• Adobe After Effects

  Countdown Clock

  Posted by John Barata on June 28, 2007 at 5:53 pm

  I need to make a 5min coutdown clock for a MMA event I’m cutting. It would be the clock that sits in the corner to let people know how much time is left in the round. Does anybody know of any after effects plugin that can do this or do I have to make it all from scratch? Thanks.

  Mike Clasby replied 18 years, 10 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  -stev=o

  June 28, 2007 at 6:36 pm

  Check out the undisputed master’s (Dan Ebberts) site:

  https://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/up-down-clock.html

  -stev=o
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  Biozhang

  June 28, 2007 at 7:18 pm

  You don’t need expressions to do it. Its really pretty easy in AE.

  1. Create a new comp the size and length you need (i.e. 5min)
  2. Create a new solid, any color.
  3. Go to Effects/Text/Numbers.
  4. When the Numbers Properties Dialog Box comes up, choose your font and
  alignment settings then click OK.
  5. Then in the Numbers Effects Controls, under Format/Type choose
  Timecode [30].
  6. Then choose your color settings under Fill and Stroke.
  7. Adjust the size if you need to.
  8. Uncheck Proportional Spacing. This prevents the numbers from
  bouncing around as they adjust to the different sizes of numbers.
  9. Lastly, select your solid layer in the timeline and hit Ctrl + Alt +
  R to reverse the layer and play the numbers backwards.
  10. If you’d like you can Pre-Comp the whole thing and then mask off
  the numbers you don’t need (i.e. hours and frames, unless you want
  those).

  Thats it. Pretty simple really. Hope this helps!

  Good Luck!

  BIOZHANG
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  Mike Procunier

  June 28, 2007 at 8:12 pm

  Use the Numbers effect & set the Type to Time. Use offset to keyframe it from 5:00 to 0:00.
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  Mike Clasby

  June 29, 2007 at 2:10 am

  Echoing stev=o, Dan’s be the best, IMHO.

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