martes, 26 de octubre de 2010

Breve historia de los logos de marcas de autos

Hermosa nota de color, que muestra un lado poco conocido, de los escudos que cotidianamente vemos en las marcas más populares de autos. Recomiendo darse una vuelta por el sitio original, ya que en los comentarios de los usuarios, hay varios aportes con datos muy interesantes.

The Evolution Of Automaker Logos

The Evolution Of Automaker LogosAs time, style and technology advance, so too do the brand logos by which automakers have identified themselves. Some have remained the same and some are hardly recognizable from the originals. Here's a look at how 14 changed.

Brand logos are usually one of first things you notice about a car by design. The best are recognizable to people who don't know anything about cars besides how to start them across the world.

To me, the three point star Mercedes insignia stands alone when it comes to brand logos. This is not just because I love old German cars but because it is an instantly recognizable symbol across the world. For many the three point star is not just a logo, but a status symbol. People assume if you have one hanging off your key ring you have money. I like to think that while I had a 1985 300D as a daily driver I did as much as possible to make people question that image.

The Evolution Of Automaker Logos

Each brand logo is unique and has its own little subtleties as they progressed through time. Cadillac got rid of the merlettes in its logo in 1998 after almost a century of use. The mythical song birds were originally used because they were included in Antoine de laMothe Cadillac's coat of arms (off of which the whole logo is loosely based). Cadillac was the company namesake and founder of the city of Detroit in 1701. They were grouped together in threes to either represent the holy trinity or to look cool, depending who you talk to.

The Evolution Of Automaker Logos

People often assume that the design of the BMW roundel is rooted in the company's aviation history. Although this is intentional, it is untrue. The concept of the association between the logo and the aviation history was dreamed up by the advertising agency that represented BMW. Although clever this is not the first time BMW has lied to me. They still swear that their cars from the late 70s and early 80s did not come from the factory rusting.

If you look closely at the progression of any of these logos you pick up a little insight to the company. You can see the vast improvement in Volkswagen's logo when the British took the Nazi out of the company. The Saab progression of logos is nearly as difficult to understand as the companies cars are to work on. Buick's logo started out interesting and became more and more boring with each passing year. Aston Martin's logo is classy and tasteful just like their cars. Looking at it reminds me how I would actually start selling my body to science while I was still alive if it meant having a DB5 sitting in the garage was a reality.

Take a look at all of the aforementioned logo progressions and more in the gallery below:

Photo Credit:Davy G., Robert Scoble, Estoril, Neatorama

Fuente: http://jalopnik.com/5671724/the-evolution-of-automaker-logos

Guia de compras: Jerarquías de procesadores

En Tom’s Hardware, todos los meses un completo informe, analiza las mejores opciones en cada segmento de precio, según costo-beneficio. Hoy le toca el turno a los microprocesadores, desde el punto de vista Gamer, que al ser uno de los segmentos más demandantes en cuanto a hardware, y al estar los títulos cada vez más optimizados para aprovechar las nuevas tecnologías, son un buen parámetro para elegir nuestra próxima actualización. Con ustedes, los resultados de este mes, con la nota completa, acá:

Gaming CPU Hierarchy Chart
Intel AMD
Core i7-965, -975 Extreme, -980X Extreme
Core i7-860, -870, -875K, -920, -930, -940, -950, -960, -970
Core i5-750, -760
Core 2 Extreme QX9775, QX9770, QX9650
Core 2 Quad Q9650

Core 2 Extreme QX6850, QX6800
Core 2 Quad Q9550, Q9450, Q9400
Core i5-650, -655K, -660, -661, -670, -680
Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition, 1075T
Phenom II X4 Black Edition 970, 965, 955 
Core 2 Extreme QX6700
Core 2 Quad Q6700, Q9300, Q8400, Q6600, Q8300 
Core 2 Duo E8600, E8500, E8400, E7600
Core i3 -530, -540, -550
Phenom II X6 1055T
Phenom II X4 945, 940, 920, 910, 910e, 810
Phenom II X3 720 Black Edition
Athlon II X4 645, 640, 635, 630
Athlon II X3 450, 445, 440, 435
Core 2 Extreme X6800
Core 2 Quad Q8200
Core 2 Duo E8300, E8200, E8190, E7500, E7400, E6850, E6750
Phenom II X4 905e, 805
Phenom II X3 710, 705e
Phenom II X2 560, 555 BE, 550 BE, 545
Phenom X4 9950
Athlon II X4 620
Athlon II X3 425
Core 2 Duo E7200, E6550, E7300, E6540, E6700
Pentium Dual-Core E5700, E6300, E6500, E6600, E6700
Pentium G9650
Phenom X4 9850, 9750, 9650, 9600
Phenom X3 8850, 8750
Athlon II X2 265, 260, 255
Athlon 64 X2 6400+
Core 2 Duo E4700, E4600, E6600, E4500, E6420
Pentium Dual-Core E5400, E5300, E5200 
Phenom X4 9500, 9550, 9450e, 9350e
Phenom X3 8650, 8600, 8550, 8450e, 8450, 8400, 8250e
Athlon II X2 240, 245, 250
Athlon X2 7850, 7750
Athlon 64 X2 6000+, 5600+
Core 2 Duo E4400, E4300, E6400, E6320
Celeron E3300
Phenom X4 9150e, 9100e
Athlon X2 7550, 7450, 5050e, 4850e/b
Athlon 64 X2 5400+, 5200+, 5000+, 4800+
Core 2 Duo E5500, E6300
Pentium Dual-Core E2220, E2200, E2210
Celeron E3200
Athlon X2 6550, 6500, 4450e/b, 
Athlon X2 4600+, 4400+, 4200+, BE-2400
Pentium Dual-Core E2180
Celeron E1600
Athlon 64 X2 4000+, 3800+
Athlon X2 4050e, BE-2300
Pentium Dual-Core E2160, E2140
Celeron E1500, E1400, E1200

Fuente: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gaming-cpu-overclock,2772.html

El baterista Rubén Basoalto está internado

Desde acá, toda la fuerza para este Ícono Argentino de los parches. Al final de la nota, para los que no lo conocen, algunos videos que muestran el estilo tan personal, crudo, potente, casi de calle, sin pensar tal vez en los colores sutiles, pero con una pegada envidiable, del cual Basoalto, (quien yo admiro mucho), supo hacer una marca registrada, tan personal, como la forma tan particular de llegar a combinar diferentes partes, de diferentes baterías, para armar su set personal.
Está Muy Grave Un Integrante De Vox Dei

Sus Amigos Músicos Harán Recital Para Recaudar Fondos

Rubén Basoalto, Baterista Del Famoso Y Legendario Grupo Argentino, Está Internado En El Argerich Y Padece Un Serio Problema De Salud Que Requiere De Un Tratamiento Prolongado Y Costoso. El Próximo 3 De Noviembre Un Grupo De Músicos Tocará En Flores Para Juntar Fondos Y Colaborar Con Sus Gastos Médicos. Ricardo Soulé, Ex Miembro Del Grupo, Dejó De Lado Sus Diferencias Y Colaborará Con Él. También Habrá Invitados Sorpresa.
Rubén Basoalto Junto A Willy Quiroga Y Ricardo Soulé Son Los Miembros Fundadores De "Vox Dei", Con La Que Han Grabado 17 Álbumes. Actualmente Sigue Formando Parte De Vox Dei, Banda Que Cumplió 43 Años De Existencia En Setiembre Del 2010, Siendo El Grupo Argentino Más Longevo Y El Único Que Se Ha Mantenido Unido Desde El Comienzo Del Movimiento Denominado Rock Argentino En La Década Del ´60.
El Miércoles 3 De Noviembre Desde Las 17 Horas En Asbury Club De Avenida Rivadavia 7523, Un Grupo De Músicos, Amigos Y Solidarios Con Basoalto Harán Un Mega Recital A Beneficio Del Baterista De. Participarán, Entre Otros, Ricardo Soulé, Willy Quiroga, Simón Quiroga, Carlos Gardellini, Gabriel Soule, El Tano Marciello De Almafuerte, Los Legendarios El Reloj, Jeriko, Watchmen Y Foreman, Edelmiro Molinari Y Gady Pampillón. Anticipadas En Locuras Flores Y Metalmania A Partir De Este Martes 26.
Karina Procopio
Fuente: http://www.reporterdelespectaculo.com/2007/view.asp?id=16058
Algunos videos de Rubén con Vox Dei:
 

La Gente vs. George Lucas

Les traigo esta nota, continuando con la noticia de ayer sobre las nuevas posibles sagas post-starwars (Recordemos: Capitulos 10, 11 y 12, tentativamente, para poder más adelante hacer los nexos entre éstos, y la saga original…. un verdadero malabar cinematográfico…). Republicado desde la indignación, pero poniéndole onda :)

PvG official poster “The People vs George Lucas”, nunca se dijeron tantas verdades en una hora y media.

“The People vs George Lucas”, nunca se dijeron tantas verdades en una hora y media.

Por Dani Hurtado el 25 de Octubre de 2010

Aprovechando que hoy mi compañero Alberto nos anunciaba queGeorge Lucas está pensando en traernos una nueva trilogíabasada en el universo Star Wars, he recordado que el año pasado hicimos referencia en un par de post a la aparición de una página web destinada a recoger testimonios, fanfilms y material gráfico diverso, con la intención de configurar el metraje de un documental que llevaría por titulo “The People vs George Lucas”. El título no puede ser mas explícito, pero por si a alguien le queda alguna duda de la intencionalidad de su premisa, esta se disipa completamente con la frase que la presenta:

”Ellos (los fans) le dieron su amor , su dinero y sus parodias on-line.
El (Lucas) le dió a ellos… las precuelas.”

The People vs George Lucas” es una cinta documental creada por Alexandre O. Philippe con la intención de invertir la relación, generalmente unilateral, que suele darse entre creador y fans. Philippe se dedica a recopilar secuencias de los millones de fanfilms que circulan por la red, hasta ahora única forma de expresión del aficionado, y combinarlos con diversas entrevistas que repasan los puntos mas controvertidos del reciente trabajo de Lucas. Este año, dentro de la programación del 43 Festival Internacional de Cinema Fantastic de Catalunya (Sitges 2010) pudimos verla, disfrutarla y charlar con el director.

Antes de entrar en materia, vaya por delante que estas líneas las escribe un confeso e incondicional fan del universo Star Warsque ha llegado a comprar hasta cuatro versiones distintas de la trilogía, si contamos versiones VHS y DVD, y que suele poner ojitos ante (casi) cualquier producto de merchandising firmado por Lucasfilm LTD. Que nadie piense que “The People VS George Lucas” muestra a un grupo de freaks radicales cuya vida gira entorno a Star Wars y a los que la opinable calidad de las preculeas haya arruinado la vida, no es eso. El enfoque no es el de juzgar a George Lucas por crímenes contra la humanidad, ni mucho menos, simplemente se crítica el trabajo de un cineasta que generó un importante movimiento social alrededor de su obra y que posteriormente no ha sabido estar a la altura. El documental no es en esencia tendencioso, y si bien es cierto que la mayoría de entrevistas son críticas con Lucas (no en vano es la opinión mas extendida), también hay espacio para quien habla a favor de él y su libertad de acción como genio creador al margen de la opinión de los fans. Lo cierto es que la gran virtud de este documental, bajo mi punto de vista, es que refleja el sentimiento de la gran mayoría de aficionados a la saga galáctica, un balanceo constante entre la admiración y la decepción sin que ninguna de las dos pueda hacernos olvidar a la otra, por mas que lo hemos intentado.

fan 3 “The People vs George Lucas”, nunca se dijeron tantas verdades en una hora y media.

En algo más de hora y media, estructurada en capítulos cuyos títulos parodian con inteligencia el de las propias precuelas, se enumeran con sátira y cierto veneno, tocando ahí donde más duele, cada una de las recientes decepciones sufridas por los fans de la saga. Empezamos por la edición especial, que vio la luz en 1997 y en la que se incluyeron diversas escenas generadas por ordenador que sustituyeron (en algunos casos) a las antiguas maquetas que le hicieron ganar el oscar en 1978. También se incluyeron escenas nuevas, como el encuentro entre Han Solo con Jabba the Hutt en Mos Eisley que no acabó de convencer a nadie y el reformulado duelo entre el primero y Greedo, que causó la ira de los fans a nivel mundial llegando incluso a la parición de camisetas con el texto “Han Shot First” (Han dispara primero). Por lo visto cuando se produjo el salto digital al formato DVD las “antiguas” versiones se quedaron atrás, situación que hizo a los fans organizarse para reunir firmas a favor de una versión en DVD de la trilogía que ellos consideraban “original”. Desde Lucasfilmobtuvieron una respuesta oficial argumentando que las cintas estaban “demasiado deterioradas” para poder trabajar con ellas y que la edición especial era la única que perduraba, porque mostraba la “verdadera visión” de la historia que tenia el director. Ante la indignación, hubo quien realizó de forma completamente ilegal un rip del Laser Disc (Los que tengan algunos años sabrán de que hablo) editado antes de los cambios y que constituía la única copia digital sin modificaciones de la trilogía, que empezó a distribuirse por la red.

Tras esta apoteosis la cinta se centra en el estreno de las precuelas, especialmente del esperado Episodio I que, según los medios de la época provocó ausencias masivas al trabajo en Estados Unidos. La verdad es que los que vivimos aquello recordaréis la ansiosa espera, los tráilers con cuentagotas y los disfraces en las colas del cine. Un estreno que en la mayoría de casos fue decepcionante, solo atenuado por la expectativa de que los episodios II y III fueran a mejor, ¡Que equivocados estábamos! El documental tiene cabida también para el infame especial de navidad que se emitió en Estados Unidos protagonizado por Chewaka y su familia y del cual, por lo visto, el propio Lucas se avergüenza hasta el punto de intentar eliminarlo por completo de cualquier extra o contenido, como si jamás hubiera existido. Pero no penséis que la cosa acaba con Star Wars, pues aunque menor en numero de fans, Indiana Jones es también un personaje muy querido, y cuando se trata de cagadas, lo de “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” no tiene nombre. Muy significativa es la reflexión al respecto que hace uno de los entrevistados:

”Cuando acabó la película (Indiana Jones) alguien entre el publico se levantó y gritó ‘Deja de hacernos daño George Lucas’. Es curioso que en ese momento nadie se acordara de Steven Spielberg, solo de George Lucas”

Es cierto, era culpa de los dos, pero quizás Lucas ha encadenado una serie de malas decisiones que han calado mas hondo en el corazón del fan, sobretodo debido a ese equilibrio que os digo entre admiración y decepción que en el fondo todos sentimos.

En general se trata de una película absolutamente recomendable para cualquier fan de Star Wars, pues partidario o detractor de Lucas (incluso neutral si es que los hay) se sentirá identificado con muchos de los testimonios, sentimientos e ideas que se expresan. Para cerrar me quedo con dos frases de tantas que se dicen. Una de cada tendencia, para que no se diga. Por un lado uno de los molestos fans comenta:

”En realidad, los que decimos que nos gusta la primera trilogía (I,II y III) es porque realmente queremos que nos guste, nos esforzamos en hacer que nos guste porque nos resistimos a creer que no es así”.

Por otro, uno de los que sale en defensa de Lucas, no sin razón nos recuerda:

”Es cierto, George Lucas ha hecho tres películas que no nos han gustado. Pero hizo otras tres que no olvidaremos jamás”.

Fotos: The People vs George Lucas

Fuente: http://extracine.com/2010/10/the-people-vs-george-lucasverdades-en-una-hora-y-media

¡Marchen 2 más para Starbucks!

LA COMPAÑÍA INAUGURA DOS NUEVAS TIENDAS EN LOS BARRIOS DE RECOLETA Y PUERTO MADERO, SUMANDO UN TOTAL DE 25 EN CAPITAL FEDERAL Y EL GRAN BUENOS AIRES

Starbucks Coffee International, una subsidiaria de Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) y la Operadora Internacional Alsea, S.A. de C.V., una subsidiaria de Alsea S.A.B. de C.V., a través de la compañía de joint-venture, Starbucks Coffee Argentina S.R.L., anuncian la apertura de dos nuevas tiendas en Capital Federal, en la zona de Recoleta y el pintoresco barrio de Puerto Madero, alcanzando un total de 25.

25-10-2010 | Starbucks Coffee International, una subsidiaria de Starbucks Coffee Company (Nasdaq: SBUX) y la Operadora Internacional Alsea, S.A. de C.V., una subsidiaria de Alsea S.A.B. de C.V., a través de la compañía de joint-venture, Starbucks Coffee Argentina S.R.L., anuncian la apertura de dos nuevas tiendas en Capital Federal, en la zona de Recoleta y el pintoresco barrio de Puerto Madero, alcanzando un total de 25.
“Estamos felices de poder abrir estas dos nuevas locaciones en puntos clave de la cuidad como Recoleta y Puerto Madero, llegando ya a las veinticinco inauguraciones en poco más de dos años”, manifestó Diego Paolini, Gerente General de Starbucks Coffee Argentina. “Nos da una satisfacción inmensa ver cómo la compañía continúa creciendo y afianzándose en Buenos Aires; permitiéndonos llegar a cada vez más clientes que aclaman por el café de la más alta calidad arábica en el mundo”, finalizó el ejecutivo.
La tienda número veinticuatro, que abrió oficialmente sus puertas en septiembre pasado, se encuentra situada en Avenida Pueyrredón 1.761, Recoleta. La misma posee una superficie de 280 metros cuadrados, capacidad para más de 60 clientes y es atendida por un total de 20 partners (empleados). Mientras que la tienda número veinticinco, que se inaugura en el día de hoy, está ubicada en Olga Cosettini 301, Puerto Madero. Con una superficie de 250 metros cuadrados y capacidad para recibir más de 120 clientes sentados, la misma generó otros 20 nuevos puestos de trabajo.
De esta manera, Starbucks continúa creciendo y fortaleciendo su presencia en Capital Federal, con el compromiso de seguir ofreciendo la mejor experiencia de café.

Fuente: http://www.todoenunclick.com/Notas/nota.php?kenota=31162

Foto/videos Timelapse: La guía definitiva

Muchas veces me he visto en situaciones malabarezcas, para desarrollar este tipo de trabajo en forma casera, solo por el hecho de experimentar un poco más los recursos disponibles, y tal vez, en algunos casos, el ensallo y error, no me llevaron al resultado deseado. Para todos los que alguna vez quisieron experimentar con “foto-videos” timelapse (Es decir, aquellos que en un instante muestran un desarrollo de tiempo muchísimo más largo), va éste mega tutorial, lleno de recursos de hardware, software, ideas de proyectos, stop motion y mucho más. Les recuerdo por último, si no lo vieron, pasen por acá, para ver desarrollos de este tipo, pero además, procesando cada fotograma de forma HDR. Los resultados son impresionantes!

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The Ultimate Guide to Time-Lapse Photography

Boy, are we excited. We’ve spent every waking moment these last months cooped up in the Photojojo Labs, working tirelessly on what can only be our greatest experiment ever. We’ve finally done it. We’ve found the key to…

Time Travel.

Well, time-lapse photography. Which is basically the same thing.

So go ahead, read our guide on the ins and outs of time-lapse and start churning out your very own time-lapse videos from your photos.

Then, take up your mantle in the halls of history, beside legends such as Bernard, Hoagie and Laverne, Dr. Who, Bill & Ted, and Doctor Emmett Brown. We’ll see you there!

p.s. Help us out, Digg this guide!

TIME LAPSE 101: AN OVERVIEW

Alright, so it’s not time-travel. All time-lapse photography is, really, is shooting a bunch of photos of the same thing, spread out over a period of time, and smushing them together into one video that plays back in a shorter amount of time. In the words of our pal Genie, “Phenomenal cosmic powers… Itty-bitty living space!” Yeah, time-lapse is kinda like that.

Time-lapse lets you see the natural progression of time, while not having to wait through the actual length of it… so you could watch the sunset (at least, yesterday’s sunset) as you always wanted to, without staying up late to do so – and you could fit it all within a nice, brief commercial break in-between episodes of “Dr. Who” too.

Here’s an example of a time-lapse we put together just for you:

Music by Loena Naess, who is awesome.

Now, there’s a few basic steps to take in creating a time-lapse film:

  1. Choose your subject.
  2. Figure everything out.
  3. Shoot your still photographs.
  4. Edit your photos in Photoshop (Optional).
  5. Assemble all your photos together into a video.
  6. Edit your video – add titles, music, and all that jazz.

Sure, they seem simple – but along the way it can get really confusing. (Hence, the important of Step #2.) There are countless ways to do things, based on what you’re shooting and what equipment you have.

We’ll help you find the best, and easiest, but it’s important to think through your project yourself before you begin.

STEP #1: CHOOSE YOUR SUBJECT

We know that you’re a very clever sod and probably have some brilliant ideas already in mind for what to shoot in time-lapse form. But just in case, here are a few suggestions to get you thinking:

  • Fruit rotting/ice melting
  • Grass growing
  • A cross-country drive from LA to NY in 5 days
  • Sunrises or sunsets
  • A busy city street over a day’s time
  • Opening of flower buds (basically any form of nature)
  • A baby growing in mommy’s tummy (throughout the whole pregnancy)
  • A construction site
  • The desert sky (stars!), or other natural landscapes
  • A self-portrait as you age over a number of years
  • Life cycle of a tree over a year’s period
  • Snail races
  • Cookies baking in the oven

Ask yourself how much time you have to commit – the four hours it takes for a snail to get across the back porch might be a lot more do-able than the four months it takes a construction site to be finished.

STEP #2: FIGURING OUT INTERVALS AND EVERYTHING ELSE

Based on what you’re shooting, you’ll want to know how long your actual event or subject will last (or at least, how long you’re willing to shoot for), whether you want your final movie to be blocky or smooth, how long you want your final movie to be, and based on all of that, how often (at what interval) you’ll want to take photos of the event.

The Length of the Event
Usually the length of the project changes how you’re going to shoot it. For longer-term projects, like this nifty time-lapse that documented a soon-to-be-mom’s growing tummy throughout the nine months of her pregnancy, you might only need to get a new shot every day or so – you could do that with a point-and-shoot, and not need any fancy automated equipment.

Ask yourself how long you can go between photos while still documenting the action of the event; for change that is pretty big and radical over a shorter amount of time, you’ll want to shoot it more often. For change that is gradual and slow over a longer time, you can have more lengthy intervals between shots.

How the Final Movie Appears
Your final movie can end up two ways: blocky or smooth and seamless. With blocky, shots will seem to abruptly change into the next – in a crowded street scene, for example, a person might appear in one part of the screen and then, blip!, suddenly be halfway across the screen in the next frame.

The alternative is blending the interval shots together, so that it appears smooth and seamless. Usually you do this two ways: drag your shutter speed when you’re shooting, and shoot your subject more often (at shorter intervals).

Which is better? It’s up to you! For events or time-lapse subjects where the change is gradual and slow (like a construction site), blocky might be fine. Where change occurs much faster (like a blossoming plant), smooth and seamless would probably be better.

The Magic Formula
Most movies show around 20-30 frames per second; the more frames per second, generally the smoother the movie will play back (though of course, this depends on other things too). If we’re going to make E.T.’s flower come back to life, we’ll want it to be shown at around 24 fps and be smooth and seamless.

We also need to ask how long we want the final movie to be. We’re thinking E.T.’s flower coming back to life to should last around 30 seconds… so, some quick math to find out how many frames we need to capture:

24 fps times 30 seconds = 720 frames

Awesome. Now to find out how often (at what interval) we need to shoot frames of a flower decaying (we’ll play the final movie in reverse to make it look like it’s coming back alive). First we estimate how long the actual event lasts – about 4 hours (or 14,400 seconds), we think. Some more quick math:

14,400 seconds (length of actual event) divided by 720 frames (frames needed for final movie) = 20-second intervals between shots/frames

So we have our plan, Stan! When you start your time-lapse project, we’d really recommend thinking ahead like this.

STEP #3: SHOOTING YOUR STILL PHOTOGRAPHS

It really doesn’t matter what you shoot your time-lapse photos with, as long as you shoot them – we’ve seen people use SLRs, point-and-shoot cameras, and webcams.

Whatever you use, we recommend you mount your camera on a tripod (unless you have Super-Man endurance and don’t mind standing there holding it for eight hours or however long). If you don’t have a tripod, wedge your camera between a couple books, or make a custom base for it.

Shooting with an SLR: Intervalometers
intervalometer.jpgIf you have an SLR, we’ve got one bit of advice for you: get yourself an intervalometer. They’re often called timer remote controllers, and they run about $60 – here’s a good Canon one, and here’s a Nikon one.

With an intervalometer (or timer remote controller), you can program your camera to shoot at certain times and at certain intervals – such as 1 frame every 5 seconds, 1 frame every minute, and so on. This leaves you free to go do something else, when you’re ready.

Now set up the rest of your camera:

  • Set your camera to record JPG, to save on space. (Each photo is only on screen a small time anyway.)
  • Set your camera’s white balance to manual – auto-white balance can change and fluctuate, especially if you’ll be shooting something for a while and the light gets brighter or dimmer over time. Setting it to manual helps ensure all your photos keep reasonably the same look.
  • Set your camera’s exposure manually – for most of the same reasons, you’ll want to take your camera’s exposure off automatic as well.

The idea is that your camera’s settings should change as little as possible while it’s doing its thing.

Now, remember back when you decided between Blocky or Smooth? If you’re after the smooth and seamless look in your final movie, you’ll want to adjust your exposure (how long the shutter stays open to capture light while taking a photo) to be as long as possible. When you force your shutter to stay open a longer time (often called “dragging your shutter”), moving objects, like cars and people, will then appear more as a blur, and will “smear” across your scene. Your final move will have much smoother action this way.

The side-effect of long exposures is a lot more light coming at your camera – often too much light. If you’re going to drag your shutter, we’d suggest getting a neutral density filter to help wrangle the extra light under control.

If you’re going the SLR route, we’d also suggest taking a look at Zach Wise’s awesome video tutorial on shooting time-lapse with an SLR. It’s a great primer to begin with.

Shooting with a Point-and-Shoot: Time-Settings
pclix_tripod.jpgSome point-and-shoot cameras have an interval setting buried deep in their menu somewhere, but most don’t – which means that, unless you want to sit there holding your camera however long and manually take the pictures, point-and-shoot cameras might not be your best bet.

For some time-lapse ideas, that might work just fine – especially time-lapse videos where you only need one or two shots a day. A time-lapse of a baby growing in mom’s tummy over the course of nine months, for example, would be great to shoot manually with a point-and-shoot.

There are also some extra add-on timer devices, like the Pclix, that will cause your camera to trigger at specified intervals – but they don’t work with all point-and-shooters, so the chances might be slim of getting one that works for you. You could also hack your camera and wire it up to a home-made intervalometer… but, uh, do that at your own risk. And probably not with a brand-new camera.

Shooting with a Web-Cam: Time-lapse Software
gawker1.jpgAmazingly, using a web-camera with your computer might just be the easiest route to take – thanks to some very nifty software.

For Mac, there’s the unbelievably cool freeware program Gawker. It immediately recognizes any iSight or web-cam hooked up to your computer – or even better, on any computer on your network – and after specifying an interval for it to take new shots at, gives you one-button time-lapse recording from that iSight. Even better, you can also combine views from multiple iSights or web-cams into a single, split-screen time-lapse video – or you could even use your computer desktop and what you’re doing on it as a source for your time-lapse.

For PCs, Webcam Timershot – part ofMicrosoft’s PowerToys package of free add-on software – does much the same as Gawker (minus the split-screen ability and having the option to record your desktop): specify an interval, and Webcam Timershot will take pictures from your web-cam and save them to a location you choose.

Last Minute Checklist
Ready too go? Good. But wait, a few last minute things:

  • Make sure the batteries are all charged up with enough juice.
  • Does your memory card have enough room? (If not, select a lower jpg setting – or run out and buy a new card!)
  • Try not to walk off, leaving your camera abandoned. Many a noble camera lost its life to thievery while on a time-lapse mission.
STEP #4: EDIT YOUR PHOTOS

photoshop-batchaction_thumb.jpgWhew. After all of that, can you believe you’ve finally reached the easy steps? All that’s left is to download the photos to your computer, edit them if you want, and, with some software, assemble them into a movie.

It isn’t necessary every time, but sometimes you’ll have a batch of photos that need just a little tweaking before anything else. Maybe the exposure or levels could use some nudging, or you want to adjust the saturation a bit. Great. One quick tip: Automate Everything.

In Photoshop, practice on one photo from the bunch, adjusting it to how you like it – then create an Action in Photoshop to do exactly what you just did. Close your photo without saving, then use Photoshop’s Automate Batch command. Select the folder of all your photos – your source – and create a new folder for where the edited photos are gonna go – the destination. Then select your newly created Action, and Ok – off they go.

You’ll end up with your batch of photos, all edited, in your new folder… lookin’ good and primed to be put together!

STEP #5: START MAKING YOUR MOVIE

Use Quicktime Pro to Assemble Your Photos Into a Movie
quicktime-openimagesequence_thumb.jpgAfter you’ve downloaded your photos to your computer and saved them in a folder somewhere, we’ve found the quickest and easiest way to assemble them into a final time-lapse video is to use Apple’s QuickTime Pro (available for $30 at Apple.com for Mac or Windows).

Underneath the File window of Quicktime, select “Open Image Sequence”, then navigate to the folder with your photos and select the first one. Hit okay, and then QuickTime will ask you how many frames-per-second you want your movie to have. QuickTime will do all the rest for you.

From here, you can export it for the web or save it so that you can add titles, music, and other effects to it in a movie editing program.

Or: Assemble Your Movie with iMovie or Another Application
imoviephotosettings.jpgWe found Quicktime Pro to be the best and easiest for this, but you can also accomplish pretty much the same thing in other video editing programs. To use iMovie, for instance, import all your photos into iPhoto. Once you have a new project started in iMovie, find your photos in the Media window, select them all (either by clicking and dragging your mouse or selecting the first photo and holding shift as you then select the last one too – all the ones in between should also be selected), and then open the Photo Settings for them. Set the duration for each photo to a nice small number, like “0:03″ – this will play each photo for 3 frames, adjust to your liking – and hit Apply to be done!

The photos will be added to your movie’s timeline and you’ll have the beginnings of a swanky time-lapse video.

(If you’re using another application besides iMovie or Quicktime Pro, the process will likely be about the same – either opening an image sequence, or manually adding your photos in order and adjusting their duration.)

STEP #6: ADD TITLES, MUSIC, AND EFFECTS

imovie-addingmusic_thumb.jpgAfter you have a time-lapse movie file, import it into iMovie or Final Cut Pro if you’re a Mac fan, or Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premiere if you’re running Windows.

Add some music and titles, and you’re ready to show off your final movie!

You might also want to try some effects, like panning and zooming over your finished time-lapse movie, to add motion and hone in on what’s interesting.

EXTRA BONUS THINGS & RESOURCES
  • If you’re big on graphs to help you get the bigger picture, Wikipedia’s article on time-lapse photography has ‘em. It’s a great overview and bound to de-mystify some of the more technical aspects of time-lapse.
  • Print a flip book out with your time-lapse! FlipClips.com lets you upload short video clips and, in a quick jif, will have them printed out as flip books and sent off to you. Perfect for any time-lapse project.
  • Make a time-lapse montage photo, instead of a video – like this one!
  • Check out this excellent video tutorial that covers how to shoot and edit time-lapse movies, from Photojojo friend Zach Wise. He uses an SLR with an intervalometer, but the ideas he outlines are applicable for anybody.
  • You can also do time-lapse with iStopMotion, another program for Macs. Although it’s primarily for creating stop motion movies (like Gumbi or the “Wallace and Gromit” movies), it does time-lapse really well too – letting you use an iSight or webcam, a digital camcorder, or even a number of regular digital cameras. Check it out.
  • Speaking of stop-motion, don’t forget our awesome stop-motion tutorial. We’ve always thought time-lapse and stop-motion were like distant cousins, so you might gain some pointers from reading up on it too.

Fuente: http://content.photojojo.com/tutorials/ultimate-guide-to-time-lapse-photography/