I figured there had to be a way to do a timer in Fusion and when I searched it, I scanned the results to see if you had done a video on timers. This channel is my first choice for DaVinci Resolve tutorials.
@WAF742 жыл бұрын
BTW, instead of dealing with the TextTimer modifier and the 2 expressions there, you can just put an expression on the Text1.StyledText (where you always type "SOME TEXT") with os.date("%M:%S", floor((comp.CurrentTime - comp.RenderStart) / comp:GetPrefs("Comp.FrameFormat.Rate") )) or os.date("%M:%S", floor((comp.RenderEnd - comp.CurrentTime) / comp:GetPrefs("Comp.FrameFormat.Rate") )) 1st one counts up, 2nd one counts down.
@johnc_canada Жыл бұрын
Awesome, this is going into my cheat sheet. Thanks!👍
@LiquidWayneO3 жыл бұрын
Your welcome 😁 Min "((comp.RenderEnd-time)/24)/60" Secs "(comp.RenderEnd-time)/24-(Mins*60)"
@MrTintenFish3 жыл бұрын
much love. thank you
@jln1972 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's impossible to see this text in the video - too blurry.
@avinashlobo3 жыл бұрын
There's a much easier way to do this. Instead of using TextTimer, I use Timecode, and then add a TimeSpeed node afterwards, with Speed set to -1 to reverse the timing. No expressions needed, and it also adapts to the length of your clip, along with giving you Hours and Frames as an option for free.
@SynergyGamingTV3 жыл бұрын
Can you use this technique for getting hundredths of a second as well, rather than frames?
@dheerajsharma62123 жыл бұрын
Yo this is actually easy and works
@DadandCat2 жыл бұрын
this was great!
@itssram41822 жыл бұрын
You don't know HOW much time this has saved me! You are a true lifesaver!
@2WheelTex2 жыл бұрын
You are a true legend
@PrinceWesterburg4 жыл бұрын
Thats outrageous! I remember talking to guys in effects houses in London and they swore by Eyeon Fusion's scripting and hated that their bosses pushed After Effects on them. Glad its back!
@PhilipBlank2 жыл бұрын
Supppppper helpful Casey! I was able to interpolate what you did with your expressions and then expand that to the hours as well by duplicating the process. You do have to add -(Hrs*60) to the Min expression and -(Hrs*3600) to the seconds behind the -(Min*60). Worked like a charm and I would not have been able to figure this out without your explanation. Thank you!
@InclusionHarp2 жыл бұрын
Mr Casey, that was quite possibly the most useful, convoluted video you have done yet. And I have watched most of yours. Thank-you and good job
@trogddor3 жыл бұрын
So helpful.... I was just in the middle of teaching myself to build the timer from scratch and thought "Maybe I should google this really quick" Thanks!
@JoshNorris7372 жыл бұрын
This is an awesome tutorial
@darwn9773 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I just managed to do a 10 second countdown. For anyone that's interested I just put this expression under the seconds and got rid off the hours and minutes totally. ((comp.RenderEnd-time)/24)-60
@tee_ef_em3 жыл бұрын
Why would anyone give this a thumbs down? Great work, man.
@SailEtherow3 жыл бұрын
Just used this for a 'book now' message. The bit that was tricky was getting the Mins into the formula because the explanation of using the + sign on the Secs and DRAGGING OVER the Mins text was rushed and the video did not capture the very fine line that follows the cursor when you do this. Typing in that bit of the formula (Mins) does not work as there is some hidden code that it actually latches to. Also found it necessary to shut down Resolve and restart it to get the countdown to pick up the right duration after completing the timeline. That is probably down to caching and the need to clear the auto-renders that speed up the programme. But this was a great tutorial and thanks.
@alzibaba3 жыл бұрын
Genius, such a time saver being able to change to change the clip length. Thanks Casey!
@kyleechols86942 жыл бұрын
This is soooo helpful! Thank you, Casey Faris!
@fhajji2 жыл бұрын
Perfect. Exactly what I needed. Thank you Casey, much appreciated.
@davidgreen9214 жыл бұрын
Great video - thank you for making it. Finally got it on the 5th try, after botching the formula each time. There's a lot of room for error with ('s and /'s. Maybe you could add the final expressions formulas in the comments so that we can copy 'n' paste them?
@DionV3 жыл бұрын
Or even zoom in more on the Expressions when working with them. I ended up taking a screenshot of the final expression, but then had to come back and watch again because I was missing part of it. My implementation doesn't seem to update automatically when I change the length of the clip. But, I eventually got a working result.
@mkmartin5593 жыл бұрын
You're a wonder, Casey! Perfectly, simply explained as always. Just made my first livestream intro with a countdown timer, thanks to you.
@kjvisual73 жыл бұрын
Lost my notes so I'm back to relearn how to set this up. Thanks again & again & again... 😁 for this helpful tutorial.
@Ethancrooms4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, You're a lifesaver. Not just this video but all of them!!!
@simonadouglas4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a really useful tutorial, particularly that it will determine the length of the countdown from the length of the clip! :)
@Ninjutsu2K2 жыл бұрын
That was awesome, I was looking for a way to do this and this is much better than I thought because you teach how to convert 2D into 3D, I was looking for this too, ty.
@markhanson32284 жыл бұрын
The problem is that you're linked to the comp size. You won't be able to animate your timer to disappear after the countdown ends because you can't stretch your comp. Or is their a solution? The alternative method without using expressions is to right-click on the text box, select 'TimeCode', add a TimeSpeed Node, set it to -1 speed, in the text modifier you can set your fps if need be. This gives you extra control because then you can set your global In/Out in either your 2d text node or 3d renderer and decide where you want your timer to start or finish! :) The only thing is that you can't really have 3d text with this because you have to use a Renderer3D in order to connect to TimeSpeed...
@theonly50012 жыл бұрын
You can just plug in the amount of frames you want for your countdown.
@Land-Shark4 жыл бұрын
Very cool, and great timing (no pun intended)! I am going to use the timer for my current project :)
@fabuxo4 жыл бұрын
So awesome, Casey. Just used it! You are the best!!!
@eternitau4 жыл бұрын
Can you please advise how to make timer with decimals of seconds? This is quite handy for video with swimmers or runners to see their result time.
@relativCharlie Жыл бұрын
Helped me, thank you
@o0Dr0o3 жыл бұрын
thank you for the video , beneficial .
@WisdomTrain2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!! This video was exactly what I needed help with :) Thanks Casey
@chipwillis4 жыл бұрын
Hey just wanted to say I really enjoy your tutorials. Thank you and please keep doing it!
@raguellagrande73443 жыл бұрын
i'm not sure what i'm missing but when I attribute Mins to the expression in the Secs, the timer stops working and i can't figure out why
@4ndrelus3 жыл бұрын
In my case using (Mins*60) instead of {Mins*60} helped lol that's what the parentheses really are in the video but youtube compression makes them look a bit misleading ;P
3 жыл бұрын
awsome!!
@kjvisual74 жыл бұрын
Thanks! This is ultra cool. And now saves me loads of time.
@gordienko_il4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! It's very good and helpful tutorial !
@bradenpintar3 ай бұрын
Brilliant! Thanks for this. Now, is there any way to change the colour of the clip so that when there are 'x' seconds left, the font colour changes? There are no modifiers on the colour property of the Text+ node. So, if I set it there, it changes if I change the length of the clip.
@asafblasbergvideographer3 жыл бұрын
Can you please put the time expressions inside your description? Thanks!
@HippieP6294 жыл бұрын
Wizardry! =) Huge thanks, Casey.
@ExcellProd4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video !
@pianandrill3 жыл бұрын
This is good Sir!
@samlismont19244 жыл бұрын
How can I modify this to start the timer from a specific value, so not 00:00, but 45:00. I tried (time/24/60)+45, which doesn't work.
@Ryzza53 жыл бұрын
Just a pure guess, but perhaps you need to convert 45 mins into a frame value first, then convert back for display. i.e. =time+((45*60)*24)/24/60
@MultitrackCassetteFans4 жыл бұрын
fantastic...thanks a lot
@matthewferreira51284 жыл бұрын
Hey bud thanks for the video! I was wondering if you could please show me how to make the timer count backwards instead of upwards!
@philreises4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! that really helped!
@gereral1_jackofalltrades4 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Excel cells
@pugtom71143 жыл бұрын
Everything works great right up until I (create a new timeline using selected clips). When I open the second timeline, there's a fusion comp with nothing in it. Anyone else experiencing this?
@swandhwtricks60543 жыл бұрын
I did a video with the time speed set to -1, as the comment from Avinash Lobo, It's an easier way
@Digitalman653 жыл бұрын
Where would I find more info on expressions? I've looked in as many manuals as I have and find nothing. Where did you learn about "time" and "comp...."? That sure would be helpful to know. Great video! I learned a lot. Thanks!
@benjamincorteslyon67774 жыл бұрын
Expressions course!!!!
@marceleinig42143 жыл бұрын
Hallo, I need a timer for a soccer match. The first half-time is no problem. But the second, how can I start from 45 min and I want that the clock is going up to 90 min. But How, can someone help me?
@whatkindofblue174 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@unisexbathroom663 жыл бұрын
I didn't get a matching time code after doing this. It starts at -8?? Help
@SynergyGamingTV3 жыл бұрын
Is there a way to use this method to add milliseconds after seconds that count in hundredths, much like a stopwatch?
@RepairGuyDK4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, Hope you make a Small "pack" we can buy on the website, with this & the flippy text you made included, I´m to dumb to make this myself !..........arghhh......
@mothmanex3 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is amazing. I just have one question. The comp.EndRender-time works correctly on the timeline, but only when I edit it on a timeline. When I edit it on the composition, it starts with 00:05 and after those 5 it works good. Does anybody knows what causes this?
@ClassKicker3 жыл бұрын
Love it. But, picky guy here... is there a way on short timers like 5 minutes to get rid of the zero in front of the 5? Rather than 05:00, just 5:00 and then on to 0:00 or just 59...9...0
@ClassKicker3 жыл бұрын
Can you animate a mask with a time code based expression? *brain explodes*
@MakoEffect2 жыл бұрын
Hey, love your tutorials, they've been a huge boon. I got a question about this one. I'm trying to make a timer that counts down from 99, but I...can't seem to figure it out, anyone know of a way to get that to happen?
@drwarner4 жыл бұрын
Really easy to follow tutorial, thank you. How would I save that so I can reuse it in any project?
@intuitionmusicchannel2 жыл бұрын
Create a macro (somehow...)
@reviewthis70623 жыл бұрын
Every time I go to enter in the last bit of math the Text1, Merge1, and MediaOut1 nodes turn red and nothing works. Any Suggestions?
@OlimpiuVuia4 жыл бұрын
It's great that we have so many possibilities, but for me it's a pain. I'd better use "timecode" in modifier, uncheck seconds and reverse it back from "edit" page (after making a new compound clip or just dragging the entire timeline in a new timeline). But thanks anyway... I hope developers will add an easier way to do it - like a checkbox. You did a great job.
@Authintix3 жыл бұрын
That’s what I was thinking. It seems super complicated for no reason. They need to implement something easier
@SCtester4 жыл бұрын
As a Premiere Pro user, I was disappointed to see that there was no way of doing this inside of that program. I might have to switch to Resolve, it seems much more powerful...
@mycg5444 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have a question. As the expression for the center parameter in the transformation node should be written, I want the y axis to start moving with y = 0,0 in the zero frame and stop at y = 0.5 on frame 30
@gamergait4 жыл бұрын
I love you.
@robertquandt72663 жыл бұрын
Hi, I have FCPX. Is this something that can be done use my Program? Thanks
@gertleroy4 жыл бұрын
sorry but this is waaaaaaaaay to complicated to just add a simple timer
@bachmannmanuel15622 жыл бұрын
why does it countdown fine in fusion, but as soon it is in Timeline, it stops @0:12 (5min countdown) altough, the clip is 5mins long in Timeline?????? How could DR screw a simple thing like this up so bad?
@bachmannmanuel15622 жыл бұрын
ok, it works now.... 25 instead of 24 fps... that fixed it....
@mso823 жыл бұрын
Hey there, I'm trying to use this as an overlay timer, but it maintains its black background ontop of my video. I'm pretty sure I'm missing a step, but can't figure it out. Any quick suggestions? Thanks!
@CaseyFaris3 жыл бұрын
Set the background alpha to 0
@jamiefhl32172 жыл бұрын
I made 1k like. Lol. I feel special.
@hiimgoodness3 жыл бұрын
Jesus loves you! Repent before it is too late!
@davidgreen9214 жыл бұрын
Great video - thank you for making it. Finally got it on the 5th try, after botching the formula each time. There's a lot of room for error with ('s and /'s. Maybe you could add the final expressions formulas in the comments so that we can copy 'n' paste them?