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October 28, 2019
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Create countdown timer that will count down 365 days as seconds?

  • October 28, 2019
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Hello,

 

I'm in desperate need of creating a countdown timer for a client video that starts at 31,536,000 (365 days in seconds) and counts all the way down to 000,000,000.  

It would be great to be able to animate it with keyframes so that I can have it hit the zero mark when I need it to in the video, so maybe using an expression isn't the way to go?   I have no idea how to do this, so any advice would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

Thank you!

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    Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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    October 28, 2019

    Dan Ebbert's Universal Timer is probably the easiest way to start. You can pretty easily change Dan's expression to use keyframes or sliders for start and end time as well as start and end value.

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      iamspydrAuthor
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      November 5, 2019

      Thank's, Rick.  I'll explore this option as well.   

      Roland Kahlenberg
      Roland Kahlenberg
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      October 28, 2019

      Take a look at this tutorial - https://youtu.be/5WJmrYMifW8

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        iamspydrAuthor
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        November 5, 2019

        Thank you, Roland.  I will check this out.  

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          iamspydrAuthor
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          November 5, 2019

          Perfect!  That's what I was looking for.   Do you know if there's any addition to this expression that would allow you to end on "000,000,000" instead of just "0"?  Other than that, it's perfect.   Thanks!

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