Fiji/timelapse-to-movie/Making-a-movie.md

+# Making a movie in Fiji
+
+
+* Open the image.
+
+* Select a region of interest with the rectangle tool.  Make a note of the parts of the time series you're interested in.  In this example the start is frame 80 and en is frame 280.
+
+* Duplicate (`Image > Duplicate...` or `Shift+D`) and restrict to times you're interest in:
+
+![](media/duplicate_region.png) 
+
+* Add a scale bar (optional).  `Analyze > Tools > Scale Bar...`.  Make sure it is not an overlay and that all slices are selected.
+
+![](media/add_scale_bar.png)
+
+* Add a time stamp (optional). Find out the frame interval (`Image > Properties` or `Shift+P`). Now add the timestamp by going to `Image > Stacks > Time Stamper`.  
+	* Enter the frame interval in the interval box.
+	* If you want the absolute time multiple the starting frame by the frame interval.  In this example the start time would be 
+$$\text{Starting Time}=80 \times 0.12\,\text{ sec}=9.6\,\text{sec}$$
+
+![](media/timestamp.png)
+
+* Export to AVI by going to `File > Save As > AVI..`.  The frame rate determines how quickly the images change in the movie.
+
+![](media/export_to_avi.png)
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