Mavic Pro - How to Shoot Time Lapse with your Mavic Pro

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks for watching my Mavic Pro Time-lapse video! Comment with your best time-lapse tip or best time-lapse video. I would like to see what others are creating!

[@VladekR]

Being sort of lazy, I am just recording 4k and then do hyper-lapse in post, see here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qprYh6B6lJimeqM

[@mercator4705]

Hello did you ever used Dji GsPro i think it is only availible for ipad but it works like waypoints but it is better because you can pre plan your flight so you donot have too fly the path a first time and also you can make your cablecam as long as you want because you can use multiple batteries because it returns to where it has stopped. By doing so you can also do an awsome day to night hyperlapse when you overlap 2 hyperlapses. Hope i could help you advance your projects.

[@ericweems4601]

I must be doing something wrong. Did the first example, but in not getting a hyperlapse

[@carloshenriquenascimento6027]

Topics and times: 01 Tripod Mode (Reveal Shot) 0:22 02 Photo Interval 1:03 03 Tap Fly Mode 2:08 04 POI 2:46 05 Way Points 4:03 06 Bonus technique (Litchi) 5:17

[@brianwells8678]

Thanks for simplifying these actions. Best video I've seen. Simple and straightforward!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Brian!

[@billmacfarland3200]

Thank you! Really nice explanation. And I've never tried Litchi.

[@TheThaiLife]

Very well done and useful, thank you! Is Litchi another app?

[@periclesfreitas]

Greetings from a brazilian Mavic pilot. Congrats, very didatical way to teach how to do time lapse. Too bad I can only hit the like button once.

[@periclesfreitas]

BTW, which app do you use to speed up your movies?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thank you Pericles for the thumbs up. I appreciate the feedback. Happy Flying all the way in Brazil !

[@endyX286]

great video but how did you do the timeslapse? are you using the premiere pro?

[@Mulholland1972]

the first example worked a treat Jeff, tripod mode, many thanks

[@swetunafpv1856]

You are very good and solid techniques thank you for sharing

[@BastardSquad]

Watched steps 1-5 and wondered 'How'd i do this with Litchi'.... then voila, step 6 appeared.. Nice one Jeff, great informative and easy to follow videos as usual..

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks BastardSquad! I really like Litch. Really nice to have the option to be able to set up way-points during flight or from the desktop.

[@Tostito12345]

On the Point of Interest feature after all the steps you need to tap focus before hit the record button ?

[@chaseanderle6330]

By far thee best tutorial ever

[@SMIG007]

Stumbled across your channel! Best video so far I have seen on time lapse thanks so much.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

SMIG wow thank you so much. I really appreciate you saying that.

[@ashtonhironaka2474]

You are welcome for stopping by. Thank you for the great upload! IT is very helpful information straight to the point.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Ashton, let me know how your timelapse videos turn out.

[@drewzytran7405]

This is awesome! Your videos are one of a kind, showing us the how to's then given great footage examples along with the instructions. Keep up the great work! You gained a follower.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thank you Andrew...I appreciate all the positive comments from you guys!

[@robertheim352]

Thanks for these panning lapse videos. I'm trying to get better fixed position lapses for sunset and moonrise. Do you know any tricks to reduce the float? For example does tracking help to reduce the frame movements? Much appreciation for any help, Bob

[@ixman]

Excellent. Thanks! Do you notice a difference between 30fps and 60fps? If so, does that mean that 1080 lapses would be smoother than 4K?

[@shom4123]

Thank you very much for your professional teaching of the Mavic Pro. Thank you very much. You are a professional professor. I have been very pleased with your smooth learning style. I am waiting for you for more lessons in the future. Thank you.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

alshomar mohammed thank you sir

[@rsstnnr76]

Great video. Why is the horizon so crooked at 2:35?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Yes indeed. Some days the mavic has a mind of its own and likes to think it is in fixed wing mode 😀

[@WeiweiGaoVideo]

One of the best short tutorials. Thanks. For your method two, try stabilizing it in post processing (e.g. warp stabilizer in Premiere) you will get amazing results.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Weiwei for the compliment and tip!

[@EduardPitkaJunior]

The last one was awesome! Cinematic, perfectly fluid. I wish I had Mavic Air. :)

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Eduard, glad you found this helpful. Cheers!

[@dronenjoy7141]

Thank you very much for sharing. I think that to be perfect you can add an extra step that is to stabilize video.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Yep, for sure. i missed that step.

[@TeflonFraze]

Great video, I'm going outside to try some things right now!

[@ericarklance855]

Just got my mavic air today and can't wait to try your methods. Thanks for the tutorial! One sub for u :)

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Eric Arklance sweet! Enjoy your first flight! I am looking forward to some springtime weather.

[@Mendozallopis]

please do more videos with the Mavic Air!!

[@theurbanartist775]

This is great info. Thanks man👍

[@SheldonCharron]

Hey Jeff. I saw Winnipeg in your missions. I'm from Winnipeg. ;) Thanks for the vid.

[@SheldonCharron]

Moved to LA in 2012.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Sheldon, awesome. I've been there twice now. Nice place. Seems i can no longer fly there as a non-canadian.

[@undahdaskin]

Awesome tips, Thanks I'll be using these in the future

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Visual Adventures you are most welcome!

[@npdk1989]

Nice. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@englishangi]

Thank you Jeff, the video is very informative. On the time-lapse, are you speeding it up in the post editing process?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Angi English yes, exactly, just a simple speed ramp in final cut pro or other editor.

[@englishangi]

Thank you. Really great tutorials you are doing.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Angi English thank you for the positive vibes. I've been having alot of fun putting these together.

[@TriniWeekes]

I just stumbled upon your videos, this is excellent work. Did you speed up footage in post?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Trini, thanks and welcome to the channel! Yep I sped up in post using either retiming or speed ramping in final cut pro x.

[@mattpaul6805]

How did you get your video to come out in Hyperlapse? I fly a Mavic Pro..

[@KimAswani]

Hi there Jeff. Thanks for this lovely video and tips on timelapse options. Just a quick question does the litchi app work with the mavic air. I have been flying for about 5 months now first 4 months with my spark and the recently sold it and got my mavic air. Always wanted to use way points option but only to find out that it is not included in the mavic air so was considering buying the litchi app. Your inputs will help me decide. Thanks again.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Kim, Litchi does not support the Mavic Air yet. But i believe this planned to be supported in the near future. Just a matter of DJI sharing the software code like they have for other models. I use Litchi on the Mavic Pro and hoping the Mavic Air support will be added soon.

[@haloraider1656]

wow this video is very informative . It's very easy to understand. Keep it up dude👌👍

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks for the thumbs up halo raider1, i appreciate the feedback!

[@Burakzlf]

bro whats ur backround sound ?

[@magdalenaohisea5403]

Very cool tutorial, thanks for sharing 🙏🚁

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Magdalena Hufnagel thank you i appreciate the thumbs up!

[@BruceChristianson-PhotoLogic]

This is not how to shoot time-lapse, but how to shoot in different capture modes. You NEVER talked about how to make it look like a true Time-lapse video by speeding up the frame rate or compressing time with video. But I understand it, your video doesn't explain that.

[@billlothman]

Bruce Christianson did he ever address how to make it time lapse? Do you have to do that in post? Or can it be done in cam

[@speedball10169]

Best bet is to do the interval photo and then go to quicktime. Just make sure all images are jpeg or converts from DNG to jpeg. Once in quicktime go to File, Open Image Sequence, Select your 1st image and just play with the frame rate until you find something that's a relatively smooth video.

[@valdastomkus2353]

it's not software video, not about some sony vegas or premiere, so everything is good in video. Best time lapse goes from photos, not video, also all photos you should capture in raw.

[@rowanmoon7102]

I don’t understand how he sped up the footage. Can it be done in the DJI app?

[@free-bible-study]

@@rowanmoon7102 no mate. He is 'Speed ramping' in his post production software like Premier or Davinci Resolve.

[@darlenelovescoach]

OMG I so want a Drone! Thank you for this inspiration makes me really want one NOW. Loves you, Darlene Loves

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Darlene as always for stopping by!

[@awkwardbryan]

Thank you for taking your time to do this! Really appreciate this 🙌

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

BrypodProd. You are most welcome!

[@themasked7384]

Very helpful tips, great video! Thanks

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Vee TV thank you!

[@filipeugen272]

Can you please tell me witch ND filters you are using? Thank you!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

I am using the Polar Pro ND filters. There is a link in the description to the ones that i purchased. Happy Flying!

[@joegowac5425]

So are you having it take timed camera shots during all those modes?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

nope all of them are shot using video, except the one interval shot. I just speed up the video afterwards in the video editor. I get much better results with time-lapse using video instead of interval shots.

[@dennisn2324]

Great video..thank you

[@lenallan9098]

so if im speeding up the playback speed and saving that as a video what speed is ideal ?

[@msutton5116]

Having issues getting the interval settings on the mavic pro! Anyone able to help? Is this for Mavic pro or platinum?

[@KenSaith]

Appreciate your video, but the thing I didn't understand in watching this is: You did time lapse in photo mode, I get that, but when shooting in video mode, it appears you simply shot a video, then sped it up in post. Am I right? If so it would be edited video, not time lapse. Or did you use an app to create time lapse from video? Am I missing something?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Ken Wade yep you are absolutely correct. I guess it just depends on the definition of timelapse. Speeding up a series if images, whether taken at 30fps, or 1/sec?

[@unclecigar]

Wow, that is really awesome Jeff. Great info. I just subscribed 👍

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Mike, I appreciate the thumbs up. Welcome to the group!

[@technologylife7008]

Are you using litchi? Is that available with dji app?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Oh for sure, i used both Apps all the time. Litichi is about $25.

[@technologylife7008]

6 ways can do by dji's app?

[@ShawnTalbot]

how so you control the gimbal with the DJO Go 4 app? I have a phantom 4 and when I record way point 1 with the cam facing down, then way point 2 with it facing up, and run the saved program, the gimbal doesn't change position at all. Am i doing something wrong, or is this feature not supported on the phantom 4?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

@@ShawnTalbot hi thanks for the comment. I don't think that will work with the dji go4 app unfortunately. However it works perfectly with the Litchi app using waypoints and the interpolate option. Check it out. Its a really nice app.

[@ShawnTalbot]

@@JeffGreeneChannel yeah, I like the litchi app idea but there were so many comments talking of issues with it the in the app store. What device are you using with the app and have you found it reliable?

[@grj512]

Great tutorial! Thanks.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Robert!

[@tigerable3235]

Why is your interpolate screen different from Mavic Pro screen? I'm a bit lost in how to set waypoints like you did...

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

tigerable may not be clear in the video, but i switched to the litchi app for the interpolate option. Do you have Litchi?

[@tigerable3235]

That's why! I see :) So Litchi is like a 3rd party app right? If one uses Litchi, could the DJI go 4 app still record flight data as usual? (in case of a disaster scenario, one may need to find plane)

[@alzanetti]

nice video, Gracias !

[@StudioVisionArt]

What do u prefer?Interval Photos or make movie for fastforwarding?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Bezkresny, video always. I have found that there's just too much movement between photos.

[@denest1]

This is gold, thank you so much for this

[@jamskof]

i think it would be good to see these techniques with a strong nd filter and dragging the shutter as it just looks like sped up video. i really appreciate the techniques though.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks for the thumbs up newie! I hear you. 9/10 times i shoot video and just speed up in post to get a time-lapse affect. I would rather not waste the short battery time just to get 1 time-lapse shot. I wonder if the dark ND filter might introduce too much blur/float for time-lapse photos. Have you tried this?

[@buddieG420]

But how do you record in a Time lapse mode? I can’t find any button for it

[@paulineenewman]

This is so cool. Now I want a drone.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Pauline Newman thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed this. You should get one too and join in the fun!

[@muzikmon2267]

Am I missing something? So how did you get everything to speed up after you made the shots?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

muzikmon2267 the speed ramp is done afterwards in editing with any video editor.

[@muzikmon2267]

Jeff Greene AHHHHHHHH ;)

[@charles-edouardbouthillett4354]

What program do you recomend for editing the timelapse?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Charles, i have been using FCP x for several years now and have been very happy with it. Seems to be quite a few creative plugins that people come up with to keep things evolving as well.

[@RonaldBrown59]

What happened to how make these shots a time-lapse?

[@shane61976]

Are you in Raleigh NC?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

shane61976 i sure am. How about you?

[@shane61976]

Cool I thought that looked like NC State!

[@shane61976]

I’m in Fuquay-Varina

[@shane61976]

I got a Mavic Pro Alpine White edition last Christmas we should fly sometime

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

shane61976 that would be fun to meet up. I had not seen the alpine white edition. Any places to fly in Fuquay you recommend?

[@DCDLaserCNC]

Great tips! Thanks for sharing!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

You got it, thanks for the thumbs up!

[@raaah]

are all these available on the mavic air? as well

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Yep, except not the "waypoints" feature. I believe there are plans to unlock the software so that there will be Litchi support soon.

[@raaah]

OK awesome, keep up the good work..I have seen plenty of videos with the same goal in mind but your ability to stay on task without deviating from the topic is perfect. So many other you-tubers have attention defecate disorders and start talking about the topic and deviate from that topic 30 times through out the video loosing my interest.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks coolraul for the tips. Trying real hard to stay on point and not waste time.👍

[@sabinsabev]

Usefull video Jeff. Well done.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Sabin thanks for the thumbs up! Much appreciated.

[@FT-tj5ks]

very very nice vieo thank you so much

[@jackbisson9226]

Hi Jeff have you found that 3 mph of movement gives the best speed up video? Just wondering as I did some tests this morning at 1 mph and it does not smooth out any minor wind disturbances. I am going to try other speeds as soon as the weather clears up. Just wondering if you tested various mph runs. I think I have to find the sweet spot for my drone to see what mph will smooth out any minor external disturbances. Thank you.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Jack, good question. I have not specifically tested different speeds for timelapse, only found that slower is better. The reason i use Tripod mode for this purpose is 1-for the slow speed, but 2-because i can go full throttle in Tripod in any direction, and then just worry about the left stick. Any slight variation in speed(shaky fingers/hand/right stick) will mess up the timelapse. So if i just go full throttle (in Tripod mode), the result is much smoother in the end.

[@Boris939393]

what lents you use ?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Boris on the mavic pro i use the polar pro nd filters(usually around nd8). On the mavic air i have the polar pro polarized lenses that have served me well. Also used the freewell lenses. Both are good quality.

[@TheRbBishop]

All this modes on the phantom 4?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Yes sir, certainly on the P4.

[@rickovideo]

Good straightforward tips. Thanks!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

rickovideo you are most welcome!

[@madvstudios4662]

Thank you Jeff, Very Informative tips.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Muhammad Baharudin thank you sir!

[@stershoe835]

Great video

[@Mendozallopis]

I tried to do this with my Mavic AIR but I noticed it does not have Waypoints available. Only Point of interest. Is there any way to make time lapses like that with the Mavic Air???

[@Mendozallopis]

Also the Way point, those two were my favorite time-lapse modes, but they're not available for Mavic Air apparently.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Alejandro Mendoza no waypoints on the mavic air, but the tapfly works great for this purpose. Looks real nice if you keep yor speed at 3-4mph.

[@jackbisson9226]

Litchi now supports the Mavic Air and it is a great waypoint app as Jeff showed in his last version.

[@pieris87]

great info my friend! thanks! I try to make my timelapses faster and I use warp stabilizer. Some of the times works. Excellent tutorial!

[@RayPetty]

maybe a silly question, but for the timelapse having too much shift, is it possible to remedy that by placing all the images in photoshop and doing an auto-align?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Ray, yes indeed. I spoke too prematurely in the video. I actually "stabilized" the video in FCPx(a couple days after posting the video) and it worked very nicely that way. I'm not competent in photoshop, but I imagine the process would be similar.

[@RayPetty]

I just hit the subscribe button! I've been watching through several of your videos, you have good content. i like the pace and style of the videos. i just picked up a mavic air and i'm loving it so far.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Ray Petty awesome! Welcome to this growing channel. Let's learn this together to create better vids!

[@Ryuuun]

Ray Petty if you are using premier to edit them together, you can put a warp stabilizer over them, usually it gives some pretty awesome results

[@Aspratt86]

did you take your part 107 test?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Andrew Spratt nope this is just a hobby for me. How about you?

[@rvanhaandel5883]

Great job! This makes my day

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Roy V H thank you sir!

[@PowerfulQuestionsCoaching]

Thanks this is very helpful. Great explanation.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thank you i appreciate the thumbs up!

[@kabiralexander8957]

Awesome men!)

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Kabir, much appreciated!

[@rangelnunez4597]

Did you use premier pro?

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Hi Rangel, I used Final Cut Pro X. What editor do you use?

[@gaetanproductions]

great video ! Thanks

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

gaetanproductions thank you i appreciate that.

[@macbrush]

I think only technique 2 produce true time lapse movie, others are just fast forward mode, unless you speed up the movies more and painstakingly process the movies so that frame freezes between key frames.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Dictionary Definition of time-lapse : of, relating to, or constituting a motion picture made so that when projected a slow action (such as the opening of a flower bud) appears to be speeded up.🤔 hmmm, you may be right.....or it may be that the definition of what is a "slow action" is debatable?

[@JePeVePe]

in a sense, movie is also timelapse... only 25 or 30fps :) The biggest drawback of flying a drone for 'real' timelapse, is that it moves in the air, while most timelapses are shot on a tripod. In a sense timelapse with drone, especially when moving, is called hyperlapse, where you get the same 'shakiness', so... if you want to remove that 'move' of the drone, look for techniques they use, like warp stabilisation. Biggest reason for using 'photo' timelapse, is that your resolution is going to be much higher, and, if shooting RAW, you have way more control over the endresult (and you can zoom in if you want).

[@jackbisson9226]

But Jeff knows why you are best to use speed up video when using a DJI drone. Try taking interval shots with your DJI drone just sitting on a table. You will look at the pictures taken when stitched an be amazed at how awful the gimbal works with Interval pictures. They jump around just sitting on a table, so you have to learn a new techniques perfected by Rufus Blackwell where he takes 4k video and breaks up the video into 2 second intervals and frame blends each one of those 2 second intervals to represent a single frame. This will produce the Blur every good time lapse creator searches for. Until DJI creates a gimbal that produces solid aligned pictures as a baseline when just sitting on a table, you are pretty much out of luck creating a time lapse with their drones. I have a P4P and Inspire 2 with X5S and they do the have the same problem when taking Interval pictures just sitting on a table. Jeff produced some pretty good time lapses here with speed up video. When you get a Chance lookup Rufus Blackwell and you will be amazed with the Time Warp Lapses he creates. Warp stabilizer has its limits when you are working with a terrible baseline when just sitting on a table. Give it a try and test it just sitting there on a table. Good luck with your time lapse pursuits.

[@kolbehstudio4093]

Great video, Thanks a lot .

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Kolbeh Studio thank you!

[@InterceptOne]

Great video! Thanks!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

InterceptOne most welcome!

[@damediggem]

Great video....

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Dame, i appreciate that!

[@HaidzVlogs]

Nice video man

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Haidz!

[@Drostvideo]

very handy tips

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

isitebuild thank you sir!

[@aerial_camera_video_imaging]

Helpful, thank you.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Aerial Camera & Video Imaging thanks, you are most welcome!

[@adrianthomas2132]

Pretty good tips..thanks

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Adrian Thomas thank you sir!

[@mathew896]

Are you speading up the video I post? I don't understand how your getting hylerlaps without taking a bunch of photos?

[@CaptianVyvn]

Music name please

[@Kingnasser7]

Good and Nice bro

[@electric-rider]

Very nice tips... Thanks a lot 😉

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Drone Rider you are most welcome!

[@jarisipilainen3875]

6:49 who was engineer. i would give pilot simple commands to use.move up 200ft stop(using ramp) start move camera. stop record (hover,rth,return starting point). simple command no need fly todo it. would replace many auto modes. when can do it your self. and waypoint sound like draw line on map set altitude and point of interest.(NOT fly set point here) that uses BATTERY! and take time

[@ShawnTalbot]

You can't actually set any of these points without the drone being in the air. If you try the system will tell you the same thing. It's not pilot school.

[@libmananchannel]

great! It was helpful!

[@adrienl-f2667]

Good Job, thanks you !!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

adri wii. Thank you!

[@peterchasperli380]

1:57 When you stabilize a clip like this in post it works absolute perfect.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks Peter for commenting. I tried this a couple more times after posting the video with the stabilization in post. Works like a charm!

[@peterchasperli380]

Jeff Greene No problem :)

[@heimanatag6547]

good ☼

[@xpane]

I like this.

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Thanks James!

[@tragamoscas]

Thank You!!!!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

you are most welcome Ricardo.

[@dongdingize]

Excellent thanks 🇬🇧✅

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

dongdingize you are most welcome. Happy flying!

[@BudgetFPVRC]

Great video and tips, thank you!

[@JeffGreeneChannel]

Budget FPV RC thank you! Most welcome.