Light ROM 4/Light ROM 4 - Disc 1.iso/text/net_news/1995/011295.doc/text0004.txt

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[e-mail] (Tim Salazar) wrote:
>
> In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Mark Kornweibel) writes:
> >I was thinking about creating fake time code numbers in an animation, and
> >was wondering if anyone had a good idea about doing it in a relatively
> >painless way. The numbers ought to be sequential and look something like
> >01:00:00:00 but they're really just for show.
> >-- [e-mail] --
> Apex's Forge and Essence can make LED's and sequence them. You would
> then have to compose them using ADPro or ImageFX or compose them during
> rendering using a image map etc.

Well, this way isn't exactly painless, but it's worth it.  I did an
animtion about a year and a half ago, needing what you're talking
about. I though of image maps, but the time it would take to build
those, could have been better used in LW.  I chose the Quiver font
from the supplied Toaster fonts.  I made a list of the numbers I
would need, and in what order... typed them out in modeler, and saved
them.  Since they numbers were all created in their proper places, I
didn't need to position them in layout.  The next step was to set up
a series of object dissolve envelopes.  Since it was a "Time Code"
display, timing out the envelopes was very simple. It's a great
animation.  Perhaps there may be a LWPro article real soon on such
a technique.

-Dan