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© 2025 BBCWorld 0:15am How I create simple time lapse videos on Windows PCs
Hey, PCWorld readers! Ive been fascinated by time lapse videos ever since I saw the video effect used on a bean-sprout growing in second grade class.
Being able to condense days of growth into a short video that I could watch in just a minute seemed like magic to me. Whats more, it opened my mind to something about plants that you just cant see every day the fact that theyre not just inanimate things. They can move just like us (albeit a lot more slowly).
The great thing about making a time lapse video these days is you dont need a studio or specialist equipment to pull it off. It can be done with a mobile phone and / or a free app in Windows.
So, if youre into a hobby that lends itself well to a time lapse (and that can be almost anything), why not make a time lapse video? Here are some ideas for inspiration:
A flower bud opening
An artist painting
Traffic moving on the street
Your own hair growing out after a snip
Tip: Slow moving things like snails and clouds make excellent subjects but require a little more time to shoot.
What to do:
One of the simplest ways to create a time lapse video is with an app called Time Lapse Creator. It gives you the option of either uploading images or videos, or shooting a video directly via the app itself.
For the purposes of this how to, Ive assumed that youve already shot your pictures, uploaded them to your PC, and stored them in a folder. Now you can do the following:
Download and install the free app Time Lapse Creator.
Select either Import Folder or Import Files to select the images youd like to turn into your video. Also select the order of the images to be played (by date or by ascending or descending order).
Choose the frame rate (fps), video quality, and bitrate. As a guide to fps, to make 10 seconds of time lapse a professional time lapse videographer will use 240 images editing at 24fps, 250 images editing at 25fps, and 300 photos editing at 30fps.
Press preview to view your video and tweak the settings until youre happy.
Once you think youve nailed it, save your video to make an MP4.
Dominic Bayley / Foundry
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ATX is the cockroach of PC hardware standards
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This past week, Adam published a look back at the past few decades of PC component history, through the lens of my colleague Gordon Mah Ungs career. The memories stretch from the mid-1990s (including Gordon in a full suit and tie) to the present day of contests for the slowest benchmark results. And by the end, I could see other people latching on to change as the biggest theme throughout.
The visual evidence is there: the move from beige boxes to bright, even obnoxiously colored chassis; shifting case configurations and attitudes toward cable management (oh, for the days when we could shove everything inside and just slap the side panel back on); even the leap to ferocious high core-count processors and screaming-fast graphics cards.
Vintage Alienware.Willis Lai / Foundry
But while others could argue that change has been the constant in computer hardware, Id instead champion ATX as one of the truest mainstaysand all the evidence of its steady, reliable presence over the past 30 years is right in the video.
In build after build, ATX is there. An over-the-top, ludicrously decked out Dream Machine built by the crew at Maximum PC? ATX. The machine that won the ongoing competition between Gordon and others (including our friend Dr. Ian Cuttress) for the slowest benchmark results in Cinebench R15? Also ATX. And even Gordons signature troll build, the reverse sleeper build that sported a shiny new case on the outside, and old-as-heck parts on the inside? Yeah, ATX.
Gordon had his bones to pick with ATXhe complained often that ATX was holding back the PC industry. (And I mean often, not just on The Full Nerd when the cameras were rolling.) But in the very next breath, he would then rail against companies like Apple, which has zero issue with (in Gordons words) throwing older tech overboard.
ATXs longevity is why you can put parts that look like this in a brand-new, sparkling clean case.
Willis Lai / Foundry
Ive always had a different outlook, largely along the lines of Gordons follow-up rant. Im open to a newer standard that evolves the layout of motherboards, sure. But I view the jump from the AT form factor to ATX more as a practical response, as opposed to just the insatiable hunger for innovation. ATX followed AT after a decade, bringing further improvements to standardization and swappability of parts. But when BTX launched nine years later, arguably on schedule, it failed to take.
Not enough innovation, you could argue. But I view it as a sign of what truly motivates leaps in technology, whether the advent of the printing press or desktop-sized personal computers. I also think ATXs ongoing relevance tells us a lot about the future of the PC. Innovation is a response to a need. As the PC industry has become increasingly more personal, with a far wider spectrum of options to address specific needs, what innovation looks like may continue to become smaller and more subtle. And possibly, it may even become less constant.
In this episode of The Full Nerd
Willis Lai / Foundry
In this episode of The Full Nerd, Adam Patrick Murray, Brad Chacos, Alaina Yee, and Will Smith talk about Intel being on the ropes, Zen 6s emergence in the wild, and AI in Windows. To me, I found a lot of commonalities between these topicsthey made me extremely contemplative about what innovation in the PC space will look like, because things feel a littleconfused.
Also, we got a glimpse into the remarkable details of the decor in Wills home office. All I can say is: That potato has a butt.
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This weeks intriguing nerd news
Im facing a second week in recent months where Im questioning my deal-hunting skills, but a few technology wins are keeping my spirits up. What currently has me a bit starry-eyed: insanely fast internet. So fast that Im a little giddy at the thought, even though I may never see it in my neck of the woods.
Whats old will become whats new.Wikimedia Commons
I cant top this data hoarders deal-hunting skills: Estate sales can be a good way to pick up useful, interesting, or downright quirky stuff for pretty cheap. But so far, I havent encountered any finds on the level of 11 Western Digital 8TB external hard drives for just $360. Man. What a score.
Turns out you can put a price on nostalgia: $349 bucks is the cost of reliving your best childhood memoriesaka getting your hands on a remade Commodore 64, compatible with over 10,000 C64 games and modernized to support HDMI, USB, and Wi-Fi. I hope this works out better than the Analogue 3D. (Not gonna lie, Im a little worried Analogue wont survive the tariffs, as theyre absorbing the higher costs.)
Self-destructing SSDs? Pass. Dont get me wrongTeamGroups reveal of an SSD that destroys itself with the push of a button got my attention. But look, Im cheap. Taking a hammer to my drives seems way simpler and costs a lot less. (As does taking them over to a company that has a proper shredder.) Also, if Im handling data sensitive enough to require instant obliterationwhy is it in my home?
The internet is built on duct tape and string: For systems engineers, DNS probably gives yall a lot of headaches. I certainly would have one, knowing just how fragile the system is. Or when seeing proof that malware can be casually slipped into DNS records. Fun.
Linux is winning: Just kidding, its still barely a fraction of users on desktop PCs. But it is gaining a little bit of headway in the U.S.weve now reached a milestone of over 5 percent market share.
You may need to finally upgrade your Gigabyte motherboard if its vulnerable to a new security exploit.Gigabyte
When will 6-cores become default? Well, not just yet: Brad floated the idea during this weeks episode that Zen 6 could shift to six-core CPUs as the baseline. But weve also commented multiple times on the show that the budget end isnt getting much attention. I guess those laments won out, as the hottest chip news this week is AMDs Ryzen AI 5 330, a four-core, eight-threaded Copilot+ laptop chip.
Update your Gigabyte motherboard ASAPif you can: Running an Intel processor? Perhaps one within the range of 8th gen to 11th gen? Is it sitting in a Gigabyte motherboard? Better check pronto if an update is available for it, because a vulnerability that lets attackers bypass Secure Boot was just disclosed. But if yours is too old, you may actually have to upgrade your hardware all together to avoid this security hole. ??
Why not just buy actual gold instead? Look, I know the RTX 4090 has largely held its value. And maybe thatll extend to the RTX 5090, too. But when I first saw Asuss RTX 5090 ROG Astral Real Gold Edition (aka the RTX 5090 made with 11 pounds of 24-carat gold), I thought, Surely investing in actual 24-carat gold bars would be the better call. Im a product of my upbringing, which includes very immigrant grandparents.
I want Japans fiber optic internet tech: The land of the fax machine is claiming a record-breaking transmission rate of 127,500GB/s (yes, the big B, so really fast) over a distance of roughly 1,100 miles. Sure, Id only use such speed to load cat videos instantaneously, but I still want it.
Catch you all next week, when hopefully the hot parts of the world are cooler, and the cold parts are warmer. Its 62 degrees right now in San Francisco. Also supposed to rain next week. Yup.
Alaina
This newsletter is dedicated to the memory of Gordon Mah Ung, founder and host of The Full Nerd, and executive editor of hardware at PCWorld.
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