SmartTimelapse

by runvs
Common Timelapse tools create a screenshot every x seconds. This fixed interval for all tools does not always fit the needs of a gamedev who does code, graphics and audio all by himself.

Smart Timelapse checks which of your windows is currenlty active and checks a file "intervals.txt" for a part of the window title string. So you can easily do a screenshot every two seconds when doing graphics and a screenshot every 20 seconds when you are coding.

The files will be named in a common manner so that tools like chronolapse and others can easily create videos out of the screenshots.

Please feel free to use or change Smart Timelapse. Released under GPL 3.

If you like it, drop me a message at twitter @Laguna_999.

Since it uses some OS specific features, this is a windows only project. I did not test it under Linux or Mac, but the chances it will run with mono are not very high. Sorry for that.

Comments7

Mallot129 May 2014, 21:36
Very Cool! Great Job! :D GameGrape Corporation: www.codingrevolution.blogspot.com
Tosic1 Jun 2014, 06:37
It somehow seems to me that you built this in VB, but its cool anyway, but do you know until when are the submissions for tool jam opened
Tosic1 Jun 2014, 06:37
Actually, being built in VB isn't a bad thing at all
Filth and Money4 Jun 2014, 09:05
Very smart idea. Would like something like this for mac.
runvs
runvsauthor5 Jun 2014, 18:17
Thank you for trying SmartTimelapse!

Nope, not built in VB but in C#. :D

As i said, you can try running it with mono but i am not
sure whether it will work.

Though the source code is released under GPL. you can try adapting it to any platform you want.
Tosic5 Jun 2014, 18:46
Okay, wanna try my tool, its a game engine called LDML!
Simon Love8 Jun 2014, 15:29
Tried it a few times with a few different programs (Torque 2D, Torsion, C++, Gimp) and every time it crashes without creating output files (GDI+ error). Maybe I need some VB redistributables?

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