First, dealing with hundreds of images is a bit of work! Test the process with a subset first 1. Use LightRoom to convert images to JPEGS Takes a couple of hours to read and convert 'em all Watch and adjust for exposure and white balance changes 2. Align Images (would be unneccessary if tripod didn't move and/or wasn't bumped) Rename images to #### Fire up Virtual Dub and open first image - will pull the rest in Config Deshaker Pass 1: Scale-Full, Pixels-All, Disable Detect Zoom and Detect Scenes Run Video Analysis - takes 30 minutes Pass 2: Set smoothness on -1 (fix on first image perspective) Export Image Sequence - takes 10 minutes 3. Run through Photoship to Saved Level'ed Profile - takes 10 minutes 4. Photoship crop to 4608x2592 - 5 minutes 5. Photoshop resize to 3840x2160 and smart sharpen - 10 minutes 6. VirtualDub strips the EXIF, so need to put it back in using some source images sftp both sets (have numbered with same basename) to Linux box exiv2 -v insert -l/with-exif-directory -S.jpeg /no-EXIF-directory 7. Run IrfanView to put time-stamp on File->Batch Conversion/Rename Get Files - Add ALL Advanced -> Add Overlay Text $E36867(%Y_%m_%d) $E36867(%H:%M:%S) (10,10) coordinates from Left Top Antialiased text with Shadow Quick Type II Mono, Size 28 Black, Align Left Couple of Minutes 8. Photoshop save as srgb 9. sftp to Linux boxes and used ffmpeg to create movie at 6 frames/second Upload to YouTube for 4K goodness!