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In this tutorial, I'm going to show you how to create a time lapse video from still
images. Here is a time-lapse I created from photos I took while sitting on a beach.
This is how I created it. What you need is a series of photographs taken in sequence.
I started by setting up my camera on a tripod so that all the photos would be taken from
the exact same position. Then I snapped a series of shots at about 5 minute intervals.
You can choose any interval, depending on the action occurring in the scene you are
recording.
Next all you need do is import those images into a movie-editing program. I'm going to
use iMovie for this tutorial. To create a new project, just click the plus sign. Add
a title and then click OK.
Now you have a new project. Then just select the photo browser and find the appropriate
event in iPhoto containing your images. So here they are. I'm going to select all of
them and drag them into the project window. The more images, the longer it will take to
load them into your project. I have only a few images, so it takes only a moment.
Next, we have to make some adjustments. iMovie automatically gives each image a duration
of 4 seconds, which is too long. Also, it automatically adds a Ken Burns effect to each
one, which we do not want.
So first, select all images using Command A. Next, open the clip inspector and change
the duration of the clips. In this case, I\'92m going to use 0.2 seconds. Make sure to check
the box which ensures the change is applied to all clips.
Now, you see that we are closer to what we want but not quite. We've got to turn off
the Ken Burns effect. To do this, select all images using Command A again. Now click the
cropping icon, which opens up the inspector. Now, just select fit, which removes any motion
and fits the image to the screen.
Then, when we play the video now, it looks pretty good. We now have a short time lapse
showing changes in the sky and people moving around the beach. And here it is in full screen.
All you need do now is export the video by selecting share.