Adobe After Effects CS4 - Manual (Page 600)

594 USING AFTER EFFECTS CS4
Effects and animation presets
Last updated 12/21/2009
Effect applied with threshold settings of 44 (left), 70 (center), and 200 (right)
Text effects
Numbers effect
The Numbers effect generates random or sequential numbers in different formats, such as decimal number, dates, and
timecode—even the current date and time (at render time). You can use the Numbers effect to create counters of
various kinds. The maximum offset for sequential numbers is 30,000.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
The following options and values are available in the Font Style dialog box: Font, Style, Direction, and Alignment. To
open this dialog box again, click Options at the top of the entry for the effect in the Effect Controls panel.
Type The numbering system:
• Number Decimal numbers.
• Number [Leading Zeros] Decimal numbers with five digits to the left of the decimal point.
• Timecode [30], Timecode [25], and Timecode [24] Standard non-drop-frame timecode formats (XX:XX:XX:XX)
using the stated frame rate. The timecode types use the current time of the layer as the base.
• Time Hours and minutes. If you also select Current Time/Date, the Value/Offset/Random Max value is ignored. If
you select Random, the time is bounded by 0 (12:00 AM) and the slider value.
• Numerical Date, Short Date, and Long Date If you don’t also select Current Time/Date, the Value/Offset/Random
Max is the number of days since January 1, 1995 (0 on the slider corresponds to January 1, 1995). If you do select
Current Time/Date, Value/Offset/Random Max is the number of days since the current date (0 on the slider
corresponds to the current date). If you select Random, the date is bounded by 0 (either the current date or January 1,
1995) and the slider value.
Note: Leap years are considered.
• Hexadecimal Base-16 numbers (digits from 0 to F). Hexadecimal numbers increment by 0x1 for every 0.0000125
that the Value/Offset/Random Max value increases, and increments by 0x10000 for every 1.0 that the
Value/Offset/Random Max value increases. If you select Random, the number is bounded by 0 and the
Value/Offset/Random Max value.
Random Values Random values limited by the Value/Offset/Random Max value. If Value/Offset/Random Max is 0,
values are random across their maximum possible range.