Video Accelerator?

[comp615]

I want to spped up my video .avi so I can make one of those time-lapse shot things, but Studio 8 only goes up to 5x. Anywone know where I could find a faster one, preferably free?

[Kov-Ice]

Are you wanting a totally different video editing package then?

[Naja]

Edit the video. That's what video editing is all about. Cut out Frames/sections, evenly, until 5x works. It will take time and patience, but:
How bad do you want it?

[comp615]

All i want is something that does it all for me, like i said to do the time lapse stuff.

[SonicVanguard]

Studio 8 is limiting - as it should be. It's not a profesisonal package. But here's a simple fix. Apply the 5x filter then render and save your movie. Now create a new project and use the AVI you just created and re-apply a 5x filter (or however fast you'd like) to that AVI. Render and save. Keep doing that until you are staisfied.

And just as a note - you might want to do this and only apply a 2x filter - that way you are only gradually increasing speed.

Dave.

[Kov-Ice]

Makes sense, but do you lose resolution each time you re-render the movie. For example, every time you re-save a .jpg, it compresses the image even more. Will that happen in AVI?

[comp615]

No because I can save it as uncompressed.

[SonicVanguard]

Originally posted by Kov-Ice
Makes sense, but do you lose resolution each time you re-render the movie. For example, every time you re-save a .jpg, it compresses the image even more. Will that happen in AVI?

As I said, I'd apply the filter at 2x so to limit the speed a bit - that will also help with interlacing problems. And saving to AVI is fairly lossless. And doing it uncompressed to totally lossless.

Dave.