Make a time-lapse with your webcam
Sunsets, clouds rolling by, a plant opening, a cake rising, a painting from blank canvas to finished: time-lapses turn slow change into something mesmerising. This time-lapse camera online captures one frame at a time from your webcam or phone and stitches them into a video when you’re done, with no app and no account.
Choosing an interval
- 0.5–1 s: fast action like people, traffic or cooking.
- 2–5 s: clouds, crafts, tidying a room, a work session.
- 10–60 s: sunsets, plants, weather and slow changes over hours.
The estimate next to the controls tells you how long the finished video will be at 30 frames per second.
Tips for a smooth time-lapse
Keep the camera completely still, using a stand, tripod or a stack of books. Plug in your laptop or phone. Keep this tab open in the foreground. Avoid auto-exposure flicker by keeping the lighting steady. And for long captures, use a longer interval so memory use stays reasonable, since each frame is kept until the video is made.
Want to catch movement instead of slow change? Try the motion detector, which snaps a photo whenever something moves.