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Shooting time-lapse video as movie files

Shooting time-lapse video as movie files

From the course: Creating Time-Lapse Video

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Shooting time-lapse video as movie files

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- Depending on your camera, you may shoot a movie directly on the device. Time-lapse apps for smartphones tend to shoot movie files as the end result. If you're shooting on a DSLR, some DSLRs offer it as an in-camera feature, as do other point-and-shoot cameras. The good news is, is that you instantly have a file that's ready to post and share. The bad news is, is you don't have as much flexibility when it comes to adjusting the movie. If you've got a lockdown time-lapse movie, it's really tough to deal with exposure issues. Essentially, you're just making a video file and if the exposure was clipped, you don't get any of the benefits of raw. Now, it's about the same quality as jpeg, with the added exception that you lose one important thing. When you shoot directly to a movie file, you don't get the ability to shoot at higher resolution, so you end up with a video file that's 1080 P or 720. That file might not be…

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