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Making a countdown timer
Hi there.
Trying to make a clock that counts down from 60 seconds to 0. Displaying it exactly like the 60, 59 ,58, etc.
How do I do this. I’ve played with Effect>Text>Number, but I don’t get it.
Anyone wanna give me a clue?
Bless,
Chris -
5 Replies
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Chris,
Try this-Apply the number effect to a solid. Set your decimal places to 0.
Set a keyframe on the value offset property. Set it to 60. Move forward in time and
set a keyframe to your value offset property. Set it to 0-Andy
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Excellent, I understand: but how do I create a keyframe? I have the layer selected, and the numbers part of the layer selected, but when i go to Animation>Add keyframe its greyed out.
See the screenshot here: https://www.uploadscreenshot.com/image/50574/7846877
Also, how do I export the finished file so that Premiere can import it? I’m gong to want to place the clock over other stuff, so how do I alpha channel the black bg?
Thanks!
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Hi Chris,
One way to make a keyframe is by clicking on the stopwatch of the property you want to animate.
Then when you adjust the value of the property a keyframe will be created.If you render to the “lossless with Alpha” preset in your render Q it will create an
alpha channel were there is no image.I would recommend taking a few moments with some beginner tutorials.
Here are some good ones-
https://www.videocopilot.net/basic/
-Andy
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Yes I had searched several times, but people tend to assume you know as much as they do and miss crucial steps that seem obvious to them. I know to create a keyframe, what I don\’t know is why its greyed out?
Any idea?
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You might overlay with this timer.
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