iPhone 3GS Time Lapse

Posted by Jason on December 20th, 2009


I used the iTimeLapse Pro [iTunes, $2.99] iPhone app to capture the beginning of the first major snow fall of the season here in Salem. 760 frames total, playing at 24 frames per second. The phone was standing vertically in its dock looking out the window.

Each individual frame started 1536 wide by 2048 high. Which is almost wide enough for a standard 1080p video (at 1920 by 1080). After assembling the frames in a custom FCP timeline, I exported the video and dropped it in Motion where I added the camera movement. The video was still very red from all of the street lights, so I ran it quickly through Color to make it more blue. The graininess is from shooting in such low light.

The final version was exported using the Apple TV preset in Compressor.

One Response to “iPhone 3GS Time Lapse”

  1. Fred says:

    hey Jason,
    I’ve just come across your site and must admit am impressed with what you do with a simple phone camera.

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