How To Make Epic GoPro Time Lapse Videos
The Time Lapse feature is the go-to setting for those who want to achieve the best effects in travel photography. With this setting, you can easily convert and reduce your long hour videos in just seconds.
And if you’re planning to make a documentary type video and make it look professional, then it’s a must that you continue reading as we are going to share some info on how to make epic GoPro Time Lapse videos in today’s post.
Easy Tips That You Can Follow In Shooting Stunning Time Lapse Videos With Your GoPro Camera
There are 2 ways to create professional-looking GoPro Time Lapse videos:
1. By taking snapshots at regular at fixed intervals and arrange the snapshots in correct sequence.
2. Taking a video as you would with a regular video camera and then compress or convert the whole video into a small video clip.
And each of these methods has its own benefits and drawbacks.
Take Time Lapse Pictures – This technique is often used by professional photographers when creating time lapse videos with a GoPro Camera.
Depending on what you need, we recommend you to adjust the intervals of the shutter timer. Just be careful to set the intervals in line with your shooting needs.
The advantages of taking time lapse photos are the following: Less space on your memory card, saves battery life, and easier to add zooming & panning effects in your video. On the other hand, the downsides of this technique are shooting at small intervals to ensure the best video quality and having to take pictures at fixed intervals.
Shoot A Standard Video And Increase Its Speed – In this technique, you have to set your GoPro to shoot a standard video continuously at 1080p. Then, import the video to the GoPro Studio for editing and raise the video speed until you get the desired result.
Shooting a standard video and then increasing its speed gives you the best quality video with a stable output. However, it requires more space in your memory card and it drains the battery quickly. In addition, you also need a fast processor when processing the video.
Shooting On 4K Time Lapse Mode (For GoPro Hero4 & Hero5) – This GoPro Time Lapse method is great since it reduces the time and effort you need to exert during the post-production stage. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a novice photographer because you’ll still be able to create captivating videos with this feature.
All you have to do is go to 4K Time Lapse mode and configure the interval settings. Once done, the video will be automatically compressed into an MP4 file of 30fps format.
Here are the pros of using the 4K Time Lapse Mode:
– Best quality video with zooming & panning effects.
– Captured video time is displayed on the LCD screen so you can instantly calculate the length of the video.
– Video is already compressed and in MPEG file format.
While the only disadvantage of this video-making technique is it will require an extended battery source (power bank) since the shooting can take many hours.
