STEP 1 - CREATE TIME-LAPSE TASK
- Create a new Task and name it "Time-Lapse"
STEP 2 - LAUNCH CAMERA
In this example I'm using the default Android camera.
- Add an "App" action
- Select your favorite camera app
STEP 3 - INITIALIZE COUNT
This variable will be used to count how many photos we took in this time-lapse so we know when to end it.
- Set a new variable named %count to 0
STEP 4 - WAIT
- Add a 3 second "Wait" action
- Label that action "Start"
By labeling this action, we are creating a handy reference point that we want to come back to. This will create a loop that takes multiple photos in a row.This wait serves 2 purposes: it waits for 3 seconds before taking the first photo and also waits for 3 seconds between taking each photo. Change this value to the value of your liking to create a shorter or longer time-lapse.
- Accept to go back to Tasker
STEP 5 - TAKE PHOTO
- Add an "AutoInput Action" Tasker action
- Select the "Easy Setup" option
- Open the camera app you selected before and pull down on the notification bar or press the volume down key to start capturing the field you want to click
- touch the shutter button in your camera app
- touch the "Accept" button in the AutoInput notification and go back to Tasker.
- Select the field that represents your camera's shutter button
- Select the "click" action, accept these settings and go back to the task
STEP 6 - INCREMENT COUNT
This action will increment the %count variable by 1. Since we initialized it with 0, it will now have the value 1
- Add a "Variable Add" Tasker action
- In the name field write %count
STEP 7 - REPORT PROGRESS
This will make a small flash appear on the screen after taking a photo, reporting how many photos were taken
- Add a "Flash" action
- In the Text field write "Took photo nr %count"
STEP 8 - GO BACK TO THE START IF NEEDED
- Add a "Goto" Tasker action
- In the Type field, select "Label"
- in the Label field, select the "Start" label
- Add an "If" condition to this action and set it to %count less than 3
This will make the task go back to the action labeled "Start" as long as the %count variable is less than 3. In practice, this means that after 3 photos are be taken, the Goto action will not run anymore. In a timelaps you probably want to take hundreds of photos, so set this value to something like 100 in a real situation
STEP 9 - POPUP DONE
- Add a Tasker 3 second wait action (not shown in the video)
If you don't add this wait action the popup will probably show up before the last photo is actually taken.
- Add a "Popup" action with the text "Done"
STEP 10 - TEST
You should see your device open the camera app, take 3 photos, each 3 seconds apart, and then show a popup with the word "Done"
- Press the "Play" button
Create a Time-lapse Feature on Your Favorite Photo App
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