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Recording timelapse videos for Minecraft


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#1 k1ller

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Posted 14 November 2011 - 07:24 AM

Is there some plugin or some other things to record timelapse videos?




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Posted 14 November 2011 - 09:17 AM

The way I do it is buy using a friend or my second account. I think there is an out of body mod but apparently its very buggy. I use FRAPS and set it to take a screen shot every three seconds, then use windows live movie maker to create a movie of the pictures taken. My friend would usually stand somewhere on the map where I intend on making my building and they would record. Or I would use my second account on my laptop which I would setup to record while I play on my other PC.

You could alternatively try this Mod

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Posted 14 November 2011 - 09:57 AM

How about the moving camera in the second video? Go to 5:30 in the video and you can see that the screen is panning up and right a little bit. Is it done in post production?

Optimal mod for this could be something which stores changes to world (BigBrother) and then something to replay the world from sratch - then some program to capture and store png-images for every 100 blocks added/destroyed. Using FRAPS is too time consuming in the long run :| . There might not be this kind of plugin though. Shouldn't be impossible to create though.
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Posted 14 November 2011 - 11:10 AM

That train station time lapse video that I posted was filmed with FRAPS. The guy that filmed it used screen-shots every 3 seconds. Apparently he used Sony Vegas to move the camera around. Its a complicated and time consuming process but as you can see the outcome is amazing and very worth it.

Im sure there is a tool that does all of this for you with a click of a button but its hard to search the minecraft forums on a cellphone. Google is slow too.




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