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April 15, 2015
Question

Watch, clicking effect?

  • April 15, 2015
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Hello Adobe Community,

I just made a clock/watch which each 3 hands move acording to the timeline, but the second hand moves quite smooth, but i was wondering what to do if i wanted it to move 1 sec at a time, so it makes a "ticking" effect, instead of the smooth effect. SO heres how i made it:

I made a clock without hands,

Then i added 3 handles (images) with anchor point in the middle, and then made the rotation on the second hand like a expression: "value+time*(360/60)"
Then i made the minute hand, and parented it with the rotation of the second hand, and divided by 60 for 60 seconds per. minute: "thisComp.layer("Second Handle NEW.png").transform.rotation/60"
Then i made the hour hand like the minute hand, and divided with 12: "thisComp.layer("Minute Handle.png").transform.rotation/12"

How do i make this to a ticking effect, instead of the smooth movement?

Thanks

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Mathias Moehl
Community Expert
Community Expert
May 8, 2015

Alternatively, can also use iExpressions for this:

Mathias Möhl - Developer of tools like BeatEdit and Automation Blocks for Premiere Pro and After Effects
Dan Ebberts
Community Expert
Community Expert
April 16, 2015

Try something like this for the second hand:

moveTime = .05;

prevSec = Math.floor(time - inPoint);

nextSec = prevSec+1;

easeIn(time,nextSec-moveTime,nextSec,prevSec*6,nextSec*6)

Dan

gutsi007Author
Participant
April 16, 2015

Thanks, it worked!