Stopwatch-like timer

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Stopwatch-like timer

I need a timer to appear in a video project, it needs to be about 5 seconds long, and needs to show seconds, tenths of seconds, and hundredths of seconds. As of right now I have copy/pasted 150 frames of a lower third title on final cut, and I am adding .03 seconds to each titles from the frame before it.

Is there an easier way to do this in motion?

Mac OS X (10.4.9)

Posted on Jun 15, 2009 8:36 AM

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Answer 1

Jun 15, 2009 10:26 AM in response to vader15

Check this out :

http://avseikkailuja.blogspot.com/2008/10/my-first-fxfactory-plug-in-for-apple.h tml

Morten

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Answer 2

Andy Neil

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Jun 15, 2009 11:00 AM in response to vader15

To do it without a plug-in:

Create a group in Motion. Type in 10 text fields, each one second long and each with one digit from 9-0. Arrange them so they are in the same position and sequentially placed in the timeline (one after the other).

Clone the group. In the properties tab, twirl down the timing parameter and speed up the clone to 1000%. That should make all 10 digits fly by in a single second. Change the end condition to loop and lengthen the clone as much as you need. Label that clone "tenths" and place to the right of your original "seconds" group.

Then clone the "tenths" clone and speed IT up by 1000%, doing the same thing with the end condition. This will be your hundredths group. Position it to the right of the tenths.

Make a dot for your decimal that separates your seconds from your tenths and hundredths.

Hope this helps.

Andy

PS: BTW, the digits should only be in order 9-0 if you want it to count down. If you want it up, you need to reverse the order of the "seconds".

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