I'm TK North and in this video
I'll be showing you the power of Premiere Pro
to create Time-lapses like this one.
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Hi everyone,
I'm photographer Tim Northey or TK north.
Now one of my favourite things to shoot
is time-lapse photography.
It's also something that I probably get asked
the most questions about as a photographer.
So in this video,
I'll be running through some of my favourite tools
in Premiere Pro that allow you to create Time-lapses
like this one, including these day to night transitions.
So I use Premiere Pro for all my video editing.
It's really powerful software.
It's also not as complicated as you may think.
The beauty of Premiere Pro,
it also works so well with all your other Adobe apps.
That of course includes things like After Effects,
which gives you kind of endless possibilities
when you're creating videos.
You've also got Rush for editing videos on your phone.
So there's plenty of good reasons
why you should be using Premiere Pro.
I'm going to show you a few more
by showing you 3 of my favourite tools and features
that you can use to improve your time-lapses.
So this first technique is a really simple way
to add another dimension to almost any time lapse.
And that's by creating keyframes to slowly zoom in,
zoom out or pan across your frame.
So I've got a time-lapse clip opened here in Premiere Pro.
All I'm going to do is create some keyframes.
So, come over and make sure you've got effects control,
you've got your clip selected.
If I come over to "Position" and "Scale"
and click these little stopwatches,
that will add in my first keyframe.
If I slide across to say maybe here in the video,
then zoom in, let's go to there
and move across a little bit.
So this is just adjusting the position and scale.
And by creating those two keyframes,
it's slowly going to move from that starting point
up until this next point.
So if I play that back with those two keyframes added in,
you can see that's slowly going to zoom in
and move across to that position that I selected.
So if we have a look at this example clip
you can see if I play it, it starts by panning across
and then it hits those keyframes
and zooms out to the full clip.
So Premiere makes it really easy to use keyframes like this.
And because when you shoot time-lapse,
it's usually such a large video file.
You've usually got a bit of room to play around with
to zoom in or to zoom out on your clip.
The second feature I love using for my time-lapses
is the ability to create transitions.
So to create these day-to-night transitions
you need two clips.
You need to have shot them at the same location
for it to work well.
Or you could use a long day to night sequence.
For this one I shot two short clips.
One during the day and one at night.
So I use the grid through the viewfinder to try
and line it up as best as possible.
Then use Premiere Pro to do the rest.
So with this night clip,
I'm going to drag it over so they overlap to check
and make sure they line up,
you can turn down your opacity of one clip.
And I've already moved this one around to line it up
as best as possible.
So once you've done that, you can play around
with different effects.
The most simple one, if you come over to effects,
search "Cross Dissolve" down under "Video transitions".
If you drag that over to your second clip,
it's going to make that a little bit shorter.
So just by adding that simple transition,
it means it's slowly going to fade away
to reveal the clip underneath.
So if I play that back,
you can see it creates a nice transition,
especially if you add in some music
you have a really cool effect going from day to night.
So you can play around in Premiere,
there's so many different transitions and tools
and effects you can use.
That's why I love Premiere Pro so much.
There's endless possibilities when it comes
to these type of transitions.
So lastly, I'm going to show you very quickly
how you can loop a time-lapse clip.
Again, this is another way to make your clips
a little bit more interesting,
especially when you're posting it
to somewhere like Instagram,
where it will continue to play back on an endless loop.
So I've got a single clip open here in Premiere Pro.
The easiest way to create a loop with your time lapse clip,
you're going to hit "C" to cut in half,
select the point somewhere in the middle of the clip,
and then I'm going to hit "V"
to come back to my selection tool,
drag that clip to overlap a little bit with the second clip.
That means that this second clip is going to end
at the exact point where your first clip begins.
So you're already going to have the loop
the thing you need to worry about
is this point in the middle where the clips overlap.
Want to come over to "Effects",
"Cross Dissolve" again,
dragging that to that second clip.
So if I play this back, it means
it's slowly going to reveal the clip underneath.
As you can see, it's really hard to identify
that point where the two clips are merged together.
So this is the easiest way to create a loop.
And it'll work with most of your time-lapses.
So those are some of my favourite tricks
and tools in Premiere Pro when you're editing time-lapse,
and why I always like to use Premiere Pro
when I'm editing my videos.
Now hope you did find this video useful.
I hope it inspired you to go out
and try some time-lapses of your own
and get editing in Premiere Pro.
If you do have any questions or feedback,
drop me a comment below.
Thanks so much for watching.
Until next time, I'm TK North.
Hope to see you guys soon.
Bye for now.
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