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Projects

AgeLapse organizes your photos into projects. Each project is a separate timelapse with its own settings, photos, and output video.

Project Types​

When creating a project, you choose one of three types based on what you're capturing:

Face (Default)​

Best for aging timelapses, selfies, and facial progression photos.

  • Uses eye detection to align your photos
  • Your eyes stay in the same position across all frames
  • Ideal for: daily selfies, aging projects, facial transformation

Pregnancy​

Best for pregnancy bump progression photos.

  • Uses body pose detection (tracks ankle position)
  • Keeps your full body consistently framed
  • Ideal for: weekly bump photos, pregnancy journey documentation

Body / Muscle​

Best for fitness transformation and body progression photos.

  • Uses body pose detection (tracks hip position)
  • Centers your torso consistently across photos
  • Ideal for: gym progress, weight loss journey, muscle gain documentation
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Choose the project type that matches what you're photographing. You can always create multiple projects for different purposes.

Default Project​

The default project opens automatically when you launch AgeLapse.

  • Your first project becomes the default automatically
  • To change it: Settings → Default Project and select a different project
  • Set to "None" if you want to see the project list on launch instead

Renaming Projects​

To rename a project:

  1. Go to the Projects screen
  2. Long-press (mobile) or right-click (desktop) on a project
  3. Tap Rename Project
  4. Enter the new name and tap Save

Guide Photo​

The guide photo (also called "ghost image") is a faint overlay of your first stabilized photo shown in the camera viewfinder.

What it does:

  • Helps you maintain consistent positioning between photos
  • Shows exactly where your face/body was in your first photo
  • Makes it easy to align yourself the same way each time

When it appears:

  • Only after you have at least one stabilized photo
  • Only in Ghost or Ghost + Grid overlay modes
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The guide photo updates automatically when your first photo is stabilized. Learn about overlay modes →