5 Minute Countdown

[Dan Ebberts]

Try pasting this into the source text property of a text layer:

rate = -1;
clockStart = 300;

function padZero(n){
if (n < 10) return "0" + n else return "" + n } clockTime = Math.max(clockStart + rate*(time - inPoint),0); t = Math.floor(clockTime); min = Math.floor((t%3600)/60); sec = Math.floor(t%60); min + ":" + padZero(sec) Dan

[Stephen Burton]

What about for a 2 minute one?

WHat would i change?

that one worked great! THANKS!

[Dan Ebberts]

Just change the 300 to 120 (the duration is in seconds).

Dan

[Stephen Burton]

Thanks Dan.

You’ve been incredibly helpful.

Exactly what i needed to know!!

You Rock!

[Kjell Nygren]

I’ve been trying to get this expression to show milliseconds and I just can’t get it to work. I’ve tried some other expressions that do it, but they all seem to break. I have to create a 45min 30sec countdown, but I want it to show milliseconds as well.

Please help
Thanks,
Kjell

[Dan Ebberts]

Try this:

rate = -1;
clockStart = 2730;

function padZero(n){
if (n < 10) return "0" + n else return "" + n } clockTime = clockStart + rate*(time - inPoint); if (clockTime < 0){ sign = "-"; clockTime = -clockTime; }else{ sign = ""; } t = Math.floor(clockTime); min = Math.floor((t%3600)/60); sec = Math.floor(t%60); ms = clockTime.toFixed(3).substr(-3); sign + padZero(min) + ":" + padZero(sec) + "." + ms Dan

[John Barata]

Hi Dan,

Great post. I tried it out and perfect. The only problem is that is doesn’t work for what I need and I can’t figure out what to change.

I need a clock that counts up normally that shows hr:min:sec starting at whatever time.

Is there a simple fix to make this work?

[Dan Ebberts]

This source text expression should work. Just set the clockStart variable to the start time (in seconds).

rate = 1;
clockStart = 0;

function padZero(n){
if (n < 10) return "0" + n else return "" + n } clockTime = clockStart + rate*(time - inPoint); if (clockTime < 0){ sign = "-"; clockTime = -clockTime; }else{ sign = ""; } t = Math.floor(clockTime); hr = Math.floor(t/3600); min = Math.floor((t%3600)/60); sec = Math.floor(t%60); sign + padZero(hr) + ":" + padZero(min) + ":" + padZero(sec) Dan

[John Barata]

Thanks for your help Dan but before I read your post I stumbled across this one

addedSec = thisComp.layer(“Controller”).effect(“Seconds”)(“Slider”);
addedMin = thisComp.layer(“Controller”).effect(“Minutes”)(“Slider”)*60;
addedHr = thisComp.layer(“Controller”).effect(“Hours”)(“Slider”)*3600;
addedTime = addedSec + addedMin + addedHr;

sec = Math.floor(time + addedTime) * thisComp.layer(“Controller”).effect(“Time Multiplier”)(“Slider”);
minvar = Math.floor(sec/60);
hrvar = Math.floor(sec/3600);
sechrvar = Math.floor(sec – (3600*hrvar));
minhrvar = Math.floor(sechrvar/60);

if(sec<0){
"Err: Negative Time"
}else{

if ((sec - 10) < 0) { ":0" + sec } else { if ((sec - 60) < 0) { ":" + sec }else{ if (((sec/60)>1) && ((sec – minvar*60)<10) && (sec<3600)) {
(minvar) + ":0" + (sec - minvar*60)

}else{

if ((sec - 60) < 0) { ":" + sec }else{ if ((sec/60) == 1) { (minvar) + ":00" }else{ if (((sec/60)>1) && ((sec – minvar*60)>=10) && (sec<3600)) {
(minvar) + ":" + (sec - minvar*60)
}else{

if((sec - 3600*hrvar) == 0){
(hrvar) + ":00:00"
}else{

if(((sec - 3600) > 0) && ((sec – (3600*hrvar) – (minhrvar*60)< 10)) && (minhrvar<10)){ (hrvar) + ":0" +  minhrvar + ":0" + (sechrvar - minhrvar*60) }else{ if(((sec - 3600) > 0) && ((sec – (3600*hrvar) – (minhrvar*60)) >=10) && (minhrvar < 10)){ (hrvar) + ":0" + minhrvar + ":" + (sechrvar - minhrvar*60) }else{ if(((sec - 3600) > 0) && ((sec – (3600*hrvar) – (minhrvar*60)) < 10) && (minhrvar >= 10)){
(hrvar) + “:” + minhrvar + “:0” + (sechrvar – minhrvar*60)
}else{

if(((sec – 3600) > 0) && ((sec – (3600*hrvar) – (minhrvar*60)) >=10) && (minhrvar >= 10)){
(hrvar) + “:” + minhrvar + “:” + (sechrvar – minhrvar*60)
}else{

sec}}}}}}}}}}}}

I can’t remember if you had written it on another forum but it worked great.

But once again thank you for your help either way. It’s great to know that there are people out there always willing to help.

Cheers

[Gabriel Constantine]

Great one Dan, thx

Is there a way to have this countdown display in absolute seconds (300, 299, 298…) rather then in a clock format (5:00, 4:59..)?