Temporal Accumulation
Long-exposure timelapse video
Only for Mac
Free
Mac
Temporal Accumulation transforms time-lapse image sequences into ethereal, long-exposure videos. Feed it hundreds or thousands of frames from a locked camera, and it accumulates them over time, blending motion into ghostly, molasses-like trails that reveal how the world moves when you compress hours into seconds.
The name is the method: each new frame is blended into a running composite with an exponential moving average, so motion pools into light while static structure stays sharp.
WHAT IT DOES
- Reads image sequences (JPEG, TIFF, PNG) from any folder
- Applies exponential moving average accumulation across a configurable trail length (2 to 1000 frames)
- Outputs ProRes 4444, ProRes 422, HEVC, H.264, lossless 16-bit TIFF, or PNG frame sequences
KEY FEATURES
- Trail Length: Control how many frames blend together (2–1000)
- Brightness compensation: Adjust exposure of the accumulated result
- Exposure normalization: Automatically matches ISO, shutter, and aperture across frames using EXIF data
- Deflicker: Gaussian-smoothed luminance correction eliminates timelapse flicker
- Color: exposure, gain, contrast, temperature, tint and saturation on the composite
- Render Range: Process a subset of your sequence
- Real-time preview: Scrub through frames with live parameter feedback
- Preview quality: Fast, Balanced or Full while you work; final renders are always full quality
BUILT FOR PRO WORKFLOWS
Temporal Accumulation is designed for photographers and filmmakers who shoot time-lapses and want to create something beyond a standard sped-up video. The accumulation technique produces a painterly, contemplative quality: light trails, ghost figures, weather patterns dissolving into texture.
Everything runs on your Mac. No accounts, no network, no telemetry.
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- Pure black frames (a lens cap, a fade to black) are now rendered instead of being skipped as unreadable.
- When a folder holds two files with the same name (for example IMG_1.jpg and IMG_1.tif), the app uses one of them and says how many it set aside, instead of rendering both and overwriting output frames.
- Resuming a stopped image-sequence render now rewrites any earlier frames that were deleted from the output folder.
The developer, ciamac parhizi, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- ciamac parhizi
- Size
- 1.5 MB
- Category
- Photo & Video
- Compatibility
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Ciamac Parhizi
