Record Time-lapse Panel

Open the panel to record a time-lapse video of your painting process. It is possible to enable the recording directly in the New Artwork window. After you click the Start Recording button and click OK to create a New artwork, the recording will start.

Start Recording - Click the button to start recording the painting process on canvas. When the recording is in progress, the button changes to a red Stop Recording button: .

After the recording is stopped, the video will be automatically saved to your preferred location selected in the Record Settings. When the video is saved, the Start Recording button is grayed out.

Record Settings - Open the Record settings where you can set the following options for the time-lapse recording:

Capture Interval - Determines the frequency with which a capture of the canvas is made (0.1 sec - 10 sec).

For example, a Capture Interval of 1s means that a capture of the canvas is created every second.

Destination - Set the folder to which the final time-lapse will be saved.

Framerate - Determines the number of frames (captures) per second of the time-lapse video.

Codec - Choose the video codec (H.264 or H.265).

Quality - Set the quality of the video. The higher the quality, the larger the final video will be.

Resolution - Choose the resolution of the time-lapse video.

Canvas Size - Information about the current canvas size.

Video Size - Determines the size of the final video with the current canvas size and resolution settings.

How to determine the length of the time-lapse video (example): If you paint for 1 hour (3600 seconds) with the Capture Interval set to 1.0 sec and framerate set to 30 FPS, your time-lapse video will be 2 minutes long. To create longer videos, adjust the Capture Interval to lower values, the minimum value is 0.1. With Capture Interval = 0.1 sec, a 1-hour painting will create a 20-minute long time-lapse video.

Video tutorial

Get to know the time-lapse option in this video: Record Time-lapse Tool.

When you save the artwork as a REB file while recording, the recording settings will be remembered in the file. Upon re-opening the REB file you will be given the option to choose whether you would like to keep recording the painting process:

Click Yes to confirm - the recording will begin automatically. Click No or Cancel, the recording will not begin.

This time-lapse will be saved as a new video file recorded from the point of opening the REB file. You can merge the two or more time-lapses in a third-party video editing software.