Photo sharing website Instagram has developed an app named Hyperlapse, which aims for smooth time-lapse video.

Instagram is hoping to make dynamic time-lapse videos easier with Hyperlapse. Time-lapse photography has been used by photographers for years. Photographers use this technique take images at set intervals over a long period and then sped up in a video to make it look like time is passing quickly.

A hyperlapse uses a similar technique and in this technique the camera itself moves across a large distance as images are being shot. This is going to add a cinematic quality to finished videos, but traditional hyperlapses can be time-consuming and complex to make.

No login is required to use the Hyperlapse app. When the app is launched, the user is presented with the video camera. Use the start/stop button to record and the green check mark to save direct to the Camera Roll. You can make the adjustments to change playback speed from 1x (normal recorded speed) all the way up to 12x. The app can be used to take up to 45 minutes of raw footage; when sped up it makes for a much quicker video.

Users can also import video into the Instagram app for sharing and filter effects, but will be limited to 15 seconds of footage like any other Instagram video. "The most obvious people we expect to really have fun with it are creatives and photographers," an Instagram spokesperson said.

Hyperlapse is Instagram's second standalone app. The first app was Bolt which was released in July. Bolt offers a Snapchat-like service that lets users send video and picture messages to friends.