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....._I, ime Lapse Movies Explained

Time Lapse Movies are 'fast-motion' movies, where a moving image sequence is

created by rapidly playing back several still images that are taken in sequence

over a period of time. Each individual still image comprises a single frame of the

finished movie. Time Lapse Movies appear faster than life because the time

between each frame of the finished movie when it is played back is shorter than

the time that passed between each frame being captured. The amount of time

that passes between the capture of each still image is called the integral, and it

can be measured in minutes or seconds. The longer the integral, the speedier

the movie will appear.

So, to make a relatively short, fast motion movie of a

process that takes a very long

time,

like root growth, an integral of many minutes

should be chosen. To make a movie of a relatively fast process, such as salt

crystals dissolving in cool water, an integral of a few seconds should be chosen.

,--_I

Lapse Movie Record Tab

Click on this tab to pull up the Time Lapse Movie Recording Window

,--_l

ime

Lapse Select On/Of

When this button is blue, the Time Lapse function is off, and pressing the Record

Movie will record a normal video sequence in real

time.

Click on this button to

turn the Time Lapse function on. The button will turn red. Clicking on the button

again will exit Time Lapse Mode.

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Integral

Select,

Minutes

Use this pull-down menu to select an integral measured in minutes. For instance,

if this integral is set to '2', then one frame will be captured every two minutes.

,--_Integral

Select,

Seconds

Use this

pull-down

menu to select an integral measured in

seconds.

If the minutes

integral is also set, then add the selected number of seconds to the minutes. For

instance, if 2 is displayed under minutes and 25 is displayed under seconds, then

one frame will be captured every 2 minutes and 25 seconds.

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_N u m be ~

Of Frames Select

Enter the number of frames that you want to be included in your movie here.

Entering more frames will create longer movies with larger file sizes. The length of

the finished movie is displayed here also. You may stop a recording at any time.