20 February 2012

Time-Lapse Calculator

Having created a few time-lapse 'films' recently I realise that I need a quick way of working out the maths connected with this process.

The number of images I need to capture to create a decent final result is worked out by knowing how long I will be capturing images for and how long and many frames per second I want the final 'film' to be.

I have set up an excel spreadsheet to help me with the maths - wonder if I could make this an iPad app? It certainly needs to be easily available when I am out and about and capturing time-lapses.

Here's my first stab at it:

Well I know what it means

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