How to make a time lapse video in iMovie using a point and shoot camera?

QuickTime Pro.
Open your .mov file, select all and Copy.
Open a one or two minute audio file (or trim one to that size) and "Add to Selection & Scale" (Edit menu).
Movie Properties window to "Extract" this new Video track.
If your source file had a "normal" frame rate (30 fps) it will now have an absurdly fast rate. It may take a fast CPU to play it correctly.

Kirk, I think Nancy wants to just take a frame from her video every minute or so, so that the 45 minute video runs for, say, 45 seconds.

I don't think she wants to "speed it up" and make it run at breakneck speed, but wants to put together frames taken at a particular interval ..e.g; one frame per minute.

I'm sure you know how best to do that using QuickTime. Any suggestions?

(..Otherwise, Nancy, choose a point in your video - using iMovie - about one minute into the video and then use 'Create Still Frame' (or Shift Apple'S') and make the new still frame just a few moments long ..repeat through your 45 minute movie. Drag all those 45 stills together and you have a time-lapse movie. You could make each of them one-and-a-half seconds long, and apply a half-second Cross Dissolve between each of them. You'd then have a less "stuttery" and smoother time-lapse video..)

Hi Nancy

I've found iM to be a little fussy when trying to make a time lapse video. The resolution on the individual frames to be a bit off. I find it easier to use a third party application, iStopmotion by Boinx Software. you can try it for free. See it here: http://boinx.com/istopmotion/overview/home/

Let us know how your project turns out.

Carl

David asked if I had any suggestions and I do. QuickTime Player Pro.
Export "Movie to Image Sequence" and set the frame rate at 1 (or any number or decimal).
Import the image sequence and set the FPS to 30.
Delete the images folder when happy with the results.
If your source file was 30 FPS you'll now take just one frame of the 30 as an image file.
During import of the image files you'll "reset" the frame rate to 30.

Hi Nancy

What model of Canon Camera are you using? Please let us know. You should be able to plug in your camera and iStopMotion will recognize it. Set up your project in iSM -- frame rate etc. Start playing the mov file from the camera. Press the red record button on the iSM interface to take a picture frame. If you are importing manually keep pressing the button for each frame you want in the time lapse.

Carl