Time-Lapse for Android™ -Controlled Capture


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Controlled Capture Help Guide

Controlled Capture not only makes it easy to capture pictures and videos; it also allows you to capture time-sequenced and controlled images automatically, creating time-lapse and slow motion videos. This exposes you to a whole new world of uses for your phone or tablet's camera.

Controlled Capture is the only time-lapse Android application that allows you to create Android video movies from your time-lapse image sequences for playback on your Android phone or tablet, or to share the movie with family and friends.

With Controlled Capture you can record slow and fast events, such as a flower opening or a friend's golf swing, and then observe the intricate details of these events. The flower opening is seemingly sped up and the golf swing can be slowed down frame by frame to allow analysis of the swing.

Controlled Capture has two modes of operation: Image Capture Mode and Video Capture Mode. In Image Mode, individual or timed snap shots can be acquired, which are saved in a Project folder that you name. Individual Snap Shot allows you to make stop motion animations with your camera. The timed snap shots allow you to control the time interval between image capture, to allow you to take time-lapse pictures of long term events.The Project folder can be played back via the built-in Image Player or be converted to an Android movie for playback on your Android device. Please note that movie files are named by the time-stamp or file name of the first image in your time-lapse sequence in your Project folder.

In the video mode, regular videos are easy to acquire and it also allows you to take timed videos, meaning you set how long the video is taken so that you too can be included in the family movie that you want to share. The integrated Video Player allows you to play back the movie at normal speeds or slowed down so you can see the action frame by frame.

Controlled Capture allows you to set various camera settings for each Project to control the white-balance, flash mode, focus mode, and camera sound. The Menu driven commands allow you to easily peruse the images and movies in your Projects and also review the current settings for your Project.

Two versions of Controlled Capture are available; Controlled Capture Lite, which allows you to test the application to see if it is useful for you, and a Controlled Capture Pro. The Lite version has some features disabled and the Pro version has all features enabled to make the most of your image or video taking experience.

Controlled Capture was written for the Android™ 2.2 platform and fully tested on these devices for proper operation:

  • T-Mobile® G2™ with Google™
  • Sprint™ Samsung Epic™ 4G

Though we test our software thoroughly we know bugs can slip through. Controlled Capture Systems welcomes any and all bug reports to help us provide to you with top quality software and applications. If you find a bug, please send us a detailed list of actions that you performed in the application to receive the error. This will allow us to replicate your bug in-house so that we can fix it quickly and provide you an update. We also ask that you please sent us an email and let us know about your experiences with Controlled Capture on your device, so that we can include your device in the list above. If you would like to see a new feature implemented in Controlled Capture, please let us know as customer suggestions greatly drive the development of this application.

Screen Shots

Controlled Capture Permissions Screen
Controlled Capture Permissions Screen


Controlled Capture Main Screen
Controlled Capture Main Screen


Controlled Capture Set Time Screen
Controlled Capture Set Time Screen


Controlled Capture Main Menu Screen
Controlled Capture Main Menu Screen


Controlled Capture Player Screen
Controlled Capture Player Screen


Controlled Capture Player Menu
Controlled Capture Player Menu


Controlled Capture Main Video Screen
Controlled Capture Main Video Screen


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