How to Make a Night Lapse Video with a GoPro

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Find a spot to place your GoPro.

   Place your Gopro aimed at what you want to shoot.
   
   It is a good idea to take a few test photo's prior to setting it up for the night lapse shoot.
   
   When shooting the sky make sure you have some low-lit building, trees, ... in the frame.
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   Step 2: Set up your GoPro for the night lapse shoot.

   ,,,, Your GoPro will continue to take pictures until you press the shutter button again. ,,,, In the second step you can speed up the video or make other visual adaptations when desired. ,
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   Step 3: Go to Multi Shot Mode using the power button

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   Step 4: Open the settings menu.

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   Step 5: Change to Night Lapse mode.

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   Step 6: Start shooting by pressing the shutter button.

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   Step 7: After a couple of hours

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   Step 8: when you feel like you have enough footage

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   Step 9: stop shooting by pressing the shutter button.

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    Step 10: Import the pictures to your computer.

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    Step 11: Using Gopro Studio

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    Step 12: you can convert the pictures into a video

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    Step 13: which it will do automatically when you convert them.

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    Step 14: Press convert to proceed to the second step.

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    Step 15: Export the video and your night lapse video is done!

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