GoPro HD Hero<\/a> video camera yesterday evening, and the results, while not exactly mind-blowing, are still encouraging. <\/p>\n\n\n\nI set up the camera on a tripod using the optional mount, and placed it in front of one of our hummingbird feeders on the back porch. I set the camera to take a still photo every 30 seconds until the battery ran out. That resulted in 380 pictures, or just over 3 hours of filming. (I didn’t bother attaching the camera to an outlet for unlimited photos – well, until the SD card was full – but that was an option.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I then imported the photos into iPhoto ’11 on my Mac, then exported them to a new folder on my hard drive. I opened iMovie ’11, created a new project, selected all the photos from the directory, and dragged them into the project section of iMovie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I selected all the photos in iMovie and set the duration for each to .1 seconds using the “Clip Adjustments” menu. I also turned off the Ken Burns effect by selecting “Fixed” in the “Cropping, Ken Burns & Rotation” menu. This combination resulted in a fast-moving, smooth stop action video of 50 seconds in duration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I exported the movie in .m4v format, uploaded it to Vimeo, and the result is the following video. It’s nothing dramatic, but if nothing else, you can get a feel for our weather pattern by watching the clouds appear and dissipate without providing any relief!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the right subject matter, this could be a really fun process to experiment with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n