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<blockquote data-quote="shuggins" data-source="post: 123456" data-attributes="member: 13576"><p><h4>Linda, ThierrydL, twickers14, moore9609, Roland:<strong><span style="color: rgb(44, 130, 201)"> </span><span style="color: rgb(41, 105, 176)">thank you! This is my favorite thing to do with drones for some reason.</span></strong></h4><p></p><p>Since the Spark does <em>not</em> have hyperlapse built in like Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic Air 2, etc, you can still use <strong><span style="color: rgb(226, 80, 65)">DJI Go 4</span></strong> to do it. This looks like a lot of steps, but once you do it 1-2 times, it's actually pretty quick to do the steps below.</p><p></p><p>Launch your drone and position it in the direction you want to fly.</p><p></p><p>In settings:</p><p>1. Set the camera to take "timed shot" and set it for 2s (once every 2 seconds it takes a picture).</p><p>2. Enter into Tap Fly. Tap on the dot shown in the middle of the screen. Tap the dot to tell it to start flying towards that. I like to set set the speed to 2.2 mph (the slowest setting) - use the slider to move the speed down.</p><p>3. Once Tap Fly is going, you tap the shutter button in Go 4, and as it slowly flies towards the horizon, it'll take a picture every 2 seconds. Let it fly until around 20% battery then bring Spark back and land it.</p><p>4. Pull all the photos off the SD card onto a single folder on your computer (like c:\hyperlapse).</p><p>5. Use software to import the photos and stitch them together into a 24 frames per sec video. I use Final Cut Pro X. But, you can do it with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premier Pro, Hitfilm Express, etc.</p><p></p><p>When you import all your photos onto the timeline in your video software, highlight all of them (control+a) and then right-click and create a composite (or compound) clip. Do color correction and apply stabilization (if the video ends up shaky). Try it out!</p><p></p><p>*** Your software should have anti-shake (called stabilize or warp in some software) you can apply if your pictures are showing you got pushed around in the wind.</p><p></p><p>Please let me know if there's anything confusing - and I can explain more. I might do a youtube tutorial for this if anyone wants that. It is SOOO worth it to learn the steps above. I've used it to do about 150 hyperlapses in the 4+ years that I've owned the Spark. if you do one yourself....PLEASE, PLEASE share it! I would love to see it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shuggins, post: 123456, member: 13576"] [HEADING=3]Linda, ThierrydL, twickers14, moore9609, Roland:[B][COLOR=rgb(44, 130, 201)] [/COLOR][COLOR=rgb(41, 105, 176)]thank you! This is my favorite thing to do with drones for some reason.[/COLOR][/B][/HEADING] Since the Spark does [I]not[/I] have hyperlapse built in like Mavic 2 Pro, Mavic Air 2, etc, you can still use [B][COLOR=rgb(226, 80, 65)]DJI Go 4[/COLOR][/B] to do it. This looks like a lot of steps, but once you do it 1-2 times, it's actually pretty quick to do the steps below. Launch your drone and position it in the direction you want to fly. In settings: 1. Set the camera to take "timed shot" and set it for 2s (once every 2 seconds it takes a picture). 2. Enter into Tap Fly. Tap on the dot shown in the middle of the screen. Tap the dot to tell it to start flying towards that. I like to set set the speed to 2.2 mph (the slowest setting) - use the slider to move the speed down. 3. Once Tap Fly is going, you tap the shutter button in Go 4, and as it slowly flies towards the horizon, it'll take a picture every 2 seconds. Let it fly until around 20% battery then bring Spark back and land it. 4. Pull all the photos off the SD card onto a single folder on your computer (like c:\hyperlapse). 5. Use software to import the photos and stitch them together into a 24 frames per sec video. I use Final Cut Pro X. But, you can do it with DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premier Pro, Hitfilm Express, etc. When you import all your photos onto the timeline in your video software, highlight all of them (control+a) and then right-click and create a composite (or compound) clip. Do color correction and apply stabilization (if the video ends up shaky). Try it out! *** Your software should have anti-shake (called stabilize or warp in some software) you can apply if your pictures are showing you got pushed around in the wind. Please let me know if there's anything confusing - and I can explain more. I might do a youtube tutorial for this if anyone wants that. It is SOOO worth it to learn the steps above. I've used it to do about 150 hyperlapses in the 4+ years that I've owned the Spark. if you do one yourself....PLEASE, PLEASE share it! I would love to see it. [/QUOTE]
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