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Time-Lapse Filming on iPhone

In the iPhone's Camera app, Time-Lapse mode captures footage by taking photos at set intervals (e.g., every 0.5 to 10 seconds) and then stitches them together into a video, typically played back at a standard frame rate like 30 frames per second (fps). This creates a sped-up effect, where longer recording times result in faster apparent playback because more real-world time is compressed into the same video duration. For example, a 1-hour recording might be condensed into a 30-second video, making motion appear much faster. Why the Replay Seems Faster for Longer Recordings - Dynamic Frame Capture : The iPhone adjusts the interval between captured frames based on recording duration. For shorter time-lapses (e.g., under 10 minutes), it might capture a frame every 0.5 seconds. For longer recordings, it increases the interval (e.g., every 8 seconds) to keep the final video length manageable (typically 20–40 seconds). This means a longer recording compresses more time, making the playba...

Excel Function: Switch

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The SWITCH function evaluates one value (called the  expression)  against a list of values, and returns the result corresponding to the first matching value. If there is no match, an optional default value may be returned.  Syntax SWITCH(expression, value1, result1, [default or value2, result2],…[default or value3, result3]) Argument Description expression (required) Expression is the value (such as a number, date or some text) that will be compared against value1…value126. value1…value126 ValueN  is a value that will be compared against expression. result1…result126 ResultN  is the value to be returned when the corresponding  valueN  argument matches expression.  ResultN  and must be supplied for each corresponding  valueN  argument. default (optional) Default is the value to return in case no matches are found in the  valueN  expressions. The Default argument is identified by having no corresponding  resultN  e...

Excel Function: TextSplit

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Syntax =TEXTSPLIT(text,col_delimiter,[row_delimiter],[ignore_empty], [match_mode], [pad_with]) The TEXTSPLIT function syntax has the following arguments: text        The text you want to split. Required.  col_delimiter        The text that marks the point where to spill the text across columns. row_delimiter        The text that marks the point where to spill the text down rows. Optional. ignore_empty        Specify TRUE to ignore consecutive delimiters. Defaults to FALSE, which creates an empty cell. Optional. match_mode     Specify 1 to perform a case-insensitive match. Defaults to 0, which does a case-sensitive match. Optional. pad_with            The value with which to pad the result. The default is #N/A. Remarks If there is more than one delimiter, then an array constant must be used. For example, to split by both...

Excel Function - CONCATENATE / CANCAT (new)

Use  CONCATENATE , one of the  text functions , to join two or more text strings into one string. Syntax:  CONCATENATE(text1, [text2], ...) For example: =CONCATENATE("Stream population for ", A2, " ", A3, " is ", A4, "/mile.") =CONCATENATE(B2, " ",C2) Argument name Description text1     (required) The first item to join. The item can be a text value, number, or cell reference. Text2, ...     (optional) Additional text items to join. You can have up to 255 items, up to a total of 8,192 characters. Examples To use these examples in Excel, copy the data in the table below including the Data header, and paste it in cell A1 of a new worksheet. Data brook trout Andreas Hauser species Fourth Pine 32 Formula Description =CONCATENATE("Stream population for ", A2, " ", A3, " is ", A4, "/mile.") Creates a sentence by joining the data in column A with other text. The result is Stream population for brook trou...