Clocks

wolfbass wrote on 8/2/2011, 10:47 AM

Hello enlightened ones! It's been a while since posting in this forum, but I'm back to doing some editing after a break of a few years, and would like some advice on the following scenario.

I am going to be creating a series of 25 minute exercise videos. Not how to do it, but the RATE OF EXERSION during the session.

For this I would like to display 3 things.

1/. A digital clock that starts at Zero and counts the time up to 25 minutes, and showing seconds i.e. 15:35 would be 15 mins 35 seconds.I'm thinking a left lower third or similar.

2/. (And most important) A coloured circle that advances each second over each minute. So at start of the minute, the circle is full, then a slice is taken out every second (6 degrees?) untill it disappears. I would like the last 5 seconds a different colour.

3/. A digital clock in right lower third counting DOWN from 60 to 0 for each minute

4/. a Big number in the middle of the circle, which ranges from 4 to 10.

I will need to be able to change colour of circle and number, as I have 6 levels to display.

Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Andy

Comments

Steve Mann wrote on 8/2/2011, 2:45 PM

Here is how you can use the Sony Timecode FX to do some of what you want:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1421565/Vegas/Countdown%20using%20the%20Vegas%20Timecode%20FX.doc

johnmeyer wrote on 8/2/2011, 4:27 PM

On Screen Clock VEG

amendegw wrote on 8/2/2011, 4:38 PM

"2/. (And most important) A coloured circle that advances each second over each minute. So at start of the minute, the circle is full, then a slice is taken out every second (6 degrees?) untill it disappears. I would like the last 5 seconds a different colour."Let me take a shot at this. There may be better ways to do this, but here's a solution using masking & a whole bunch of keyframes (actually 60).

Vegas 10 veg is here: Clock.veg

...Jerry

Chienworks wrote on 8/2/2011, 8:00 PM

Jerry, i wonder if this could be done sans-keyframes by using the clock wipe transition and setting the undersample rate to 0.033.

On the other hand, i don't know that it's necessary to have it move in 1-second increments. A smoothly running effect might be just as good.

musicvid10 wrote on 8/2/2011, 8:21 PM

Looks like we're counting down the time until Alex Trebek's ankle heals.

Just kidding!

Nice job, Jerry.
If you'd be so kind as to do a Vegas 8 VEG, I could adapt it for one of my intermission clips.

amendegw wrote on 8/3/2011, 3:06 AM

@musicvid: Unfortunately, I don't have Vegas 8 available to me (went straight from 5 -> 9). I'd tell you about my technique, but it's rather time consuming & Chienworks got me to thinking about a easier way. I couldn't get the undersampling to work, but here's what I came up with.

1) Create a 1 fps project.
2) Drop a solid-color generated media to the time line. Make it is 1 minute in length.
3) Add a circle shaped cookie cutter to solid color event.
4) Drag a Fade-out to the full length of the event.
5) Apply the "Clock Wipe" transition to the fade. Turn feathering off.
6) Keyframe the event to change the color at the 55 second point (make sure you use "Hold" interpolation curve.)
7) Save the project.
8) Open a new, master project with the appropriate project settings. Drop the saved.veg to the time line on this master project. Right click on the event and "disable resample"
9) Viola! You're done.

btw: I read the OP's project requirements as indicating he did not want a smooth wipe. (that would make it too easy! Ha!).

Vegas 10 veg is here: Clock-Wipe.veg

...Jerry

ushere wrote on 8/3/2011, 3:41 AM

@mv - love the roman numerals ;-)

amendegw wrote on 8/3/2011, 3:56 AM

"@mv - love the roman numerals ;-)"Yeah, imho, the Roman numerals are "perfect" for this intermisson sequence. I find it hard-to-imagine a clock-wipe type image would improve on this. But, then again, as it often happens, people come up with creative ideas that cause me to react with, "Why didn't I think of that?".

...Jerry

musicvid10 wrote on 8/3/2011, 7:46 AM

Yeah, I wouldn't change that example; it's gotten several good comments, and thanks for yours, Leslie and Jerry. I was thinking forward.

dxdy wrote on 8/3/2011, 7:49 AM

Let's see, techies that some of us are, how about the countdown in binary, or hex. For us old techies, octal would have to do. :)