In an ever-evolving world, there are plenty of timelapse software out there that promise to help you with your creative/artistic endeavors. But it can get quite overwhelming really quickly. There’s a lot of apps to choose from, and each one does a different thing.
So if you want to know the options you have when making timelapses, and how they compare against each other, buckle up!
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Hustl
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [5/5]
Price: $29 one-time-payment
✅ Pro 1: Direct timelapse export, no need to post edit the video
✅ Pro 2: Ultra high-definition with 4K & 8K support and the possibility to pause your recording and resume anytime.
✅ Pro 3: Select the final duration and control every detail, fixing the aspect ratio or going fullscreen.
❌ Con 1: Only available for Mac
Hustl is a Mac app that allows you to record your screen and create awesome screen timelapses, with no post editing required and no need to manage heavy files. Just adjust the frame you wanna record or the limit it to an specific app or page and hit “record”!
Once finished, adjust the video speed and voilá! you will be able to export directly your timelapse video, ready to share.
Here you can see a real example of a user creating a cool screen timelapse with Hustl:
Time-lapse process vid of Fin Durr.
— Mister Phil (@mrpillustration) September 25, 2020
Made with the excellent @gohustl #timelpase #blender3d @BlenderArtists #music #guitar pic.twitter.com/JsvcMdOsNW
Adobe Photoshop
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [5/5]
Price: $20,99 / month
✅ Pro 1: Photoshop has a fast exportation process, both for video and photos
✅ Pro 2:Photoshop can natively create timelapses without any additional software
✅ Pro 3: Photoshop is really intuitive for beginners
❌ Con 1: Photoshop don’t have presets for color corrections and color grades that work as easily as the ones in Lightroom.
❌ Con 2: Less support to high quality graphics in photos and videos
Photoshop is a great application used by many professional photographers and designers for image editing, from photos to creating high-quality graphics. In addition, is a really useful tool to make timelapses from your photos.
Here you can find an useful video with a step-by-step guide about how you can do really great timelapse inside Photoshop:
Adobe Lightroom
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️[4/5]
Price: $9,99/month
✅ Pro 1: Simple and beautiful interface
✅ Pro 2: Really useful to create photography timelapses with automatic sync to cloud storage
✅ Pro 3: Powerful filters and photo editing
❌ Con 1: this software can only build timelapses from already taken photos, putting them together as a video
❌ Con 2: Limited sharing options
Lightroom is an easy-to-use tool with everything you need to create, edit, organise, store, and share your photos, including cool features like sliders and presets that will make your photos look just as you imagined. In addition, is a really useful tool to make timelapses from your photos.
Here you can find an useful video with a step-by-step guide about how you can do really great timelapse inside Lightroom:
LRTimelapse
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [5/5]
Price: $146.26 one-time-payment (Private License)
✅ Pro 1: it’s the timelapse photography software most widely used, so there’s a bunch of resources to learn how to use it
✅ Pro 2: really intuitive for pro photographers that already know how to do timelapse photography
❌ Con 1: Lightroom is a must to use this software and it’s not really intuitive for beginners
❌ Con 2: Pro version can be expensive
LRTimelapse is a tool that gives a simple solution for time lapse editing, keyframing, grading and rendering and it’s available for Windows and Mac, taking your time lapse results to the next level.
Here you can find an useful video with a step-by-step guide about how you can do really great timelapse with LRTimelapse:
iMovie
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [4/5]
Price: FREE
✅ Pro 1: Works similarly with desktop, iPad and iPhone
✅ Pro 2: intuitive controls that make it really easy for beginners
✅ Pro 3: Auto save and easy share to social platforms
❌ Con 1: only available for Apple devices
❌ Con 2: Controls are a little imprecise, even more in smaller screens and the app can crash if the process is too overwhelming
iMovie is a video editing platform, that supports video creators with high quality effects, audio editing, supporting 4k resolution and other features to easily create videos and movies. In addition, is a really useful tool to make timelapses from your photos.
On top of that, we have a tutorial on how to make a speedpaint with iMovie and another one where we teach you how to slow down a timelapse with iMovie.
Adobe Premiere Pro
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [4/5]
Price: $20,99/month
✅ Pro 1: this software is really intuitive for beginners and will make any humble production shine.
✅ Pro 2: Complete freedom and resources for video editing.
✅ Pro 3: Full integration with other adobe products and other plug ins.
❌ Con 1: Even if the tool is intuitive, it has a long learning curve
❌ Con 2: It can crash easily if the work gets too overcoming.
Premiere Pro is a great tool for video editing, looking for social sharing, TV, and film. This software includes creative tools, integrations and other resources to help you edit all footage into polished films and videos.
Here you can find an useful video with a step-by-step guide about how you can do really great timelapse inside Adobe Premiere Pro:
GoPro Studio
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ [4/5]
Price: FREE
✅ Pro 1: easy controls and visual adjustment
✅ Pro 2: great experience for editing, shooting and publishing with little experience.
✅ Pro 3: easy to share files
❌ Con 1: Video and audio difficult to synchronize
❌ Con 2: No view options, being difficult to manage more than one clip
GoPro Studio is a simple app made to edit GoPro videos with simple features, being able to add or remove music, trim sections, create fast or slow motions or add graphics and text.
Here you can find an useful video with a step-by-step guide about how you can do really great timelapse inside GoPro Studio:
Conclusion
In this post, we’ve shown you different timelapse software options. Here, we have reviewed the following software, Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, Hustl, LRTimelapse, iMovie, Premiere Pro and GoPro Studio. If you were wondering what to choose, we hope we’ve given you some ideas!