converting timelapse pics to video

[strulag]

Is there an easy way to do it without editing dozens of individual pictures? Then if you think it's going to fast or slow you have to reedit all of them all over again? I'm using Adobe Premier Elements 2.0

[dphirschler]

Check into the ImageReader function in AviSynth. I made one of these scripts one time, but I cannot ind it readily.


Darryl

[strulag]

I didn't find any references to ImageReader when searching for it.

[gadgetguy]

ImageReader is the predecessor to ImageSource. Check the documentation that was installed in your avisynth directory.

[strulag]

I guess I should mention that I'm pretty new to this and a lot of this lingo is foreign to me. I don't even understand what avisynth is. Is it just a different editing software like Pinnacle and Premiere? And what's FrameServer? Does post-production refer to when you're done editing your video?

[guns1inger]

avisynth is a frameserver. It is script driven - that is, it has no graphical front-end, but is driven by commands typed in notepad. These are saved with the extension .avs. When a .avs file is opened by an encoder, avisynth sends it video instead.

That said, surely Elements has a slow motion effect somewhere. I know that Vegas allows you to vary the speed using an effect called a velocity envelope. You can adjust and preview the effect from the timeline.

[Soopafresh]

Avisynth works great for timelapse, especially easy now using the newer "CoronaSequence" image processing command. There is a bit of a learning curve, mostly because it is a scripting language, but it is worth going through the initial pain to learn it.

An Example:
xvid50fps-timelapse.avi



If you want to get started, VirtualDubMod will let you load sequential files and modify the fps.

[strulag]

I can't play that file with either windows media or premier. Are you saying avisynth has an automatic way to do it?

[Soopafresh]

Download GMplayer. No installation required. It'll play the file.

http://tirnanog.fate.jp/mirror/mplayer/gmplayer2007.02.14.7z


Yes, you can automate the conversion of timelapsed images to video, modifying the frame rate to suit your requirements. I'll post a sample script.

The dimensions of your source images must be divisible by 4, BTW.
What type of files are they - JPG ? PNG ? BMP ?

Do you want to import the resulting AVI file into Premiere ?
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1)Install Avisynth.

2) Download the following file and place the DLL into the Avisynth plugins folder (after you've installed Avisynth) C:\Program Files\AviSynth 2.5\plugins\

http://avisynth.org/warpenterprises/files/imagesequence_25_dll_20060414.zip

3) Download and unzip the following and perform steps 1,2,3

http://www.bestsharing.com/files/zzdGB12227027/timelapse.zip.html