Take color-accurate timelapses of your screens and cameras on MacOS
A menu bar application for creating screen and camera timelapses while keeping file sizes manageable
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TimeLapze is a minimalist, menu bar application for creating color accurate screen and camera timelapses while keeping file sizes manageable
Color accuracy is an important feature which prevents you from recording washed-out, photocopied-looking time lapses
ScreenCaptureKit
to only record certain windows, applications and more. Never leak your bank information in recordings again!Get Timelapse on the App Store:
Download on the App Store
Install TimeLapze via Homebrew:
brew install timelapze
Download the latest version from the Releases page.
TimeLapze.zip
TimeLapze.app
Applications
folderTo develop TimeLapze locally, you will need to clone and open this repository in XCode.
Once that’s done, you can use the following commands to run the app locally:
git clone https://github.com/wkaisertexas/ScreenTimeLapse
cd ScreenTimeLapse
open TimeLapze.xcodeproj
Following this, you need to allow the app to be built for local signing.
Contributions are welcome! Here’s how you can contribute:
TimeLapze is released under the MIT License, ensuring open-source availability
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Apple’s screen recorder converts the display’s color space from DCI_P3 to sRGB. This subtle error makes it unsuitable for color-sensitive work. Even HDR video struggles with persistent overexposure issues in screenshots. ↩︎