One of the interesting details about WoW landscapes is that they don’t hold still. It might sound like an obvious thing to experienced gamers, but take the time look at how the world around you is moving, changing, and living. These are little details that’s easy to miss, because it’s not like you see the world spinning by on a timelapse video.

Explore Timelapse by Mdaabil changes that. This video captures 88 zones in the space of seven minutes, stringing over 100,000 screenshots together into a coherent timelapse video. The creator kept the work in over 950 folders on his system while creating the video, finally choosing a mere 164 scenes for the final video.

Our hat’s off to Mdaabil for a fun, inspiring video.

Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com.

Filed under: WoW MoviewatchWoW Moviewatch: Explorer Timelapse originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. | Permalink | Email this | Comments

One of the interesting details about WoW landscapes is that they don’t hold still. It might sound like an obvious thing to experienced gamers, but take the time look at how the world around you is moving, changing, and living. These are little details that’s easy to miss, because it’s not like you see the world spinning by on a timelapse video.

Explore Timelapse by Mdaabil changes that. This video captures 88 zones in the space of seven minutes, stringing over 100,000 screenshots together into a coherent timelapse video. The creator kept the work in over 950 folders on his system while creating the video, finally choosing a mere 164 scenes for the final video.

Our hat’s off to Mdaabil for a fun, inspiring video.

Interested in the wide world of machinima? We have new movies every weekday here on WoW Moviewatch! Have suggestions for machinima we ought to feature? Toss us an email at moviewatch@wowinsider.com.

Filed under: WoW MoviewatchWoW Moviewatch: Explorer Timelapse originally appeared on WoW Insider on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. | Permalink | Email this | Comments