How do you create your time lapse? by littleball

How do you create your time lapse?

[raw] LD25LD #25 11. Dec 2012 · 12:29 UTC · 2 days before compo start by littleball · 0

Well this is my second Ludum Dare, and I’m looking forward to it. I’m feeling a little more prepared this time, mainly due to taking part in the warm-up weekend. Here is my warm-up entry. I enjoyed playing around with particles, and hope to get them into my entry.

I’m thinking of creating a time lapse this time around. Rather than installing any software, I’m planning on using a bash command to take screenshots. I will be following the ideas in this post. My question is how long to leave between frames? I’m thinking every minute, but what does everyone else do?

I will be using Vim and Fireworks for the creation of the files, and standard web languages (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).

Comments

11. Dec 2012 · 12:57 UTC

I usually use a 20-30 seconds interval, wich gives a 3-5 minutes long video at 25 fps… If you plan on editing your video, stopping the capture when you sleep etc, you can even pick a shorter interval, depending on how long you want the final video to be 😉

I find that while you’re coding, the interval doesn’t really matter, no one is going to read your code from the timelapse anyway, so you can space the frames. While working on art though, it’s better to have a shorter interval.

sorceress

11. Dec 2012 · 13:26 UTC

Use this formula to compute the capture interval…