Roadtrip Time Lapse Video

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Justin -- Thanks!

Willy -- Normally, I'd import the images into Adobe Premiere and throw an audio track under the video. That method would probably suit most purposes. If you do not have Adobe Premiere, you may be able to accomplish the same thing with Microsoft Movie Maker (bundled with Windows) or Apple iMovie (bundled with Macs).

However, I made this video in an unconventional way because Premiere wouldn't let me put 15,100+ images in one project file. It was just too much. I didn't have an alternative video editing program, so I wrote a slideshow application to display the webcam pictures in chronological order at 30 frames per second with a 320x240x16 resolution. Then, I recorded the slideshow window using a screencast (screen capture) program. I imported that video into Premiere, added the music track and Double-D-America logo, and exported it to an MPEG.

If you're going to work with that many images, you might want to try using Apple Final Cut Pro (only available for Macintosh). An Apple Genius assured me that it could handle that many pictures.

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