Creating a dissolve between numbers in counter expression

[Dan Ebberts]

Here’s one way.

1. Create a text layer.

2. Duplicate it.

3. To the top copy’s Source Text property, add this expression:

Math.floor(time)+1;

4. To the top copy’s Opacity property, add this expression:

tFade = .25;
t = time%1;
linear(t,1-tFade,1,100,0)

5. To the bottom copy’s Source Text property, add this expression:

tFade = .25;
Math.floor(time+tFade)+1;

Dan

[Ian Ellerby]

Wow Dan, that’s great, thanks so much for sending this.
It has more of a pulsing dissolve than a gradual dissolve, which is really working for me as I’m also trying to create a one second heart beat pulse change here. I’ve tweaked the tFade = .25; a little.
Really do appreciate your help here.
Thanks
Ian

[Ian Ellerby]

Hi Dan
I’m trying to tweak the time property between each change of numbers. At the moment it changes every 1 sec per number, I’d like to increase this to say 1.5 secs. I can’t seem to change any value to make this happen. Do I need to add another line of expression?
If you get a moment
Thanks Ian

[Dan Ebberts]

I think this will work better.

Top layer Source Text:

dur = 1.5;
Math.floor(time/dur)+1;

Top layer Opacity:

dur = 1.5;
tFade = .5;
t = time%dur;
linear(t,dur-tFade,dur,100,0)

Bottom layer Source Text:

dur = 1.5
tFade = .5;
Math.floor((time+tFade)/dur)+1;

Bottom layer Opacity

dur = 1.5;
tFade = .5;
t = time%dur;
linear(t,dur-tFade,dur,0,100)

Dan

[Ian Ellerby]

Thanks very much Dan, it looks good. Sort of understand what you’ve done.
Do appreciate your help. I’m sure a lot of guys new to expressions do also.
Thanks Ian