Good program to create Timelapse?

if you have a video editor just speed it up so that it is that short or if you cant speed it up take a frame every (i think because i just worked it out) 7.5 sec and then put it together like a stop motion video <--- that would be a lot of work though.  i think speeding it up would work though

i want something a little better quality than just fast forwarding a clip... +k though...  bump?

Uh how else are you going to do it? If you want better quality, shoot it with a dslr taking a picture every 1-10 seconds (10 seconds seems like what you want for 30 mins total, do math and figure out the best) and then put them all together in quicktime pro (which you can get free if youre crafty)

All youre gonna be able to do with a 30 min clip is speed it up. Maybe take out 9 seconds every 10 seconds? That'll be strenuous.

alright that's understandable. sorry, it's my first timelapse so i wasn't too sure what to do. i've just heard of people using programs to customize how many frames per minute are uploaded to file, creating a good timlapse. but i'll experiment with this simple method and see how it turns out

ya what eheath said is what you should do for the best timelaps but the easiest is the speed up a video.  how every you sound like you want good quality so you should what he said