Comments on: Epoch http://www.smackie.org/notes/2006/03/07/epoch/ Notes on photography, image software and Cocoa programming Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:43:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David Cain http://www.smackie.org/notes/2006/03/07/epoch/comment-page-1/#comment-214 David Cain Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:50:11 +0000 http://www.smackie.org/Notes/2006/03/08/epoch/#comment-214 <p>I'm interested in Epoch as well. Is it open - i.e., scriptable, or redirectable? I'm looking for an intervalometer solution that can also fire a shell script or applescript for every shot.</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>DC</p> I’m interested in Epoch as well. Is it open – i.e., scriptable, or redirectable? I’m looking for an intervalometer solution that can also fire a shell script or applescript for every shot.

Thanks

DC

]]> By: Leo Meier http://www.smackie.org/notes/2006/03/07/epoch/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Leo Meier Fri, 30 Jun 2006 02:44:54 +0000 http://www.smackie.org/Notes/2006/03/08/epoch/#comment-118 <p>Hi Scott,</p> <p>I've read your notes with great interest. I've been searching for a software such as you've described. If you could manage to make Epoch work, that would set me free to follow some exciting ideas and visions I've had.</p> <p>Sadly, software creation is a long way from my world right now, although I'd love to learn and experiment - just never enough time. In my dreams that will change one day.</p> <p>For my vision, the software would allow flexible time-lapse not only over long periods of time, but also within a short period of time. By flexible I mean non-linar. In addition to setting up shoot interval periods globally, I would like to be able to set exposure triggers along a time-line axis for multiple cameras (multiple angles).</p> <p>I would see this a bit like the timeline in movie software such as iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Studio. Each camera would have its own "track". All tracks could either be triggered in sync or simply by sliding each trigger along the time line. Triggers for each track could be set similarly to how tabs are set, with the difference that the axix is time rather than distance. Input for a time-lapse sequence could be set both by time values, starting from a command as well as by setting real date/time values. Very small increments would be great to allow high-rez slow-down of short-term fast actions (limited by the camera's shooting rate, of course).</p> <p>What do you think about this approach? Could you make something like this work? Could you point me to any URLs that relate to this matter that might get me a bit further?</p> <p>I would very much appreciate it, if you could let me know when Epoch is ready and if I can be of any help whatsoever within my limited knowledge, please say the word.</p> <p>Cheers, Leo</p> Hi Scott,

I’ve read your notes with great interest. I’ve been searching for a software such as you’ve described. If you could manage to make Epoch work, that would set me free to follow some exciting ideas and visions I’ve had.

Sadly, software creation is a long way from my world right now, although I’d love to learn and experiment – just never enough time. In my dreams that will change one day.

For my vision, the software would allow flexible time-lapse not only over long periods of time, but also within a short period of time. By flexible I mean non-linar. In addition to setting up shoot interval periods globally, I would like to be able to set exposure triggers along a time-line axis for multiple cameras (multiple angles).

I would see this a bit like the timeline in movie software such as iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Studio. Each camera would have its own “track”. All tracks could either be triggered in sync or simply by sliding each trigger along the time line. Triggers for each track could be set similarly to how tabs are set, with the difference that the axix is time rather than distance. Input for a time-lapse sequence could be set both by time values, starting from a command as well as by setting real date/time values. Very small increments would be great to allow high-rez slow-down of short-term fast actions (limited by the camera’s shooting rate, of course).

What do you think about this approach? Could you make something like this work? Could you point me to any URLs that relate to this matter that might get me a bit further?

I would very much appreciate it, if you could let me know when Epoch is ready and if I can be of any help whatsoever within my limited knowledge, please say the word.

Cheers, Leo

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