clip, you can add by clicking on Audio from other file. Select the file and click Open. You can also add basic effects in virtualDub by clicking Video > Filters. When you are happy with your clip, click File > Save as AVI. Choose a location and click on Save.Here are some examples of time lapse photography -
You can also search Youtube for tons of videos on time lapse photography.
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