Timecode fx - changing font


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Timecode fx - changing font
by Rory Hinds on Sep 13, 2007 at 10:04:57 am

Hi there

Does anyone know how I can change the font of the Timecode fx as I'd like to create a countdown clock in my own style.

Thanks
Rory

Rory Hinds
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Re: Timecode fx - changing font
by terrycoolidge on Sep 13, 2007 at 12:27:44 pm

I don't believe you can change the font of the "Timecode" effect, but you could check out Dan Ebberts' page for creating a "universal up/down clock."

http://www.motionscript.com/design-guide/up-down-clock.html

This is what I would pursue if I were you.

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Re: Timecode fx - changing font
by Todd Kopriva on Sep 13, 2007 at 1:43:13 pm

Terry's right. The Timecode effect is an older, less versatile way of animating timecode numbers than using the text animation and expression features of After Effects. Even After Effects Help tries to steer people away from using the Timecode effect and the Numbers effect.

Here's a link to a forum post where Dan Ebberts and Rick Gerard discuss an expression for animating a string of numbers counting; you'd just have to replace the commas with colons or semicolons to make something like this work for you:

http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bc33f4d/0

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