Magic Window for iPad: Timelapse Cities and Landscapes

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The iPad is an intriguing device in terms of visualisation with various apps catching our attention. The first of which to reach the blog is Magic Window -  a series of 10 timelapse movies wrapped up in an app.

With scenes ranging from landscapes through to cities it makes for a unique view when your have your iPad docked or just sitting around the office/house.


Magic Window for iPad Demo from josh michaels on Vimeo.
As big fans of timelaspe imagery here on du, the MagicWindow app comes highly recommended. With 10 scenes, the first two are pre-installed with the remaining 8 available for download at around 1Gb per scene. High resolution timelapses take space so the file size is not surprising and they do hold up in terms of quality.

You can download the app from both the US iTunes ($3.99) and  UK iTunes store (£2.39). The iPad store is not up and running yet outside of the USA, but if you run a simple search for Magic Window iPad in any of the localized stores it will come up.

Timelapse on the iPhone: A look at the free Gorillacam App

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Joby, the people behind the Gorillapods, have released a free camera app for the
iPhone entitled 'Gorillacam'. Of note the application features a timelapse mode allowing multiple photos spaced at various intervals, ranging from 1 second apart, up to 2 minutes. We have run a few tests and with a first generation iPhone 10 seconds is the most reliable time frame to chose due to the time taken to save an image, second and third generation seem to cope with faster times. That said, 10 seconds is nigh-on-perfect for timelapses and the application does a sterling job.

We set the application running on an overcast winters day and the output of 1600x1200 jpgs is more than enough to output a 720p (HD) movie to YouTube with room for some post processing pan movement:



Music is courtesy of the rather good unsigned band - Lemonade Joe.

The movie was made simply by opening QuickTime Pro 7 and selecting 'image sequence' with the pan added via After Effects. The iPhone camera is never going to win awards but for a quick timelapse then Gorillacam is a must have for any iphone user, especially at the price, ie free.

Get Gorillacam Free through iTunes