• Adobe After Effects Expressions

  creating a 3d counting clock

  Posted by Alex Dinnin on October 4, 2012 at 2:49 pm

  I wonder if you can help me..

  I’ve rendered out some glass numbers 0-9 in a 3d program.

  I want to be able to use these to make a clock to count up to 999

  I’ve put the numbers in a sequenced pre comp counting from 0-9

  I’ve then bought this into a new comp.

  I’m trying to put an expression on the time remapping so that when a move a slider…

  The hundred figure (left hand figure changes from 0 to 1 at a 100
  The double figure counts from 0 – 9 on the tens
  The single figure counts from 0 – 1 on the ones but when it gets to 10 reverts back to 0.

  thus giving me my very own counter..

  is this possible.. any pointers someone might be able help with ??

  kind regards

  Alex

  Alex Dinnin replied 13 years, 9 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Dan Ebberts

  October 4, 2012 at 3:15 pm

  Assuming that you’ve sequenced them so that each number is one frame,
  something like this should work for ones:

  s = thisComp.layer(“controls”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  f = Math.floor(s)%10;
  framesToTime(f)

  for tens:

  s = thisComp.layer(“controls”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  f = Math.floor(s/10)%10;
  framesToTime(f)

  for hundreds:

  s = thisComp.layer(“controls”).effect(“Slider Control”)(“Slider”);
  f = Math.floor(s/100)%10;
  framesToTime(f)

  Dan
• 

  Alex Dinnin

  October 5, 2012 at 9:49 am

  Thanks very much Dan

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