Trying to make catchy names is fun to me.
I got myself a phone stand that sits on the ground and is super nice that I can have it face my work space.
Here is my issue regular photos I can figure out but I am not a social media poster I don’t have TikTok and don’t ever plan to but I want to get better at posting my own crafts or be able to do more then just a video clip.
So I am asking all of you video posting crafty people for tips tricks anything.
What do you use on a iPhone for your videos do you just speed them up after they are filmed?
I am not trying to go over the top crazy but it would be fun to get to post a video of a laser engraving project being made start to finish.
This is the stand I got on a amazon deal at the end of Aug
So it sounds like you want to create a timelapse video of your laser engraving projects. This is the same way I capture my 3D prints. So, a timelapse video is a sequence that is taken over a long period of time, then it’s compressed and played back at a higher speed to create the fast motion effect.
I have seen many use their iPhone or android phones to do this. I think they both have a timelapse feature built in now (not totally sure about iPhone). I use a gopro camera for mine.
Now you can do this technique in two ways. You can just hit the button to record a video while your project is being made. This is fine for projects that are like 2 hours long. But some of my prints can take 3 days to complete and that would take up so much storage on my gopro. So, with long prints I sent the timelapse feature and then it takes pictures throughout the whole process. If you want a really smooth looking timelapse the shorter the inteval between pictures the better the outcome. I set mine at 1 - 2 seconds between shots for projects that have a faster movement (generally a print that takes less than a day) anything over than a day print I use 10 - 30 seconds as not much changes between each frame. These settings you will have to find a sweet spot for your projects.
I also make sure my camera is set to manual exposure settings which helps with the lighting changes throughout your timelapse.
After you have shot your timelapse sequence I then put this in my video editing software called Davinci Resolve. I add music or text to explain about stages etc and then export it as an .mp4 file. Some phones again not sure about iPhone but they let you edit the timelapse on the device instead of having to use a different software. Hopefully this has answered some of your questions. If you have more let me know
If you do it taking a complete long video shot, you can also make speed ramps, a ramp where the video slows down or speed up. For instance, you can start with regular speed, make a ramp to speed it up, make a ramp to slow it down and show a particular moment in regular speed, speed it up again and finish with a slow down ramp to show the final result… It would be using speed ramps as speed transitions. A very cool effect if you want to go further in the edition sometime. If you shot using 60 frames per second, you can even make slow motion, sameway but everything inverse…
