Create and edit time-lapse videos with Descript’s time-lapse video maker. With time lapse in your toolkit, you’ll unlock a functional and stylized technique that looks great on every platform, from Vimeo to TikTok.
Open a new project and import the video file you want to turn into a time lapse. Add the video to the Timeline to get started.
With the video selected, open the Clip Inspector panel. Under Duration, you’ll find an option to change the Clip Speed from 0.1x to 30x. This lets you slow down or speed up the playback speed of your video clip to your liking.
Add any transitions, music, voice overs, effects, and make color corrections like adjusting white balance as needed. When you’re ready to share your time-lapse video, just click Publish and choose a format and file type.
Create and edit time-lapse videos with Descript’s time-lapse video maker. With time lapse in your toolkit, you’ll unlock a functional and stylized technique that looks great on every platform, from Vimeo to TikTok.
Open a new project and import the video file you want to turn into a time lapse. Add the video to the Timeline to get started.
With the video selected, open the Clip Inspector panel. Under Duration, you’ll find an option to change the Clip Speed from 0.1x to 30x. This lets you slow down or speed up the playback speed of your video clip to your liking.
Add any transitions, music, voice overs, effects, and make color corrections like adjusting white balance as needed. When you’re ready to share your time-lapse video, just click Publish and choose a format and file type.
Most time-lapse video editors restrict you to predefined templates or speeds. Descript, however, allows you to explore various speeds and styles for your video clips. You can gradually increase the speed, set different speeds for specific moments, incorporate slow motion, stop motion, or freeze frame effects, turn still images into time-lapse video frames, or just apply a consistent time-lapse effect to any video. With Descript, the choice is yours.
Descript is packed with useful AI features that save time and make your time-lapse videos look and sound better in ways you didn’t think possible. Add AI voice overs or narration using your own voice, automatically enhanced with Studio Sound so it’s crystal clear.
Descript isn’t just a time lapse maker, it’s a full-scale video editor. We’ve built in features to make the editing experience as easy as possible, even for beginners. If you can edit a word document, you can edit a video in Descript.
Yes, you can make a regular video look like a time lapse video by adjusting the clip speed based on the duration and frame rate of the video. With Descript’s Clip Speed options, converting a video to time lapse has never been faster. You can slow down or speed up the playback of the video clip up to 30 times the original speed.
iPhones have time lapse built into their cameras. Choose time lapse mode in the iPhone camera app to capture video — the phone takes care of the rest. Make your time-lapse video footage even better by adding music, effects, and more in a full video editor like Descript.
You can make an aging time-lapse video for free by taking a photo of your subject once a day or week, preferably in the same place or time. How many still images you need will depend on the frame rate and length of your video. You can start creating your aging time-lapse video for free with Descript.
