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Add camera moves to timelapse footage
Enhance your statically framed timelapse projects with digitally created zooms, tilts and pans Video footage is usually captured at frame rates such as 25 or 30 frames per second (fps). When you play the footage the action unfolds at a ‘real time’ speed. On the other hand, the timelapse technique captures an image at specified intervals (such as one frame every five seconds). In a timelapse clip you can see the hands of a clock spin more quickly (as you’ll see in our downloadable source clip). It is possible to capture timelapse sequences on an iPhone (if it’s running iOS 8 or later) or on specialised gadgets such as the GoPro Hero4 Silver. To capture a successful timelapse sequence your camera needs to be fixed on a static tripod. Thanks to iMovie’s Ken Burns tools you can add more interesting camera moves to statically framed timelapse clips.
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Add a digital zoom to timelapse footage Music To enhance your timelapse footage, click the Sound Effects library and open the Jingles folder. Drag the Time Lapse music clip to the Timeline. To enhance your timelapse footage, click the Sound Effects library and open the Jingles folder. Drag the Time Lapse music clip to the Timeline
Let’s split By splitting a single timelapse sequence into sections, you can start off with a wide shot in the first section and then zoom in during the second section. The third section holds a static, zoomed-in version of the scene
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Size is important When you use Ken Burns to zoom into a closeup of a clip, you run the risk of making delicate details look fuzzy. Our GoPro Hero 4 enabled us to shoot at a high 4K resolution, which is much larger than ordinary HD footage. This allowed us to zoom into the clock tower without a noticeable drop in image quality.
Cropping The Cropping icon enables you to select cropping tools to improve composition. By clicking on the Ken Burns button you can animate the crop window to start off wide and then zoom in on an interesting detail
Start and End The Ken Burns tools feature adjustable Start and End rectangles. You can drag these to specify the position of the virtual camera at the beginning and end of each clip. A yellow arrow indicates the direction of the camera move