Much simpler then command line, decent layout, and good options.

Im primarily a linux user, so although I tend to go to command line and enjoy it, I wanted something that would give me a decent gui so I could crop as needed before rendering. Time-Lapse does this and more in spades. (I might add its competitor Sequence does not do this as of Mar 2013.)

I tend to use either a GoPro Hero 1, Hero 3 Black, or a Canon SLR and this renders the HD quality images into a video editable mov file (of your choice). Its fairly intuitive, but does require a bit of a learning curve and some technical parsing of the manual to fully utilize the options. Specifically the Custom Crop option is confusing and the manipulation isnt smooth, also theres no saving your crop short of using an animation file (which doesnt render compressed). This leaves areas for improvement, but its still very useable and much, much simpler then other time lapse rendering techniques (i.e. command line ffmpeg for starters).

The Filter Panel is a very nice enhancement, and almost worth the purchase alone. The ability to quickly and easily modify & crop the basics of your images, get visual feedback, and then render it for a quick view (i.e. using a rate increase) definately puts time-lapse at the top of my time lapse rendering apps.

I havent tried time-lapse with more then about 8000 frames, but I do have some upcoming that I will be testing it against and if I see issues Ill report back.

wonderfullyrich about Time-Lapse