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Time-lapse Imagery Dynamic Visualization 1 Theory presentation Group 4 Lídia Kecseti, Janne Koivisto, Misael Rojas

What is it? - Tool for visualising changing information in an elapsed amount of time. - Frequency of the filmed frames are lower than the normal speed of the events. - “[...]the action in a scene is speeded-up[...]” Geoff Thompkinson, Merging Time and Motion, 2014 ●

Source: Time lapse feature explained , accessed 14th of November 2017, http://c.mi.com

Source: Time Lapse Intervals Calculator , video, accessed 13th November 2017, https://youtu.be/ec_kssV7e_Y

Photography time-lapse interval guide by Learn Timelapse 1 second intervals: 15 – 30 second intervals: Moving traffic Moving shadows Fast moving clouds Sun across sky (no clouds) (wide) Drivelapses Stars (15 – 60 seconds) 1 – 3 second intervals: Longer Intervals: Sunsets Fast growing plants (ex vines) (90 – 120 Sunrises seconds) Slower moving clouds Construction projects (5min – 15min) Crowds Moon and sun near horizon (or telephoto) Things photographed with a telephoto

Source: Learn time lapse , accessed 13th November 2017, http://www.learntimelapse.com/time-lapse-photography-how-to-guide/

Brief history

1897 Carrefour De L’Opera by Georges Méliès.

1900s First used by biologists. Jean Comandon

1920 Das Wunder des Schneeschuhs by Arnold Fanck

1950s Plants growing featured in film “ Secret of Life ”.

2000s Use in science: cell division in a newt lung cell

2000s Time-lapse technology easily accessible through digitalisation

Time-lapse examples

Documentation

Science

Information representation

Information representation

Hyperlapse Kubikfoto

Using timelapse in data visualization Digital attack map Shipmap Also to look at: Google Public Data (google.com/publicdata) Immigration data (lucify.com/the-flow-towards-europe/)

Ways to use timelapse? - Occurrences of events in history - Example: territorial changes in a map - Growing amounts of data - Example: weather visualisations - Narrate a (design) process - Example: creative work timelapse, meeting timelapses - Visually changing objects - Example: cell division

What a designer should consider? - + Interactive forms of time-lapse Typically in video format Visualizes elapsed time Dynamic ways to use are limited Able to visualize and speed-up change in time Represents a timeline Easy to use and understand Takes a long time to capture real-time data Has a clear beginning and an end Interval stays static No sound

Some time-lapse software for designers Carto (carto.com): map time-lapse visualizations Schnapps (schnappsformac.com): design process time-lapse creator Microsoft Hyperlapse Pro (aka.ms/hyperlapse): hyperlapse creator from video Google Public Data (google.com/publicdata): graph time-lapse visualisation of data Chronolapse (chronolapse.com): time-lapse creator

Conclusions - time-lapse is not only a video based representation - often requires a static point of view - good for representing a few objects - poor with complex data representation - is there a way to create audio timelapses with video?

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