Create a Timelapse

Topics included in this article:

• Overview
• Enable Timelapse
• Creating a Timelapse
• Optional Settings
• Helpful Links
• Contact Support or Sales

Overview

The Timelapse feature allows you to create condensed videos that showcase activity and changes captured by one or more cameras over extended periods of time. By compiling camera thumbnails collected over days, weeks, or months, timelapses provide an easy way to visualize construction progress, site activity, seasonal changes, and other long-term events. This article explains how to enable Timelapse on supported cameras, create and manage timelapse videos, and configure optional settings such as skipping nights or weekends and adding camera details or timestamps to the final video.

Enable Timelapse

The Timelapse feature compiles camera thumbnails spanning up to one year to create a timelapse video. This feature can only use thumbnails captured after it has been enabled. Any footage recorded before the feature is enabled is inaccessible. A timelapse can still be created even if the original footage has been overwritten.

Note: The Timelapse feature requires an Enterprise License. Footage recorded before the feature is enabled cannot be retrieved.

1. Navigate to "Settings" and click "Manage" below "Licenses & Features."

2. Click "Manage" for the camera on which you want to enable Timelapse.

3. Click the toggle beside "Timelapse" and click "Save."

Creating a Timelapse

1. Under "Settings," ensure the Timelapse feature is enabled via the device's enterprise license.

2. Navigate to the "Saved Video" page, then click the "Timelapses" tab along the top.

3. Click "Create Timelapse."

4. Using the dropdown menu, select up to 12 cameras for which you want to create a timelapse. Note: If you select a camera that does not have the Timelapse feature enabled, a warning appears below the camera name.

5. Name the timelapse, set its start and end dates, specify the clip duration, and select any optional settings at the bottom of the window. Click "Create Timelapse" when finished. Note: Creating the timelapse may take several minutes.

6. Once the timelapse has been created, it appears on the "Timelapses" tab of the "Saved Video" page. Select the checkbox in the upper-left corner of a timelapse thumbnail, then click the "Actions" menu to share or delete the timelapse.

Optional Settings

Below are descriptions of the optional settings that can be selected when creating a timelapse.

Helpful Links

• Interacting with the Timeline

• Save, Share, and Delete Video Clips

Contact Support or Sales

Have more questions? Contact Rhombus Support at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 2 or support@rhombus.com.

Interested in learning more? Contact Rhombus Sales at +1 (877) 746-6797 option 1 or sales@rhombus.com.