Time-Lapse Tool

Time-lapse photography is something that, when done right, can look stunning. There's something more to it than just stringing a few nice-looking photos together: there's got to be a cohesion between each frame, and things can go awry really quick if you don't know what you're doing.

While phones usually have built-in tools to assist users with that, the situation is a bit different on the PC. If you're looking for some more thorough editing, you might want to consider Time-Lapse Tool, a program designed to allow users to manipulate their photos to create time-lapses.

Starting out with this program is quite simple: installing is no fuss at all, and once you launch the executable, you'll be guided on how to create your first project. You will have to select the directory where your photos are located — the software will recognize and import the images automatically.

Before clicking Import as Sequence, you might want to consider adjusting the frame length of your project: depending on how many photos you're using and what you're going for, it's worth considering the length of the time-lapse. After choosing to import, you can move to work on your project: the interface might look a bit busy at first, but the functions are all cleverly thought out.

The editing menu lays everything out for you: whether you want to add effects, camera transitions, and alter the overall look of your photos, it's all within arm's reach. The timeline is useful to know what photos you're working on, so you can start editing them right away.

It's worth noting that any effect or adjustment you make will be applied to the whole time-lapse: you cannot adjust individual photos.  Play around with the brightness and contrast sliders, use directional blur and tweak the camera transitions to add an extra sense of depth to your video, and publish it directly to YouTube.

Time-Lapse Tool is an efficient program to handle your time-lapses: the fact that the workflow is so smooth is worth appreciating, and so is the overall ease-of-use of the software