simple counter expression needed

[Kevin Camp]

there are a few ways to do this.

one doesn’t use expressions at all, it just uses the good ol’ numbers effect. add it to a solid, pick a font, then you’ll just keyframe the change and set the color…

another fairly simple way is to create a text layer (you can type something like ‘counter’ but it doesn’t matter). then add a slider expression control (effects>expression controls). add an expression to the source text of the text layer like this:

Math.round(effect('Slider Control')('Slider'));
then key frame the slider control.

or 100% expression, like this:

Dur=5; // duration of countdown in seconds
Start=1; // start value for counter
End=21; // end value for counter

Math.round(linear(time,inPoint,inPoint+Dur,Start,End));
just adjust the layer’s inpoint to be where you need it to start counting.

Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW

[Felicia Van os]

Thanks so much for the quick response! I’m gonna play around with these options.