How-to: Hyperlapse! (DIY Motion Timelapsing) : Indy News

[@Aldarux]

Tip: Draw your floor markers on a mat that you can roll up and bring to your location. It will save you from drawing new ones every time. Then, when you have finished taking your photos, roll the mat up and you can use it again at another location!

[@bpweekly2119]

Great idea!

[@koolkutz7]

Good tip, saves some time in the field.

[@benjaminwoodard8280]

You don't need the chalk at all. Its not important to accurately space your shots out. and you dont need the tripod either. These guys definitely dont know what they are doing

[@VeteranoParacaidistaRogelioGil]

Teach you as my friend and family enrriquesera who likes this

[@JakeHaws]

or just use a measuring tap

[@indymogul]

I appreciate you saying that! Thanks for watching!

[@michaelk5824]

it blows me away how these videos are. they are a memory of my teens when i started to get into film

[@indymogul]

Agreed. Who knows if I'll ever use it, but I love learning new tools!

[@indymogul]

Definitely. It'll be a wider angle effect, which will probably make the movement look even more epic.

[@indymogul]

I used the default settings. I'd expect a setting to turn off rotate, but even if there isn't, if it's only a few frames, you could manually layer those frames on top of the stabilized sequence, and adjust them into the preferred position.

[@indymogul]

Yes, good point! Doesn't have to be tripod movement. Could be slow zooming, tilting, and/or panning. As long as you have a way to measure the movements for consistency.

[@indymogul]

Yep, that's my inspiration exactly. I want to show the people who love it where it comes from, how it's made, how big the culture is around it!

[@indymogul]

Exactly. It's about adding dolly-like movement to a timelapse, that would otherwise require a motion-control system. I've seen some that move hundreds of feet, which is a cool effect, and impossible to do on a dolly.

[@technologetic]

Griffin that was a fantastic tutorial on hyper lapsing. I am subscribed to over 100 people (and have a few videos myself) and you are one of the few people whom I watch every video because I know they are going to be great. Thumbs up!

[@indymogul]

You notice that FCP's Stabilization worked somewhat. But it gets hung up if the image changes too much.

[@indymogul]

I think it's there and working in the description, isn't it?

[@indymogul]

I'm so glad you find inspiration here!

[@indymogul]

I'm not sure I get that metadata in video files either. (For photos, yes, though.)

[@indymogul]

Thanks for letting me know you've never heard of it. I'd love to do a poll and get a sense of how many people are familiar with it.

[@indymogul]

I actually went to high school in Naperville, at Neuqua!

[@ThatGuyProductions]

Griffin, local film festivals are already making an impact on me as a filmmaker. My film recently advanced to the top 8 where it will be screened and i have received multiple job request since then. Festivals are awesome! PS film is also on my channel now. Thanks for encouraging me Griffin. It paid off!

[@indymogul]

I kind of assume the stabilization is similar between FCPX and Motion, but perhaps not.

[@indymogul]

Glad I could introduce you to the stuff!

[@indymogul]

I'm definitely interested to try the Thai original!

[@DaveDugdaleColorado]

Another awesome video! I'm going to try this when it stops snowing here in Colorado.

[@majedphotos]

this is really great video and hope to know what is next if i did a shot for a building like what u did then how to smoothly i shift to the next scene ?

[@NowyouknowMusic]

dude thats awesome that your making a documentary about Siracha! They make that stuff moments away from my house. They put my hometown of Rosemead on the map!

[@eviltem]

I love Sriracha too, and i love watching this channel, I'm still a noob when it comes to Filming and editing and stuff like that but this channel has helped me a lot to improve in all that.

[@davedubya]

Hey Griffin, Great video. I met you briefly at the CMM last week. I got introduced to Sirracha while living in Los Angeles. Was putting it on everything. Love hot sauces / hot things, so this is on the top of my list. I look forward to seeing this doc.

[@indymogul]

It wasn't me that bought one, but yeah, those would be handy for product shots. Even a non-motorized lazy susan, perhaps with a string attached, could be useful.

[@MrBlackReviews]

great video! I'm looking for great FCPX warp stabilizer equivalent

[@AlessioMorello]

I LOVE HYPERLAPSE AND THAT TAI HOTSAUCE. This week, you nailed it!

[@indymogul]

If I could find a good motion blur plug-in, perhaps. It's not necessary-depends on the look you're going for.

[@Hannie.Schaft]

I'm almost ready to go but where do I get Spiderman chalk?

[@meier580]

Great Video! You speak so clearly that german people (like me) can understand all of it what you say in the video!

[@CesarSanchez-so5nz]

hey griffin HELLO!!! from Panamà(country), i never take time to make comments on the you tube channels, but i really love indy mogul and i just have to say thanks for the hard work.

[@AAKFILMPRODUCTIONS]

Thanks a lot, I'm doing a wedding video for my cousins this summer and your stuff has been really helping me.

[@cinegeek]

Great tutorial, Griffin. Gotta give this a try. And a Sriracha doc sounds like a great idea. We've sure been eating it for years, and yet know very little about where it comes from. Can't wait to see it. Break a leg!

[@WikipediaLover94]

You actually just inspired me to spend the time between the end of my college semester and my summer job doing some moving time warps of my hometown! I think I'm gonna use a white card to always get consistent white balance. The change in white balance is slightly distanciating for me

[@indymogul]

Yeah, that happens so often. I really don't want to miss festival deadlines this fall.

[@indymogul]

You mean a teleprompter? I built a DIY one-and made an episode about it-but I don't use it for the show. I find I look more natural on camera when I memorize a few lines at a time, and break it up with cuts to b-roll. Although you can see at 8:08 how it's hard for me to get through too many sentences at once!

[@indymogul]

I didn't think about those. Thanks!

[@ManeeshChiba]

If you head into your settings, you can change the timeframe of a still image when its imported. If all your shots are numbered sequentially, you can select the first one and then check the "Numbered Stills" box when importing. To speed up or slow down just use the time and speed tools when you right click on the clip.

[@jamboni]

Haha I love that you left that end goof in! The hyper lapse is awesome and I want to try it. Good luck with the documentary.

[@5zfi]

***Place your foot on one side of the tripod and move the leg of the tripod from one side of your foot to the other. It saves you the time of having to mark your points with chalk, and it is always the same interval (3-4 inches). You can also alter your path on the fly.

[@indymogul]

Nice job, Niels!

[@HairMentorsEducation]

Man, I really look forward to Indy Mogul content!! Thanks for being awesome.

[@indymogul]

I recommend you try it, but they're very different flavors. Less vinegary. More garlicky. You can taste the fresh jalepenos.

[@BobTheSkateboard01]

Hey griffin! I like the pants hanging off the fence in your time lapse. It adds life to your shot.

[@indymogul]

No different, but the beauty of time lapse is that you can also do this without laying all that dolly track. (Perfect for destination shoots, when you can't travel with a dolly.)

[@indymogul]

Yeah, I know I'm pronouncing it the (incorrect) American way. Like you say, I hear it's actually three distinct syllables. And it's also spelled "Sriraja," which ends not with a "cha" sound like we pronounce it, but "See-Ra-Sha" like you said. Thanks!

[@TheSifu1]

Tried it today with my team, and it came out great. Thanks for the online lesson.

[@indymogul]

I haven't, but I've heard that's how David Tran enjoys Sriracha most. We'll see what access, if any, Huy Fong provides. But yes, of course I'd love to speak with them.

[@spotlightlessons]

Love you guys - y'all aren't sarcastic and rude as the other video hosts. Keep it up

[@HiImGM]

That is such an amazing effect, it seems to make things more epic somehow. I've heard of Sriracha and I've seen it on tv but I've never been able to find it around here. I guess small towns aren't up on their more adventurous condiments. lol

[@davidsuggitt]

I do it all the time. Increment the zoom each frame while you move back from the subject. This gives you a reverse zoom effect or vertigo effect. Shoot hand-held and leave the tripod at home unless you need a long exposure. Steady your images using keyframes and dump that crappy warp stabilizer that distorts the frames. This takes much longer ofcourse, but you have much more control over the final.

[@madeinvideo7863]

Cool! We were wondering how hiperlapses are done and your video was a great explanation! You're good, man!

[@ManeeshChiba]

I'm from South Africa. Whenever my grandmother goes to the states for a holiday, she comes back with a few bottles of Siracha for the extended family. We all pretty much love it this side and I'm sure they would make a killing if they expanded (or exported) to S.A.

[@SandyGritty]

Can't wait to try this out. I just have to find a suitable subject to focus on. --Maybe film the beach from the pier on a busy weekend? hmmm. . .

[@So0nerMag1c]

Sriracha is amazing, goes on just about everything!!

[@indymogul]

I look forward to seeing you at the next CMM* meeting! *Champaignª Movie Makers ªChampaign is a city in Central Illinois

[@Sk8Grom]

Great episode Griffin! Hyperlapse photography is so cool and intriguing, I can't wait to try it myself! Thanks for all the examples and that online tool using google streetview is genius, if only I could figure out how to use all the source code lol. I have heard of Sriracha, coming from a Mexican family we love spicy things and it is not uncommon to find it in a hispanic household living in the States =)

[@indymogul]

You can check out the progress at facebook. com/SrirachaFilm

[@indymogul]

Good to know!

[@indymogul]

No, I can usually type a few lyrics into Google and figure out what the songs are.

[@indymogul]

With a tripod, some chalk, and time, you too can hyperlapse!

[@abdulazizh.althani5135]

Thanks, great video. A question though: how do you manage consistent rotation of the camera on the tripod?

[@Chadpw]

Which DLSR do you use?

[@JasonBornTV]

Chad Watson He uses the GH3.

[@fernandeswin]

Chad Watson DSLR*

[@emmanuelgutierrez6306]

Thanks for the videos.. they help a lot. I have one question when you produce a film how do you get the budget to produce it? And how do you make a scene look more cinematic/ proffesional.

[@PhilJonesIII]

Oh Jeez there is so much to experiment with here. Going around objects seems straightforward but approaching objects while maintaining depth of focus....or lack of it? Working with buildings or a (very patient) model.....Well that's erased any excuse for boredom for the next few years. Great ideas...thanks for posting.

[@indymogul]

Actually, it's because I locked my white balance that you see that color shift. Clouds eclipsed the sun near the end of the shot, changing the color temperature, and because I was in shutter priority mode, the exposure compensated. Sometimes that's desirable, sometimes not. I could've shot in manual mode, to let the image darken when the clouds passed over.

[@RSpudieD]

Awesome. Always wondered how they did that. Wish I ok could stabilize it will the Corel VideoStudio x6 stabilizer, but I still will give it a shot

[@ChessBoxin]

You can do either one, but I personally went and exported the stills and it created a video in after effects, then I tried to stabilize it but failed because it couldn't read what I wanted it to focus on. I'm also new to using the stabilizer so I could be doing something wrong, but I'm positive it is the gate in between the camera and freeway that made it hard to shoot. Look at my last crappy time lapse to see how it came out.

[@dnomarsenoj7063]

don't have the patience for this. so glad you do

[@indymogul]

It's all for you this week!

[@indymogul]

I haven't yet, but I'm meeting the guy who suggested that flavor to Lay's!

[@CuriosityFilms]

This is AWESOME! And love the Sriracha story!

[@dcprovideo]

I LOVE Sriracha, got hooked on it while living and traveling in Asia. I haven't tried it on cereal..... YET.

[@RabeaHussain]

amazing work,, i was wondering if i was time lapsing through sun set how should i set my speed and aperture ..manual or on P?

[@mjamahula3007]

you're most likely not going to read this.....but i think the third one looks pretty cool as well because it looks like you are walking and it doesn't look perfect but kind of raw..... i love this

[@ChrisHargrave23]

LOVE the documentary film idea dude.

[@freebird889]

I know this a late response but when I was deployed in the Navy there was a bottle of that on every table....I was on a small ship so there was only two tables, but there was a cubbord full. Thanks for the video. Interesting stuff.

[@jacksonhpeters.]

That is so cool! I've always wanted to try timelapse, but I don't have a slider to add the camera movement I wanted.

[@trajiklastat]

experimentation!! all film makers should do it to expand the tools they can use in a project. Thanks for explaning hyper lapsing

[@inthekitchenwithdane]

I love Sriracha!! Although I feel it's not at spicy as it used to be. Maybe because of production increase? (or maybe it's cause I put it on everything!) Can't wait to see it!

[@Aznreddragon0409]

I look forward to watching you film! I'm Thai actually and I'm a big fan of the Hot sauce myself. The bottle that you are showing is actually not the original Thai version that people in Thailand have you've probably already know a lot about this from your research.But If I could make a recommendation and if you can find one where you live try the large glass bottle one that has a white shark on it, as a logo. This one is closer, to original. Thank you so much for your DIY and best wishes.

[@indymogul]

September/October 2013 is when I'm aiming to complete it.

[@darthrugg]

Whaaaat! That's awesome! Some of my best friends are from Naperville! I drive past Neuqua all the time!

[@ImTheDaveman]

Cool stuff! Im not into heavy duty serious stuff like you guys are but even the jerky motion results would work well for people like me who dont give a flying leap about perfection. However I realize in your line of work, perfection or near perfection is a must. Never heard of that hot sauce before. If I ever see any of it, I'll try it.

[@DroneCompilations]

Thank you for such an insightful video into the wonderful world of hyper-lapse

[@DroneCompilations]

By the way I live in Thailand and I feel it is weird how most Thai people do not know what Sri Racha sauce is :)

[@biskeybee]

i think i will give it a go as a whole rendered file once i get my hands on a copy of after effects, if it dont work i wil try the way you did with the stills

[@flolegrand44]

Nice video. I'll probably test the hyperlapse next week, and if it look good, I'll post it. About sriracha. As a cook, I use it in salmon or beef tartares, sometimes combine with tabasco. Very interessant sauce!!

[@Secondhandstoke]

My dad also uses that stuff on everything that he eats, can't wait to see it Griffin I know it's going to be great.

[@danoshierproductions]

Good stuff! Can't wait to try it out!

[@indymogul]

If your camera can't shoot photos, you can always capture video, and pull out still frames from each movement. (I did that in this Halloween video: /watch?v=IElak0nYEnU I found it was easier to move the jack-o-lantern while letting the video roll. I had way more frames than I needed, but it was quicker in that case to let the video roll.)

[@indymogul]

Me too!

[@darthrugg]

Hey Griffin! So, I've been a big fan for a while, and then you said that you went to a local film festival, and it was in Champaign IL! I live just outside of Aurora IL! :D It's cool to see that you live so close! XD

[@johnneitge]

Sriracha is amazing. The pizza place I work at has a pizza with sriracha as the base sauce for it. So good.

[@indymogul]

Yeah, I just need to get a really strong, clear ND filter.

[@TheRaissameira]

I just found your chanel and I gotta say it's reaaaaally helpful! I'm gonna try the hyperlapse, hope it goes well! =)

[@blinkfarm]

I love Siracha. Quick recipe I came up with for lazy snacking: can of sweet peas, spoonful of mayo, squirt of Siracha (mayo and Sirach quantities to your taste). Mix it all up and have some starchy fatty yum yums. Even better when chilled.

[@StellaCam]

That hot sauce Is the Best!!!!! Thank u soooo much for the hyperlapse help :) what lense should I use

[@TheChadmania]

Oh yeah, sriracha is awesome. We keep extra in the house at all time.

[@calebp.4791]

Thanks for the great video and YES! I mean... yes, I've had Srirachi. Stuff is amazing.

[@AydinProductionsLtd]

Sirachaa! Love it always have one in the fridge and one in the cupboard as backup! Let us know about the movie.

[@AlexLaTerreur]

This is very interesting effect!!! It looks awesome!!

[@indymogul]

I ran the first mile in 6:35, which is way too fast for me! Probably the fastest mile I've run in any race. Usually my race pace is around 7:40.