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A Complete 30 Minutes Night Timelapse Tutorial That Covers Everything You Need To Know

Nov 26, 2015 by Udi Tirosh 2 Comments

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Taking a time-lapse is a complex task. Unlike a photo, which you can chimp and (usually) retake, retaking a time-lapse is not as trivial. This is why understanding how time-lapses work and how to take them is crucial before going out on the field.

This tutorial by Mark Gee (previously) is a full crash course on time-lapses taking you from planning through setting up, doing the actual capture, post processing and exporting. Mark is using Photopills for planning and a Syrp Ginie + Magic Carpet for moving the camera, but the principles apply to time-lapses taken using any gear. Hit the jump for a full video and clickable TOC.

In the field:

  • 0:49 – Location Scouting – Mobile Apps | Composition
  • 3:03 – Camera setup – Image Quality | Shutter | Aperture | ISO | Focus
  • 4:33 – How to avoid star trailing
  • 5:27 – Setup the Genie – Rec Time | Interval | Play Time
  • 6:29 – How the interval works
  • 7:43 – Setup the movement – Movement length | Ease in / out

Post Production:

  • 8:20 – Introduction and workflow setup
  • 10:32 – Color adjustments and neutralising the image
  • 11:32 – Lens Correction
  • 12:20 – Set black and white points
  • 13:20 – Color adjustment – Clarity | Tone Curve
  • 16:30 – Local Sky Adjustments – Graduated Ramp
  • 19:37 – Technical Clean-up – Noise Reduction | Artifact clean up
  • 22:47 – Sync color adjustments to all images
  • 24:22 – Export all images to LR Timelapse
  • 26:08 – Export out a movie from LR Timelapse – Codec | Output size

[Tutorial: How to setup a motion star timelapse | Mark Gee]

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Udi Tirosh: from diyphotography.net

About Udi Tirosh

Udi Tirosh is an entrepreneur, photography inventor, journalist, educator, and writer based in Israel. With over 25 years of experience in the photo-video industry, Udi has built and sold several photography-related brands. Udi has a double degree in mass media communications and computer science.

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