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  After Effect Numbers add Dollar sign

  Posted by Matt Van dyck on July 3, 2014 at 3:09 pm

  Hello.

  Is it possible with the after effects effect ‘text > numbers’ to add a dollar sign to the number counter?

  Thanks for any help!

  John Cuevas replied 12 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  John Cuevas

  July 4, 2014 at 12:27 pm

  Not with the number effect. The best way is to use an expression. Create a text layer (Cntl+Alt+Shift+T) and add a Effect>Expression Control>Slider Control to it. Twirl open your text layer, and twirl open “Source Text” and add this expression(courtesy Dan Ebberts).

  numDecimals = 2;
commas = true;
dollarSign = true;
dur = 4;
s = effect("Slider Control")("Slider").value.toFixed(numDecimals);

  prefix = "";
  if (s[0] == "-"){
  prefix = "-";
  s = s.substr(1);
  }
  if(dollarSign) prefix += "$";

  if (commas){
decimals = "";
if (numDecimals > 0){
decimals = s.substr(-(numDecimals + 1));
s = s.substr(0,s.length - (numDecimals + 1));
}
outStr = s.substr(-s.length, (s.length-1)%3 +1);
for (i = Math.floor((s.length-1)/3); i > 0; i--){
outStr += "," + s.substr(-i*3,3);
}
prefix + outStr + decimals;
}else{
prefix + s;
}

  Right justify your text layer and keyframe the slider control and you are done.

  Here’s an example project if you have any questions. 7713_counter.aep.zip

  Johnny Cuevas, Editor
  Thinkck.com

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