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  • creating a 60 minute countdown clock?

    Posted by Rob Sankey on May 22, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    Hello,
    I’ve read some posts on how to make a variety of countdown clocks, tried a few and can’t seem to get them to work properly. I used adjustment layer-text-numbers, and selected timecode (30) but the numbers count up instead of down and do not go to 00:00:00:00. The numbers stop at 1:00:00:00. In the “Type” drop down selection there is no clear option for a simple countdown to O, the options are Number, Timecode, Time of day, Numerical date, etc. Can anyone point me in the right direction concerning this?
    Thanks,
    RS

    AE CS3 on a Macbook Pro

    Allen Ellis replied 17 years, 11 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  • Rob Sankey

    May 22, 2008 at 3:25 pm

    Forget it. I just found a post that answered all my questions.
    I had to select the layer and hit command/option/R to reverse the timing.
    Thanks,
    RS

    Rob Sankey

  • Allen Ellis

    May 22, 2008 at 9:08 pm

    That will work, but for future reference there is a ‘value’ parameter that you can just keyframe with the numbers you want.

    Also, I usually just apply the Numbers effect to a standard layer, so then I can move it up and down properly. I don’t see why you would do an adjustment layer.

    Glad you have it working though. 🙂

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