piLapser is a project that turns a Raspberry Pi into a powerful time-lapse photography device. It allows a user to create a new time-lapse that incorporates lateral motion of the camera in the midst of filming.
These instructions will get you a copy of the project up and running on your local machine for development and testing purposes. See deployment for notes on how to deploy the project on a live system.\
What things you need to install the software and how to install them
Python 3.6.0
Django 1.8
gphoto2
How to get the environment running
Install pip
python get-pip.py
Activate the virtual environment
source piENV/bin/activate\
Followed by installing django
sudo pip install Django==1.8\
Download the gphoto2 library
https://sourceforge.net/projects/gphoto/files/
Run the server
python3 manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000\
In order to access the application, connect the Pi to your local network and run ifconfig on the Pi in order to find the IP address of the machine. Assuming the IP address of the Pi is 1.2.3.4, connect via the following address.
http://1.2.3.4:8000/piLapse/
- Django - The server framework used
- gphoto2 - Camera control library
- Raspberry Pi - Hardware
- Bootstrap - Front end styling
- Jon Canning - Creator - canningj