Countdown

[Tom Wolsky]

Do a web search. You should be able to find one to download. If you have a DV camera you could also print to video from FCE with a countdown and then capture it back.

All the best,

Tom

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[Dwayne Alers]

Thanks Tom , you mean print to video the cam monito tru firewire ?
Thanks again

[Tom Wolsky]

The print to video function in FCP has a built-in countdown. Put a short slug in a timeline. Activate print to video and record to tape via FireWire. Capture the countdown back into the computer and if you want, and have the time, doctor the countdown to your taste with filters and overlays.

All the best,

Tom

Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP6,” “Basic Training for FCS2” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
Author: “Final Cut Pro 5 Editing Essentials” and “Final Cut Express 4 Editing Workshop”

[Dwayne Alers]

Tom thanks you very much for your help i will do that

[Mark Suszko]

For longer countdowns, like five minutes rather than five seconds, DigitalHeaven has a wonderful plug-in that works terrifically, and its very cheap. Counts up, down, stopwatch or clock, many controls.

I usually make my own 10-second countdowns for spots as part of slates. Not that hard to do using the regualr text tool and setting one-second increments for everything but the final 2-pop.