How to create a time-lapse movie

To start recording the movie, click the Start Recording button. The button's text and icon will change, the text will now read Stop Recording. To stop recording the movie, click the Stop Recording button.

A image or frame will be captured and added to the recording movie at an interval determined by the position of the Time Lapse slider.

If the Time Lapse slider is set to the far left, No Delay, a frame will be added as fast as possible to the recording movie. If the interval value is set to 10 seconds, then a frame will be captured and added every 10 seconds. If the interval value is set to 1 minute, then a frame will be captured and added every minute.

The recorded movie will be added as a thumbnail to the clips scroll view at the bottom of the main window. Double-clicking on a thumbnail will open that movie with the QuickTime Player.

A movie can also be recorded by holding the capture button on the microscope for at least 2 seconds. The movie will stop recording once the capture button on the microscope is released.

The recorded movie will be saved in the directory specified in the QXScope Preferences. The filename of the movie will have the following format, YYYY-MM-DD-nnnn.mov, where nnnn is the movie number captured for a given day. Each day the counter will be reset to 0000. If the filename already exists, a -1, -2, etc. will be appended to the filename.

The size or resolution of the recorded movie can be set in the QXScope Preferences.