Turn any video into a timelapse, a stop motion or a GIF.
Drop a video on the small Faster window. The window grows into an editor around your clip, so nothing is on screen before you need it.
Two controls do the work. The speed decides how much time is removed. The style decides how many frames survive. The preview plays the answer while you are still choosing.
Two controls
Speed removes time. Style removes frames.
Everything else in Faster is a default you can leave alone. These two decide what the result feels like, and the preview plays the answer before you commit to it.
Speed
How much time comes out. Here is one minute of video at every setting Faster offers.
- 2x 0:30 Audio kept
- 5x 0:12 Audio dropped
- 10x 0:06 Audio dropped
- 20x 0:03 The floor for this clip
- 50x needs 2:30 Longer source required
- 100x needs 5:00 Longer source required
The output is never allowed below three seconds. A speed that would cross that line is greyed out, and the chip says why. For a one minute clip that ceiling lands at 20x.
Style
How many frames survive. Same speed, three different textures.
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Smooth30 fps
Fluid. The speed-up reads as motion.
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Timelapse15 fps
The classic timelapse texture. Clouds and traffic look right here.
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Stop-motion8 fps
Pronounced frame by frame. Every step is visible.
Each strip is one second of film, drawn at that style's frame rate. Timelapse can also run at 12, 18 or 24 fps, and stop motion at 6, 10 or 12. Lower fps means a stronger frame by frame feel.
Features
Key features
Drop it and the window grows
Drag a video onto the small window and it morphs into a full editor around your clip. Choose Video works too, if the file is easier to find in a dialog.
A preview of the result, not the source
The preview plays exactly what will be written. Change a setting and it rebuilds, with the new duration and an estimated file size next to it.
Speed and style, separately
Speed runs 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x or 100x. Style sets the texture: smooth caps the output at 30 fps, timelapse at 15, stop-motion at 8.
Trim with the trimmer you know
Cut the start and the end with the native macOS trimmer, yellow handles and all. Remove the trim whenever you change your mind.
Video or GIF
Write an mp4, or an animated GIF that is scaled down until the whole loop is small enough to send. Looping, no audio, sized to stay shareable.
Audio that explains itself
Up to 4x the track is kept and time scaled with the pitch preserved. Above it the track is dropped, and Faster says why instead of letting it vanish.
Fast preview
A light copy is prepared in the background so playback stays smooth at high speeds. The export always uses the original. The cache is yours to clear.
Export on your terms
HEVC for the sharpest result, H.264 for maximum compatibility, or source quality. Cap the output height for a smaller file. Faster never upscales.
Export
Export as many ways as you like.
The clip stays open. The same source can leave as a timelapse, then a stop motion, then a GIF, one after another, and every file is named after the settings that made it.
Saved
0:30 · 1920x1080 · 2.4 MB
Video
An mp4, at the quality you pick.
- HEVC for the sharpest result at a sane size
- H.264 when compatibility matters more
- Source quality, with the bitrate taken from your own file
- Source resolution, or capped to a lower height such as 720p
- Never upscaled, at any setting
Animated GIF
Looping, no audio, sized to stay shareable.
- 256 colours per frame, as the format requires
- Frame rate held at or below 20 fps
- The picture is scaled down until the whole loop fits the budget
- A job that would still be unusably large is refused, not silently ruined
Dusk_Timelapse_10x_Stop-motion_1080p_HEVC.mp4
The name carries the source, the speed, the style, and for video the height and the codec. Export twice with different settings and nothing overwrites anything.
How it works
Four steps
Faster runs on your Mac. This is a picture of its window, so a file dropped here does nothing.
Numbers
Under the hood
| Speed | 2x, 5x, 10x, 20x, 50x, 100x |
|---|---|
| Styles | Smooth 30 fps · Timelapse 15 fps · Stop-motion 8 fps |
| Timelapse fps | 12, 15, 18, 24 (default 15) |
| Stop-motion fps | 6, 8, 10, 12 (default 8) |
| Format | Video (mp4) or animated GIF |
| Export | HEVC sharp, H.264 compatible, or source quality |
| Resolution | Source, or capped to a lower height. Never upscaled. |
| GIF limits | Up to 20 fps, long edge up to 480 px, sized to stay sendable |
| Audio | Kept with the pitch preserved up to 4x, muted above, or always muted |
| Minimum output | 3 seconds. Speeds that would go below it are unavailable. |
| Preview | Looping, with an optional proxy and a cache you can clear |
| Trim | One range, set with the native trimmer, reversible |
| System | macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later |
Lower fps means a stronger frame by frame feel. The preview plays from a light copy; the export uses the original quality.
Why Faster
A long clip is rarely interesting at its own pace. Faster gives you the two controls that actually change how a sped up video reads, shows you the answer before you commit, and keeps everything else out of the way. One window, a preview that loops, and a file at the end.
Need help?
Questions, bug reports and feature requests are all welcome.
Write to us at [email protected]
System requirements
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