Complete Holy Grail timelapse tutorial with LRTimelapse

[@CakesByChoppA]

Amazing my friend. You manage to make these nice to watch even though I have zero clue about half the stuff you’re saying

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Haha that is the best type of comment, glad you like it!

[@mujahidurrehman8742]

Thank you so much sir! your tutorial is being watched by my whole team of 34 boys at hostel of University of Sindh, Hyderabad. Pakistan! Love from all of us!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Sending you much love back! Thanks for letting me know :)

[@mujahidurrehman8742]

yeeeeeeee hoooooo.... We love and respect your work Sir! we are all regular watcher of your videos! Visit Pakistan sir please we need to meet you!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

I'd love it if you could check out the new blog here: www.matjoez.com/2018/07/30/complete-guide-to-shooting-and-editing-holy-grail-timelapses/ You can download my free e-book about the basics of timelapse here: www.matjoez.com/freebook

[@HarmeetGabha]

Matthew Vandeputte great tutorial mate. I will give it a try myself and will use the affiliate link. Have you tried doing this using Triggertrap, an app and dongle?

[@xirfan]

Hi mate, I've been using LRT for ages but I still learned something new from this tutorial, thanks! Could you explain which metering mode you use for the holy grail and why?

[@petrub27]

extraordinary, thanks for the info but when you say proper exposure, what do you mean? sometimes, when I expose for the sky, the foreground is pitch black. how to set then the proper exposure if there is not enough dynamic range?

[@PrasadInspired]

Good day Matthew Vandeputte. I wanted to say, you have earned yourself a new fan. Loving your work. My gratitude for teaching.

[@gregorsnell]

Amazing. Love the pace and tempo dude. It's fast and works well for those who've already played around a bit with LRTimelapse. Shows how more practice helps big time.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks bro, glad you dig it

[@julikihd]

Thank you so much. This is truly the best tutorial ever on youtube about this, very short for all the info you give. I had no idea at the begining of it and i've ended with a great timelapse.

[@jerryviaja]

The best tutorial Ever! Thanks for that! Testing it right now!

[@Strages_Powers]

Thanks for this Matthew, hope you're feeling better this week.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Much better, thank you!

[@GaryTheGringo]

Matt you are a true legend! Thank you for the content you create. You are definitely an inspiration to many!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks for the kind words Gary, really appreciate it.

[@GaryTheGringo]

Matthew Vandeputte my pleasure Matt! I have learned a lot from your videos and you seam like a down to earth guy with out an ego. Which makes your videos a pleasure to watch.

[@ronjema3530]

Amazing tutorial! A big THANK YOU from Thailand for all the hard work you do for us :)

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thank you for watching, appreciate it!

[@cinmuyao2903]

Very nice and clear turotial!

[@edupuertasfruns]

Great glimpse of what means that editting

[@KostasLazanas]

Bro you blew my mind!!! This is soo great!!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Glad you liked it!!

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Excellent video great presentation!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thank you kindly!

[@martinrandall5836]

Thanks for this Matt, will have to give this a go at the weekend.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Happy shooting!

[@RosaliaX1314]

That's really useful..I'm gonna try it in a sunny day.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Or a rainy one!

[@Choccymilks1]

Great informative video, Matt! Absolute legend for putting in the hard yards and sharing it with others.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks bro

[@El-Tel63-Terry.]

Thanks Matt, the written version will be an enormous help too. 👍🏻

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Cheers, Terry. I'm enjoying writing out the tutorials so it's good to know people will use it :)

[@joshmorgan3750]

Legend mate !!! Only been on the free version for afew months but I’ll definitely buy through you. Such awesome software but haven’t had the time to make any hardcore day to night transitions. Keep up the solid work 🤘

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Cheers Josh!

[@ankamkushal8084]

Good one buddy, have never seen maquaire ferry point this before!!

[@CristianCalhoun]

Wow, it wasn't easy back in the days. Good work, beautiful timelapse! :)

[@MatthewVandeputte]

haha definitely wasn't, much easier now with better firmware

[@CristianCalhoun]

Yeah, but what I mean is that cameras nowadays have built in intervalometers with several smart options to shoot timelapses like 'interval priority', so you don't have interfere at all when you shoot a holy grail timelapse. No exposure checking, nothing. You just wait till the camera finishes the work.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

I know, we're saying the same thing!

[@CristianCalhoun]

It's great to meet you, man. :)

[@Captyvate]

Finally bit the bullet and purchased the software and this tutorial makes processing near effortless to accomplish. Thanks Mat!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Ayy thanks mate! Hope you used my link 😂

[@Captyvate]

@@MatthewVandeputte funnily enough, I did! Hope dat passive income is tallying up

[@spl1949]

New subscriber after this tutorial

[@kamrank176]

Thanks for this!

[@camptours]

Perfekt. 👍LG, Alfred

[@mattorrz759]

Love it Matt. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I’m upgrading my 70D at the moment and can’t wait to give this a crack👍👍

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks! What you upgrading to?

[@mattorrz759]

Sorry for late reply Matt and thanks for your interest. I just sold my Canon 70D and was going to get the 6D MII. I’m really starting to wonder if I did the right thing and starting to look at the 80D but get better lenses for low light e.g. f2.8 Really should have done my homework before selling as I really liked the 70D. 🙈

[@mattorrz759]

Matthew Vandeputte Ok, I’ve just watched yours and Peter McKinnons review on the 6D MKII and for a couple of extra $$$ I’m sold on making the jump to full frame so I can get the better low light performance 👍😁

[@TheSerialHobbyistGirl]

I've made only one day to night timelapse, and it was before I knew about LRTimelapse. I did EVERYTHING by hand and ended up with only one flicker. I do not, however, recommend it. Great tutorial.

[@HongKongBlog]

wow how did you do it

[@batmanjeph]

Awesome. Thank you Matthew!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks Batman

[@EricMerrow]

Great explanation! I've done a few day-night and I usually shoot in aperture priority then deflickr with gbdeflicker in AE but LRtimelapse seems super simple! May have to check it out sometime soon

[@MatthewVandeputte]

I'll be doing an Av video soon and talk about the pros and cons :)

[@jipchen]

Great video Matt, thanks for the tutorial! I bought LRT through your link and it's really awesome. Shot and edited my first timelapse yesterday, it was a breeze with your blog, video and Gunthers tutorials and now I am extremely stoked to do more. Hope you are contiuing to feel better (just watched Parcel Time 2)! Cheers

[@toddyungwirth]

Great video Matt. Very helpful and informative.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks, Todd, and thanks for the support on Patreon!

[@achoke]

Can't wait to give this a watch!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks Adam

[@eliasjeep]

Thanks for sharing this amazing tutorial!!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Vaibhav_Shah]

Hi Matthew! I need some help from you. I use a PC so I don't have Prores codec. I currently export my master file in AVI uncompressed format but the file size for a 5 second timelapse exceeds 9GB most of the times. Can you suggest a codec that is equivalent to Prores for PC? It would help me a lot if I could export my timelapses in best quality without using up too much space.

[@rodneytopor1846]

Great video and blog, thank you.

[@LERAKO]

So good ! I've had so much fun shooting time-lapses since I've been applying your advices!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks for all the support mate! Can't wait to hang out next

[@MattSolnick]

lmao that zoom transition comment absolutely sold me

[@MrAlawadaa]

Amazing

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Cheers Anwar

[@civicsimohd]

thank you great tutorial

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks Mo!

[@kellifoulstone5629]

Hey Matthew, does the exposure actually update in realtime on the camera (2:21) as it gets darker or do you have to stop the TL to check? Tried doing a TL last night and the camera EV meter didnt change at all, so only realised when I stopped it. Love the channel and watch your vids all the time!

[@spl1949]

You mention a tutorial about using aperture priority for the time-lapse. Can you tell me the link? Thanks.

[@JanBuchholz]

I just came across LRT because I had a timelapse with aperture flicker. It really helped. Great tool. I wondered about one thing, when watching your video: How is it possible that you press knobs on your camera without introducing jitter to the timelapse. Is that little tripod really that sturdy?

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Yeah the tabletop tripod is not the one that most people use, it's rock solid, it's listed on my website's gear page I'm pretty sure. www.matjoez.com/gear

[@JanBuchholz]

@@MatthewVandeputte Interesting, thank you. I should take a look at that.

[@tarheelgarden]

that's a cool little tripod, I can throw the genie mini on that and be super light

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Yup! It's my favourite, I should stress test it to see how much weight it can handle (a lot!). How are you liking the genie mini?

[@MatthewVandeputte]

By the way thanks for signing up to Patreon you legend!

[@TheRodlund]

What kind of little tripod is that? I looked on the gear list but couldn't find it? :)

[@tarheelgarden]

I"ve had some good luck, but it's a bit wobbly so if you're ramping iso ect a bunch, it made some shake. It could have been some wind though.

[@touringband]

What tripod is that, do you know?

[@JesemanuelRamirez]

Doesn't the 6D MKII have a timelapse option with a auto exposure adjust per shot? Is it not reliable?

[@l.nguyen860]

Thank you for this tutorial. What is the brand of the tripod you used ? I am a backpacker and have been looking for light weight tripod. Thanks again.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Manfrotto!

[@magicscorner]

Whoever is jealous of this superb tutorial, gives dislike

[@sbrenden]

Thanks man, great tutorial! Well done! LRtimelapse is a fantastic product. Why didnt you use the internal intervalometer?

[@MatthewVandeputte]

I use the external intervalometer because stopping and starting the sequence when you're triggering from software involves many more button presses. The external remote is the fastest way.

[@sbrenden]

I see, sounds like a good idea!

[@slawekbass]

I have a EOS 5 Mark IV. How do I turn on my Live View while taking photos for Timelapse??? If I turn it on beforhand, my timer funktion is grayed (disabled and I cannot use it), if I try to do it after I've started, it doesn't let me turn it on and the display is black!!! I cannot adjust any settings while doing timelapse with different light conditions (f.e. day to night ones) But... it used to work before, I could see everything on the display. There must be one function I need to turn on (or off)!!! Could you help? You seem to know everything about it! THX in advance! Slawek

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Best to use an external remote. My live view doesn't work while timelapsing on the 6d2 either fyi!

[@slawekbass]

Thank you so much!

[@chris.fitzgerald]

Can you fully automate this by shooting in Program mode?

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@joshuadavis3743]

Great vid! How would you be able to do this without LR Timelapse?

[@MountUpMedia]

so I didn't wipe my memory card before doing a timelapse so my files starts off in the 9000 but end in the 300s when I import them it doesn't sort them in the way I want them to (kinda goes backwards) I saw that you mentioned that this could be fixed in lightroom, what is the best way? I shot this on my a7R3 so the filers are huge! would love your input.

[@machmutdoener]

Hi, after i hit Keyframe Wizard it add the Keyframes and i can choose how much, but i cant press onto holy grail wizard because its all grey. What can i do ?

[@ahmetkonukseven7140]

Yes. Same problem for me also.. Did you sole this problem?

[@richieanker]

great work mate :)

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks Richie!

[@TotalRADandMORE]

Hey thanks! I just purchased the software and can't wait to give it a spin. Used your affiliate link 2 so I hope you get that $$

[@evenaicantfigurethisout]

In step 6 you said "Make sure to leave at least 5 photos in between exposure changes." I'm confused about that this means. Can you elaborate? Do you mean that say my intervals are 10s, that I have to stop the camera for 50s while I change the exposure, then start back up again? What would be the rationale for doing this? Thanks.

[@BartRos1980]

I had a ton of issues lately with Timelapses. Tnx to Sony removing their App support. I went with a slider. It wasnt cheap, broke on 3rd attempt. Then I bought a intervalometer. 1st one I dropped in the river because the wire was not secure. Now I an using a gimbal. - Finally pretty good. Why do you choose Shade white balance if you shoot Raw?

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Wow that's some bad luck! Which slider was it? I went with shade just so it wouldn't flicker when scrolling through the pics after. It really doesn't matter unless you plan on using the JPEG sequence (like I did to generate the preview).

[@robmulally]

Omg this is great! so useful I'm going to try on footage I have saved. Hope you don't mind I posted to Reddit.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks so much dude! Appreciate it

[@MpxFlyer]

Quick question: have you ever used QDSLR Dashboard? Thats how I do my Holy Grails... It‘s kinda awsome because you do not have to touch the camera to adjust the settings. Maybe give it a shot, I really love the features of it ;)

[@MatthewVandeputte]

I've never gotten around to using it but want to make a video about it! Thanks for reminding me

[@MpxFlyer]

If you need help just send me a message (@framework.jpg on instagram). I think I can explain everything you need ;)

[@zackytea3394]

why u not using aperture priority ??

[@GiuseppeCammino]

Hi Matthew .. ehm a question: do you just use LRT + Afeter Effects? You don't use Premiere? Thanks :D

[@_empmedia]

Hi Matt, another great tutorial! Really enjoyed reading your e-books too! Just curious as to how and why ou let it slowly run down to -1 EV, is this over the entire sequence? Cheers!

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks Elliott! Appreciate the support. I let it run down to -1 EV because a 0EV exposed night time photo is just too bright. The highlights in the buildings etc would be completely blown out as the camera is exposing the scene wrong. Hope that makes sense!

[@mpfilms714]

thank you so much master

[@HongKongBlog]

how many times in one sunset would you say you find yourself adjusting the exposure? ( I did this a while ago with my own method and I think I adjusted 3 times only as I was trying not to touch the camera)

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Depends on the brightness, if it's only 7 stops like this video it would be 21 times (3 clicks per stop). Every place is different though.

[@marshallsweatherhiking1820]

Thanks for this! I have the same camera! I will probably buy this software at some point. I have one question though. I want to do high quality cloud/storm timelapses and to get smooth motion you sometimes need to use one second intervals (30x realtime). Also, to capture lighting during the day I like to be able to slow the shutter speed all the way down to 1/2 second (giving a 50% chance of capturing lighting). The problem then is making manual ISO adjustments when the camera is locked about 75% of the time (1/2 second for the exposure, then another approx 1/4 second doing whatever processing the camera does and writing the RAW image to the card). Since you also use the EOS D6 Mark II, what settings should be turned off to minimize the time spent processing? Do you know if the processing still occurs even if you are saving RAW only? The manual isn't very clear on what (if any) post-processing applies to RAW images as opposed to jpeg only. I always have long-exposure noise reduction off as that obviously eats up a lot of time, but do I even have to worry if I'm not saving any jpeg image? Any other settings that should be off? I've learned that doing a low-level format to the card and having absolutely nothing else on it sometimes improves the write speed. What kind of card would you recommend? I will definitely need to buy a good one with a lot of space that I can fully dedicate to timelapse.

[@alpinewonders]

I own older copies of LR and AE. Your suggestion about going straight from LRT to AE to render from raw makes me wonder whether I should finally (finally!) bite my lip and join Adobe`s subscription bandwagon. Can you sell me further into the idea? (I need some encouragement)

[@evenaicantfigurethisout]

Also, as you're changing the shutter speed, won't your lighttrails of cars etc look different as the timelapse progresses?

[@capturedbycarey...8977]

Do we need the Private or the Pro Version to achieve this? Great vid cheers !

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Private is fine as long as you don't produce commercial content :)

[@EduVas-TotalFilmmaker]

KZbin monetized videos are categorized as commercial?

[@TwoHandUke]

Hi there, what is the model of the tripod and ball head you are using? THU

[@Wrecksy]

I'm wondering why you don't just check the exposure on the top screen of the camera instead of playing images back?

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Correct! Thanks for chiming in.

[@TobinRogers]

When I drag and drop my folder into After Affects, it opens Adobe RAW and then imports just the first file. I tried importing the images instead of the folder, but I have to click OK in Adobe RAW for each image. Way too time consuming. Am I misunderstanding why After Affects is not importing all files like your video suggests is happening for you?

[@bobkoss280]

That whole bit on importing into AE is a mystery to me. Then he makes a comp out of a comp - unclear why - he's talking at 100kph. Is the comp the same size as the image files from his camera, or 4k, or what? I'm lost here.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

The blog has it all written down in case the video is too quick, I tend to speak too fast when the camera is rolling, apologies! www.matjoez.com/2018/07/30/complete-guide-to-shooting-and-editing-holy-grail-timelapses/

[@KalopsiaVanVliet]

Thanks Mr World-wide

[@LuckySingh-yq1vp]

thank you so much sir can i use this software for hyperlapse??

[@HerChip]

what bag is that? Anja?

[@alexzaharoff6124]

Hello, can anybody give me an advise on how often I should adjust shutter speed and ISO? Once in 30sec or once in 60sec? How to understand this algorithm of settings adjustment? Thanks in advance

[@MatthewVandeputte]

As mentioned in the video and the blog post, you want to keep at least a few photos in between adjusting settings. You also have to go out and try it for yourself to then look at your result and analyse it for yourself. Good luck

[@adamfeigs4492]

Thanks, Matt. Any recommendations for output codec for non mac users? No prores :(

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Adam Feigs check out cineform!

[@gabriellefox5724]

Hay thanks matt ! can you use this for things like hyperlaps ,speed ramping edits effectively?

[@MatthewVandeputte]

It's more meant just to edit the transition of the light, speed ramping can be done in premiere or final cut

[@gabriellefox5724]

Matthew Vandeputte thank you for replying always super awesome .

[@Luvy08]

heyy man..need to ask you something..i cant change my iso setting during a holy grial timelapse..my setting were..2 sec of shutter speed and the interval was 8 secs but i still could'nt change my iso..i was using a 5d mark 4 with an inbuilt intravelometer..help ???

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Don't use the in built intervalometer and you should be sweet. Google timelapse remotes and you ll find my post comparing cheap to expensive ones!

[@Luvy08]

@@MatthewVandeputte thanyou so much..i've learned alot from you..:-)

[@vermintje]

Sweet

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Cheers!

[@StephenHolst]

I never realized how complicated it was. The results are quite impressive. Consider turning down the volume on the background music. It was hard to hear your voice.

[@petrub27]

but you can also edit separately batches of photo which have same light conditions, and when you are happy w the results, import all in adobe premier

[@MrBorderman01]

Mat again many thanks from all of us. As I have said before I hope u get a chance to colab with Casey Neistat. Would love to see u work on bigger more creative projects. U def deserve a bigger presence. I will continue to voice my opinions on twitter asking Samsung to make this happen. U both work with Samsung. It would great. Hopefully u can take a trip to NYC. Thnx One more thing, U touched on the 6D MarkII critical reviews which I await your review but I did see quite a few of them and while they all said that the new version was a better improvement but for the cost which I believe is double the original which not justified in purchasing it over the original. They all did provide conclusive evidence that the 6D II is marginally better image wise than the original. To me that was the deal breaker. Im only strictly talking about image quality. No video. 6D II def does have much more technology than the original. It also more AF points. So I decided on the 6D original. I as many others expected better image quality for the price Canon is asking for. This is IMHO.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

If just for stills then the 6D is definitely still a great camera!

[@anubhavagarwal7985]

How to manage EV during holy grail. Should I stick to 0 or start from +1 and then as it get start getting dark go to -1

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Depends on the scene and also your preference. I often start two thirds over exposed

[@DaPanda19]

Starting a time lapse with a battery at that level? I see you like to live dangerously! 😏

[@MatthewVandeputte]

hahaha. Damn didn't realise you had already watched this when I just linked it to you in the other comment lol

[@DaPanda19]

@@MatthewVandeputte yeah no I really appreciate that, was just curious to see that process in a video, it just have me nervous (excited) to try it for the first time :)

[@NotYourAvgJoe24]

Sub’d

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Thanks Joe!

[@kaimelis]

what is the reasoning behind using the garbage 6d2? not hating, its just that that camera has no place on the market.

[@Satsuto23]

kaimelis you forgot your /s I believe...

[@MatthewVandeputte]

How have you formed your opinion on the 6DMkII? How much have you shot with it?

[@kaimelis]

I believe its not nice to answer with a question. I got it for a couple of days when it came out. Wanted to upgrade from 6d. It was nothing special to me whatsoever as I had the 70d also. Then tried sony a7r, did not like it at all. Then i tried a7r2 and immediately bought it for less than a 6d2. thats when the a73 or a7r3 werent out yet. I have canon glass mostly too.

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Your statement that it's garbage and has no place on the market is 'not nice' either. I have two, I love it, it's the best camera for what I do.

[@kaimelis]

it isnt nice or "not nice", its true. its a inferior camera and everybody knows that. the one and only thing its not bad at is for vlogging, but thats debatable. for timelapses it has nothing that the others dont, it lacks dr, or megapixels, or in camera apps. i guess its not that "bad" at timelapse stuff as it is in other things such as general photography or video. and all of this would be irrelevant if the price were right, but it isnt, so this garbage camera has no excuses. i asked maybe there something that i didnt see, that you found out, but you didnt even bother to answer.

[@ZeroFuxBE]

"ik ben van Antwerpen" hahaah gg

[@MatthewVandeputte]

Das een feit

[@gabrielalamberti5860]

No, this is not for me. To much trouble and work and time. I guess this tutorial is for the pros. Very cool though!

[@jonasdekooning7597]

Don't want to spend money on Lightroom, don't want to spend money on LRTimelapse. fml

[@MatthewVandeputte]

haha

[@FlyByFrancis]

Have you found a program that is cheaper or free that will allow you to create these kinds of timelapses?

[@gm010379]

THANKYOU