• VEGAS Pro

  odometer-style number roll

  Posted by Scott Clark on October 19, 2009 at 8:50 pm

  Hi folks, just wondering if there’s a good (simple) way to do this in Vegas.. I need a set of numbers to roll from, say, 9,995 up past 10,000 but I’m experiencing a bit of brain-lock. How would you achieve this effect?

  John Rofrano replied 16 years, 7 months ago 4 Members · 3 Replies
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  Or Tal

  October 19, 2009 at 11:55 pm

  Check out VIDEO FX
  Time code
  Apply it to event and play with it

  If you don’t succeed send a massage

  Or Tal
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  Peter Friend

  October 19, 2009 at 11:57 pm

  Within Vegas itself, the only ‘counters’ I’m aware of are the Timecode video FXs, but they’re only designed as timers and so aren’t great as general purpose counters (although you can do some weird stuff with them by rendering some Timecode as a .avi file then changing its speed or reversing it etc).

  Personally I’d use a 3rd party product like Particle Illusion, which does include a couple of counter generators. After Effects may well do something similar.
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  John Rofrano

  October 20, 2009 at 3:11 pm

  Just to expand on using the Timecode FX… this should get you close:

  1. Start a new project
  2. Right-click the timeline ruler and select Absolute Frames
  3. Right-click the timeline ruler again and select Set Time at Cursor and enter 9995
  4. Add a Sony Timecode FX to the Video Output FX (above the video preview)
  5. Set the Timecode format on the Timecode FX to Absolute Frames

  You now have a counter. You’ll need to render this to a video file so that you can mask the “.000” part. What you will have left are numbers that count up from 9,995.

  ~jr

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