Numbers Effect; Format Controls For The Numbers Effect - Adobe AFTER EFFECTS 7.0 Manual

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User Guide
The following options and values are available in the Basic Text dialog box, which opens automatically when you
apply the effect: Font, Style, Direction, Alignment, and Show Font. To edit the text after you close this dialog box,
click Edit Text in the Effect Controls panel. Adjust the following controls after you close the Basic Text dialog box:
Specifies the position of the text in the composition.
Position
Note: The behavior of the Position point is affected by the Alignment setting in the Basic Text dialog box. The point
always positions the vertical center of the text relative to the layer. However, if the text is left-aligned, the point positions
the left edge; if the text is center-aligned, the point positions the center; and if the text is right-aligned, the point positions
the right edge.
Specifies the color and width of the text. Display Options specifies the use of a fill or stroke or a
Fill and Stroke
combination of both on the text. Fill Only fills the characters with a color. Stroke Only strokes the edges of the
characters with a color. Fill Over Stroke overlaps the fill color onto the stroke color. Stroke Over Fill overlaps the
stroke color onto the fill color. Fill Color specifies the color you want to use to fill the characters. Stroke Color
specifies the color you want to use to outline the characters. Stroke Width specifies the size of the outline around
each character.
Specifies the size of the characters.
Size
Specifies the average distance between characters.
Tracking
Specifies the space between lines of characters.
Line Spacing
Specifies that the text is composited on the layer to which the effect is applied. When
Composite On Original
Composite On Original is not selected, the layer is not visible.

Numbers effect

The Numbers effect generates random and sequential numbers in different formats. You can use it to display random
times and dates or timecodes, or to print the current date and time on a layer whenever it's rendered.
Note: Leap years are taken into consideration. Note that on some Mac OS systems, the clock starts on January 1, 1904,
and does not go beyond February 6, 2040.
This effect works with 8-bpc color.
Original (left); after applying the Numbers effect (center); and after setting Type to Numbers, Time, and Hexadecimal on three different layers
(right)
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 Edit Text at the top of the Effect Controls panel.

Format controls for the Numbers effect

Adjust the following format controls for the Numbers effect after you close the Font Style dialog box:
Specifies the type of numeric string used, such as time, timecode, date, or hexadecimal.
Type
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Specifies a decimal number. If you select Random and Number, the number is bounded by 0 and the
Number
slider value.