Making time lapses

Instructions

1. Make a new directory and copy only the images that are used for the timelapse.

mkdir /tmp/tl
cp timelapse*.jpg /tmp/tl/

1. Resize the images to a certain size. (Optional):

   for i in *.JPG; do echo -e "$i...\c"; convert "$i" -resize 1920x1080 "$i"; echo done; done
   

2. Create a list of files:

   ls -1tr | grep -v files.txt > files.txt
   

note:	This will use the order that is show by ls -1, consider changing the ls flags or adding sort to make a list sorted in another way.

1. Create movie with a stream of jpgs:

   mencoder -nosound -noskip -oac copy -ovc copy -o output.avi -mf fps=15 'mf://@files.txt'
   

2. Compress the video into a 1080p video:

   ffmpeg -i output.avi -y -s hd1080 -sameq output-final.avi
   

Examples

First example:

Second example:

Third Example: