Experimenting with Hyperlapse

This is the first time I’m attempting a hyperlapse. It’s a very cool version of a timelapse, adding a movement into the mix.

After some first attempts to get some smooth footage, I’m a little disappointed. Turns out it’s not as easy as slapping on some image stabilisation!

Story so far…

I started out by searching for video tutorials. One thing I noticed quickly was that the most top ranked videos are all from Premier Pro users. This doesn’t usually put me off, as there are often parallel features in Final Cut. However this time might be the exception!

Most of the tutorials went though these steps:

• Take photos

  • Set up your camera

  • set up your framing

• Import photos

  • do basic colour correction in batch

  • export photos to lower res

• import into video editor

  • add the warp-stabilise

  • done!

However, the all important warp-stabilise isn’t an option in Final Cut. The stabilisation options in Final Cut simply don’t do the same thing as Warp Stabilise!

So, with the easy option of importing and slapping on stabilisation gone…

what’s next?

There is the manual method. Setting up a crosshair overlaying the sequence of pictures, and then manually lining up the focal point with the crosshair. Tedious.

One video has spoken about stabilisation through motion tracking. I know Apple’s Motion has some motion tracking, however Motion is new to me, so need to do a bit more learning!

Hopefully with some learnin’ and a bit more work I can get somewhat decent hyperlapse out!