Digital counter

[Angelo Lorenzo]

What scripts have you tried? Seems as simple to me as adding an offset like HH+24 once you get past 24 hours.

It’s be nice to see what you’re working with. I don’t have any pre-made scrips for that offhand.

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[Daniel Neutzsky-wulff]

I’m fairly new to this. I simply added a solid and added the effect: Text>Numbers

I’ve been altering the look and so forth, but I still can’t get full control of the timecode.

[John Cuevas]

Here’s an expression I modified from the book After Effects Expressions

If you are unfamiliar with expressions, what you want to do is create a new text layer (shift+cntl+alt+T) and twirl open the properties to reveal the source text. Alt+click the Source Text stopwatch and paste this expression:

var startingHour = 10;
var startingMinute = 59;
var startingSecond = 4;
var seconds = Math.floor(time) + startingSecond;
var minutes = Math.floor(seconds / 60) + startingMinute;
var hours = Math.floor(minutes/60) +startingHour;
var secondsAsPartsOfAMinute = Math.floor(seconds % 60);
var minutesPerHour=Math.floor(minutes % 60);
function addZeros(rawNumber)
{
if (rawNumber < 10) return "0" + rawNumber;
return "" + rawNumber;
}
addZeros(hours)+ ":" + addZeros(minutesPerHour) + ":" + addZeros(secondsAsPartsOfAMinute);

With this expression you can set your starting time by chaning the “starting” variables. Just in case anything was unclear, here’s my work file: 5347_timer.aep.zip

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