Apple Motion 4 - Manual (Page 945)

• Long: Displays the time in hours, minutes, seconds, and time zone.
Date Format: A pop-up menu that sets the date format used in the generator. Choose
one of five options:
• None: No date is displayed in the generator. (The time appears in the generator if any
option other than None is chosen from the Time Format pop-up menu.)
• Short: Displays the month, day, and year in all-numeral style.
• Medium: Displays the month abbreviated to three letters without a period, the day,
and the year.
• Long: Displays the month spelled out completely, the day, and the year.
• Full: Displays the day of the week and the month spelled out completely, the day, and
the year.
Region: By default, the generator uses the current system’s region. Click the Current
button to set the current system’s region as the region for the generator. Click the Region
pop-up menu to select another region.
Padding: Adds a 0 in front of single-digit times or dates.
Text Controls: The Time Date generator HUD contains the standard text HUD controls.
For more information, see Using the Text HUD .
HUD Controls
The HUD contains the following controls: Set Current Time, Time Units, Time Format, Date
Format, and Text Controls.
Timecode
The Timecode text generator displays timecode based on the current project or the
settings in the Inspector. You can specify a specific timecode value, an offset to the current
timecode, the timecode format, and the timecode base.
Parameters in the Inspector
Current Timecode: When this checkbox is selected, the generator uses the project’s
current timecode.
945 Chapter 15 Working with Generators