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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.
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On December 20, 2007, Patrick Schlichtenmyer said ...
oh cool! i've been looking for an article like this i've actually been doing a photo a day project of my backyard for the past 10 months. watching the grass grow has been more interesting than i thought it would be.
On January 03, 2008, Bart Luyckx said ...
This made me go and order a fancy webcam.
Watch out for my first time lapse project called 'Season street'.
In a year or so.
:)
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