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  • what is the count down at the start of old films called?

    Posted by Nick Vandiem on December 2, 2008 at 10:18 am

    Hi all,

    As the subject says, I am trying to find examples of preroll countdowns of old 40s,50s, and 60s films where you have the numbers in a circle or something counting backwards with blinks between them 5,4,3,2,1). I’m not entirely sure what it is called so have been unable to find some reference examples.

    Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

    Kind Regards,
    Nick.

    Nick Vandiem replied 17 years, 9 months ago 4 Members · 5 Replies
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  • Mike Velte

    December 2, 2008 at 11:59 am

    File>New>Universal Counting Leader.

  • Jeff Pulera

    December 2, 2008 at 3:01 pm

    If you have a “Film look” plug in, that combined with black and white makes a nice addition to Mike’s leader suggestion

    Jeff Pulera
    Safe Harbor Computers

  • Nick Vandiem

    December 2, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    Hi Jeff and Mike,

    Thanks for your replies. I was actually only wanting to know what it is called. I am creating a Flash animation but the effect of course is a video/film one so I figure asking you guys directly was the best. Film Leader is what I was chasing.

    Thanks for the suggestions, much appreciated.

    Cheers,
    Nick.

  • Jeff Brown

    December 2, 2008 at 6:05 pm

    In the U.S., it is commonly called “Academy Leader”…

    -jeff

  • Nick Vandiem

    December 2, 2008 at 7:44 pm

    ahhhh now that generated loads of hits. Great I will keep that in mind – thank you.

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