Timelapse
Timelapse records the development of your artwork and exports it as a video. Use timeline playback to watch the finished animation; timelapse instead shows the drawing process and does not capture the app interface. For a quick walkthrough, see record and export your drawing process.
Configure timelapse recording
Check Timelapse in the new-project dialog before drawing. For an existing project, open Menu ▸ Sprite ▸ Timelapse Properties to check or change its recording state. Enabling it starts future capture; it cannot recreate earlier work.
Recording controls differ by platform:
| Platform | Recording properties |
|---|---|
| iOS | Recording switch, Quality, and Speed. Quality sets the recording-resolution multiplier; speed controls how the drawing process is condensed. Changes affect future recording, while earlier segments keep their original settings. |
| Desktop and Android | Recording switch, recorded frame count, and export/data-management entries. Playback speed is set when exporting. |
Check the switch directly rather than inferring it from canvas size. Idle time is not recorded, so the speed ratio is not an exact conversion between working time and video duration.
Export a timelapse
Choose Timelapse from the export menu. On desktop and Android, the full path is Menu ▸ File ▸ Export ▸ Timelapse.
The export dialog lets you place the finished artwork at the start or end, set its display time, and adjust magnification:
- For an animated result, set the animation loop count.
- For a single-frame result, set the still-image display time.
- On desktop and Android, also set playback speed and video bitrate. On iOS, the recording speed is configured in the recording properties above.
Check the displayed output resolution and duration before exporting. The artwork's animation timing and the speed of its recorded drawing process are separate settings.
Manage stored timelapse data
Open Settings ▸ File & Storage ▸ Timelapse Data Manager to check storage use and remove recordings older than a chosen number of days. Review the cleanup range and export videos you want to keep before deleting data.
Recording data is stored separately from the project and is not included in a .resprite backup. A project file preserves the editable artwork, while an exported video preserves a viewable process; neither restores the original recording history for continued recording. See what a project backup includes.
Turning recording off stops future capture and does not automatically export existing data. To investigate a possible slowdown, compare behaviour with recording disabled in a test copy.