After a week from its release, Hyperlapse from Instagram app have gotten mixed reviews from users with some lauding its good stability feature while some complain about its too few production features for timelapse video.
The free iPhone Instagram app Hyperlapse enables users to shoot videos on timelapse mode in motion. Writing in PC Magazine, Michael Muchmore found the Instagram app Hyperlapse, "impressive and fun to use."
He also praised its simple interface and hassle-free, no-sign-up-needed feature. He also noted that with Hyperlapse from Instagram app, users can adjust the focus of the videos, just like the default feature in iPhone cameras.
However, he also shared that the app only works with videos shot using Hyperlapse. Also, the new Hyperlapse from Instagram app can only be shared on Instagram or Facebook.
Meanwhile, Yahoo also gave a thumbs up sign on the way the Hyperlapse app does everything for the user, "from stabilizing the image (great if you don't have a tripod or are shooting freeform) to adjusting for lighting and increasing the speed of the time lapse. Capable of shooting up to 45 minutes of footage, the app reduces what used to be an expensive and time-consuming process to a whimsical activity." However, they are also quick to point out that the actual shareable video only lasts up to 15 seconds.
Chris Welch from The Verge also took the Hyperlapse app to the test on a walk to the Times Square and discovered that the app actually creates smooth, cinematic videos for guys with shaky hands.
"I've got shakier hands than most, and the iPhone's native camera tries its best to make up for that. But Hyperlapse would actually make you believe my hands were steady as I did my best to navigate one of New York's busiest streets. They most definitely weren't, and yet Hyperlapse still came up with a pretty cinematic finished product," he shared.
"It's not altogether perfect; you can see the software at work if you focus on specific elements of a scene (lights, text, etc.). And you'll need to adjust exposure manually with a tap - almost certainly by design. But when you step back and watch the clip as a whole, it's pretty striking," he added.
While demonstrating its creative use for speed, users felt deprived of the creative filters which made Instagram famous.
In the same Yahoo report, it also noted that "Hyperlapse requires abundant light for its algorithm to work" which may affect users who wanted to shoot timelapse videos inside rooms with low light, indoors or even during the night.
Overall, experts seem thrilled about this new app that can make amateur and even professional iPhone videographers create cinematic videos with just a tap of a finger.
