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Posts: 5
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Joined: Oct 2015
I'm working on a long-term time lapse, where I basically have 1 shot per day (outdoor). I take my "1 shot" usually at dusk, where the light is somewhat flat. Most days, I have about 4-5 images to select from, and pick the 'best' one (which is usually the most consistent of the bunch)
The difficulty is that even in flat light there is a lot of variation from day-to-day. I have my camera set to Av, so constant aperture, constant ISO, but the shutter speed varies (usually between 2-8 seconds). Each day, the white balance can be a little different, the exposure/brightness can change, etc.
I can spend a ton of time tweaking settings from image to image, and get them a bit smooth, but it's a real chore.
I've tried using LR timelapse to help automate this, but it doesn't seem to work too well either. It doesn't recognize anything for the "holy grail method" (button is grayed-out). Setting keyframes doesn't help much, because there is so much variance from frame to frame... almost every frame is a keyframe (though, the auto-keyframing only suggests 1 keyframe). The visual deflicker does help a bit, but only a bit... (Plus, if I do hand-tweak these, and then try something in LR timelapse in addition, I can wipe-out all my manual edits pretty quickly!)
I've read about the "long-term" timelapse function, but I don't think that'll help me. I need 1 image per day to keep the integrity of the timelapse (the transition needs to be smooth as well), and can't "filter-out" too many of these. At most, I only save a few shots per day anyway. Anyway, I don't have the Pro license to try it out... though, I might need to get that ultimately anyway for other reasons.
Has anyone else worked on something similar? do you have any suggestions about a good workflow to help? I was thinking that the "Holy Grail" function might help (where nearly every frame is a Holy Grail Keyframe), but it is grayed-out. Is there any way to force it to 'go'?
FYI - I also tried using the Lightroom "Match Total Exposures" function, but that doesn't work for this setup either.
The difficulty is that even in flat light there is a lot of variation from day-to-day. I have my camera set to Av, so constant aperture, constant ISO, but the shutter speed varies (usually between 2-8 seconds). Each day, the white balance can be a little different, the exposure/brightness can change, etc.
I can spend a ton of time tweaking settings from image to image, and get them a bit smooth, but it's a real chore.
I've tried using LR timelapse to help automate this, but it doesn't seem to work too well either. It doesn't recognize anything for the "holy grail method" (button is grayed-out). Setting keyframes doesn't help much, because there is so much variance from frame to frame... almost every frame is a keyframe (though, the auto-keyframing only suggests 1 keyframe). The visual deflicker does help a bit, but only a bit... (Plus, if I do hand-tweak these, and then try something in LR timelapse in addition, I can wipe-out all my manual edits pretty quickly!)
I've read about the "long-term" timelapse function, but I don't think that'll help me. I need 1 image per day to keep the integrity of the timelapse (the transition needs to be smooth as well), and can't "filter-out" too many of these. At most, I only save a few shots per day anyway. Anyway, I don't have the Pro license to try it out... though, I might need to get that ultimately anyway for other reasons.
Has anyone else worked on something similar? do you have any suggestions about a good workflow to help? I was thinking that the "Holy Grail" function might help (where nearly every frame is a Holy Grail Keyframe), but it is grayed-out. Is there any way to force it to 'go'?
FYI - I also tried using the Lightroom "Match Total Exposures" function, but that doesn't work for this setup either.