Cant find this topic anywhere and every youtube video ive seen is the pro, can anyone help me with details on how to complete this challenge
No mention of Hyperlapse function.
- Google-fu (“does dji mini 3 do hyperlapse”):
Take some footage and then speed it up in a video editor.
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This link is misleading as its for the pro
If you really want to go for the photography-based option, I think Litchi works with the Mini 3.
But, personally, I’d start with this 
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It’s not… the pro manual is different:
Litchi is no good for us with the RC controller. So speeding up footage is the only way you can get a hyperlapse style video with a Mini 3.
Or…
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Or…
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There’s a brand new RC-N1 blah blah was just typing it lol …. 
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It’s not a link, it’s a picture (I assume this is what you’re referring to), and it’s written right there in bold text: “The mini 3 doesnt have the hyperlapse features.” If anything, the guy’s video title may be slightly misleading.
Anyway, you’ve been given several other options for achieving it now. Good luck with your hyperlapsing. 
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I’ve given up with this, I can’t get it to not come out looking bumpy/jerky
What are you using to edit? I normally use DaVinci but for the hyperlapse I quick transferred the video to my phone and sped it up in iMovie. You can only do 2x in iMovie so exported, reimported and sped up again and again.
And this was the result…
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How come not sped up all in da vinci? Not challenging, just want to know, I entered one (my first attempt at hyperlapse) in the last rtf did it in da vinci. Must admit wasn’t exactly smooth.
You better not be challenging me methods 
Laziness really. I couldn’t be bothered to copy the video over to edit it in DaVinci, it was easier to do it on my phone.
There is a smoothing setting in DaVinci but off the top of my head I don’t know how you apply it. Someone will be along soon to explain or I may have a dig into it later.
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Yep…. Capture it in CINE mode and speed it up. Exactly the same effect as hyperlapse.
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Possibly your project manager settings. The frame rate in the PM settings, has to match the frame rate settings that you take the video in. When I first started using DaVinci, I just used to import the video clips I’d took into the library, edit then render the video. Always looked decidedly jumpy. Asked on a forum and was told the PM frame rate has to be set the same as the FR the video was taken in. So now when creating a new project, my first stop before anything is setting the frame rate in the project manager. 
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Ah! Thanks I’ll have a look at that, have just been using auto “match project rate to something or other!), usually 27. ??. This software is huge and struggling to get my head around it. I’m really a still’s photographer, so understanding the language in videography is an uphill challenge.
Then there is learning how to control the drone smoothly, just when I think I’ve got it, I push a leaver or dial the wrong way. It’s a bit like typing, I can clatter along nicely then clunk all the arms get caught up together.
When I first started with DaVinci I too used to let it auto match the frame rate. Usually I’m videoing in 30fps, whereas DaVinci usually defaults to 25 / 27 fps. This mismatch in frame rate is what causes slight glitches in the video rendering.
There’s a wealth of videos on YouTube devoted to DaVinci Resolve. Anything you want to know, YouTube has the answer
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Hi MB4K3R,
I have a mini 3 (not pro) drone bought in error thinking it was the pro - duh, slow or what.
That aside, the mini 3 doesn’t have a built-in hyperlapse function but that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve something useful.
The first approach I used was to fly the drone as slowly as I could manage and have the photo mode set to timed shot. This provides an option to automatically take a photo at intervals starting at 3 seconds up to a minute (I think). The individual photos can then be opened in Davinci Resolve as a sequence. The frame rate etc. is up to you to mess with.
An alternative method I use is to fly in a smooth, steady manor, no erratic moves whilst recoding video as normal for as long as the battery allows. The resultant video is opened in Blender 3D software where it is possible to automatically extract every nth frame, i.e. 1 frame every (say) 60. Something to experiment with. The individual frames are then imported into Davinci and away you go.
I also use it a lot for time lapse photography with an ordinary still camera and it works a treat.
Hope this helps, good luck.
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