How did Apple delay taking pictures?

Time-lapse photography is a group of photos taken in an extended time. Very interesting. Static pictures can only let you see what happened in an instant, while time-lapse photography can let you see many things that happened in an instant. The following is Bian Xiao's time-lapse photography skills of Apple camera for everyone, hoping to have some effect on everyone.

Time-lapse photography skills of Apple camera

Step 1: You need a smart phone, preferably the iPhone series, which is better than other brands in all aspects.

Step 2: You need to download a mobile phone time-lapse photography App. Personally recommend the iPhone application "timelapse", which is relatively simple to use.

Step 3: You need a mobile phone tripod. If you have a SLR tripod, you can buy a cell phone connector. There are many treasures at different prices, which can be purchased according to their own economic ability. I used JOBY myself and bought it when I was traveling in the Czech Republic. Compared with other connectors, the quality is really good, and some treasures are also sold.

Step 4: After you have the above equipment, you can start shooting. Time-lapse mobile phone time-lapse photography software, the page is simple and easy to use. There are preset shooting modes, and you can create your own mode. At first, if you have no experience, you can practice your hands in the preset mode.

Step 5: After the video is shot, there is no background music, which is rough. Now you need to use some software to edit. First of all, I personally recommend using the software videoshop to add white space to the video. Of course, other colors can also be used.

Step 6: You can directly pour in video software such as beauty shot or second shot, add your favorite music, and there are many filters to choose from.

Step 7: If you can use some professional video editing software, you can use these software to edit, add background music and other things that look taller.

Remarks: Mobile phone cameras are definitely not as good as SLR cameras. If the picture quality is higher, you can match some external cameras dedicated to iPhone. A national treasure has many choices.

Camera time-lapse photography skills

First, the preliminary preparation

First, we have to choose a shooting equipment. At present, most devices with camera function, such as SLR, camcorder, sports DV and mobile phone, can meet our needs of time-delay photography (some products have built-in time-delay function, such as mobile phone, which can be solved through related apps). In short, the choice of shooting equipment is very wide, as long as your equipment can be realized by itself or through external conditions; Intermittent shooting; This hard condition is enough. Prepare shooting equipment (slide rail, tripod, camera)

Then, there are related shooting accessories. If you plan to shoot a fixed time-lapse lens, then you need to prepare a stable tripod. If you are shooting a small-scale moving delay, then you may need to prepare a guide rail with fixed moving function. If you are shooting a wide range of motion delays, you may need to prepare some carts and rulers according to the situation.

Second, shooting and production

Nikon D7200 can directly generate time-delayed video in the machine, or use photo interval shooting and post-synthesis.

After these hardware devices are ready, we can officially enter the shooting session. In terms of means of realization, there are two mainstream ways. One is that the delayed video can be automatically generated in the device itself, and the other is that interval photos need to be taken and then synthesized by the later software. The first method is relatively simple to make, and the second method has greater freedom in the later stage. Use Nikon D7200 in the following situations. Nikon D7200 time-lapse shooting is fully functional. In addition to the machine itself automatically generating full HD delayed video, you can also use the interval camera function to make higher resolution video. In order to give you a comprehensive understanding, the following involves two methods, which you can choose according to your actual situation.

1, fixed delay preview

Adjust the interval in the menu and start shooting. In this session, let's try the method of direct delivery in the machine and full-time video shooting. We fixed the camera on the tripod, adjusted the fixed exposure parameters, focal length and frame ratio, adjusted the interval shooting time, and then pressed the shutter to wait.

Fixed delay video (after shooting, you only need to copy the video automatically generated in the camera)

After the shooting, there is a complete time-lapse video in the camera. Automatic generation of delayed video in the machine is relatively simple, and no special processing is needed in the later stage. We just need to repeat the above steps and shoot different shots for later editing.

2, a small range of mobile time delay shooting

In this link, we use the method of photo spacing. First of all, we still need to adjust the camera to a fixed exposure parameter, focal length, frame ratio and the most important interval.

The camera is fixed on the slide rail (a small range of movement is expected to be referenced, and the movement effect is obvious)

Then, fix the camera on the time-delay slide rail, set the speed of the slide rail (professional time-delay slide rail supports interval motion), and you can officially shoot.

After the shooting is completed, an image sequence with continuous file names is obtained in the camera, and a smooth motion delay shooting is completed here. So how can we turn into a continuous video in the face of hundreds of continuous photos? We use PR to explain it to you.

Non-editing software selects the image sequence when importing the material, and the imported video is a complete video.

Open the software, just click on the sequence to import the material, and the imported fragment is a formed time-lapse photography, which is very simple. Note that you need to select sequential import, otherwise the imported material is a single-needle static image. If there is a material interruption, please check whether your file names are continuous.

AE has its own command to stabilize the deformation stabilizer. For some videos that need to be stabilized, we can import the clips into Adobe After Effects, and then add them to the clips with the command morphing stabilizer that comes with AE. In this way, we put different time-lapse shots together for editing and music, and finally form a complete work.

3, a wide range of mobile time delay shooting

Large-scale mobile time-delay shooting is relatively difficult, and it is also a shooting method sought after by everyone in the past two years. Before shooting a large-scale motion delay, the first thing to do is to think about the final lens effect. Is it a parallel movement? Moving around objects? Or do you exercise as you please? This point must be made clear before shooting, because only when this point is determined can the motion path between the machine and the human be designed.

Time-lapse shooting around the motion of an object requires first finding a fixed perspective reference point on the object, such as the building above, so I used the position of the red frame as the reference point. Then adjust the camera to focus on the central point, and when shooting each image, focus on the position of the red frame; Then, plan the approximate path of an aircraft movement, the average distance of each movement and how long the interval is. Once confirmed, you can follow these settings and shoot step by step.