TECHNICAL DETAILS
The following describes to the best of our knowledge the technical descriptions of the files hosted on this site.
CLIP GENERATION
A description is provided for the way that clips have been originally created on this site:
Digital stills camera
So far all uploaded clips have been generated by shooting on digital stills
camera using an intervalometer. The compression used (Raw / jpeg large etc) is indicated if an option is available
to purchase the original stills.
PRESENTATIONS, HOME MOVIES & WEB SITES
POWERPOINT: Timelapse clips are ideal for adding some sparkle to PowerPoint presentations. Clips are provided at a size that can be enlarged to full frame or included as part of a frame. For information on how to play the movies through PowerPoint (wmv for PC, quicktime for MAC) go to: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011729321033.aspx
HOME MOVIES: You can use these files in your home movies. The quality is not quite professional, but you can expand the frame size in your edit package slightly to fill the screen.
WEB SITES: The files are of good enough quality to allow you to recompress them for playing on your web site.
The files are compressed in both Quicktime and Windows formats. This is because some versions of PC installed PowerPoint do not play embedded Quicktime files as easily as Windows native Windows Media Files.
Quicktime file
Codec: H264
Size: 640x360
Frame rate: 25fps
Quality: Best (approx 3mbps)
Windows Media Files
Codec: Windows Media Encoder 9
Size: 640x360
Frame rate: 25fps
Data rate: 1.5mbps
Standard definition videos are available in both UK PAL and US NTSC formats.
Quicktime
Codec: DV PAL
Size: 720x576
Frame rate: 25fps
Quality: Best (approx 25mbps)
Quicktime
Codec: DV NTSC
Size: 720x480
Frame rate: 29.91fps
Quality: Best (approx 25mbps)
For high quality productions there is a 1080/50p high definition download available.
Quicktime
Codec: photojpg
Size: 1920x1080
Frame rate: 25fps
Quality: High (approx 50mbps)
Other file formats are available on request - including the original still images taken by digital camera (where offered in the selection drop down). Sequences originated by the Timelapseonline team have the following specification:
Camera: Canon D30 or D40
Image compression: Jpg 'maximum/large'
We endeavour to produce high quality clips, but if for any reason you require a different format/codec, or have a comment to make on the clip preparation, please email us.
If you have created your timelapse sequence using a digital camera, we suggest you send us the clip after having imported the images into an edit or effects package (or quicktime) and then saving the sequence with the following settings:
Size: 1920x1080
Codec: Photojpeg
Quality: High
FPS: 25 or 30
File type: .mov
Interlaced or progressive: Progressive
We can accept alternative file types and codecs (H264, DV, .avi, .mpg) - but will let you know if you provide something we cannot use.
If you provide a sequence originated on a video camera, provide a file that is of the image size and quality of your camera original. If you provide an HD clip, we will offer an HD (1080 or 720) version, but if you supply a SD clip we will offer clips of SD quality and below.