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easily create a 5-minute countdown timer from image files?…
Hey – I have 10 image files with the numbers 0 through 9, and I want to create a 5-minute countdown timer with them. (i know how to create a regular timer from an established font, but these are, unfortunately just image files). Is there any relatively quick, easy way to do this? (I know I could do it manually, but prefer not to if I don’t have to). Thanks.
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Give us a bit more information- what kind of countdown do you want? Do you need to have a time counter that shows seconds counting down over the stills you have or you just need the files to change from 9 to 0 in the span of 5 minutes? If it’s the latter, import all files (9 to 0) as a sequence, apply time remap and stretch to 5 min, or, depending on what frame rate you work at, divide 5 min by ten and set each still for that number of frames one after the other.
If you need to show seconds counting down, you can comp on top a text layer (or numbers) time remaped… but it’s hard to say without seeing the actual images.Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Hey Tudor,
Sorry – what I meant is a 5 minute timer, starting at 5:00 and counting down 4:59, 4:58, 4:57, etc., every second, so there will be 60 images every minute. The image files are the 10 files with all the numbers I will need: 1, 2, 3, etc. I know I could do this easily with any font in AE, but none of them have the look I want — that is why I am using still images of numbers.
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Ok, now it makes more sense. Are the number images with alpha? If so, you could import the stills (9 to 0) on separate layers and then create 3 separate clips with alpha – one where each still layer is a second long (all layers =10 sec), the second with 10 seconds (just 5 to 0 to make up 1 minute) and the third 1 minute (4 to 0, to make 5 min). Then you can build your countdown.
Are you sure though you can’t find the font?Tudor “Ted” Jelescu
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Hey Tudor,
Yes – I figured it would be something like that. But thank you for laying it out so clearly for me. And unfortunately, there is no static version of the font I want — only an animated one (Isotype). That is why I, apparently, need to manually build a timer. (I had been wondering if there might be some sort of expression or other shortcut for this process) But thank you very much for your time. Merry Christmas!!!
Lon
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You might try the Expression Forum, someone might have a way of working it out for you.
Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com“I have not failed 700 times. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.”
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