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This is the result we will create, a counter that rapidly ascends from 0 and then slows down to 2580 meters above sea level, above the red-tinted peak of a mountain at dawn. Let's get started. Hello, welcome back to the complete Adobe After Effects series from Cerdas Inovasi Digital. Numbers that count up are often used in infographics and profile videos. Creating it with individual source text keyframes is not feasible, so we will use a slider control and one line of expression.

Step 1: Number Text

Create a composition from the mountain dawn footage. Create a text that reads 0 with a bold font at the lower left, then a smaller text for the peak height above it. Source text keyframes can only be hold, so counting from 0 to thousands in this way would require thousands of keyframes.

Step 2: Slider Control

Select the number text and apply the slider control effect from the expression controls category. This effect does not change the appearance at all, it only provides a number that can be animated in the effect controls. At second 0, activate the slider stopwatch with a value of 0.

Step 3: Keyframe Slider

At second 3, fill in 2580. Press F9, then set the influence to 80% to make the counting slow down dramatically towards the end.

Step 4: Expression on Source Text

Open the source text properties, hold Alt, then click the stopwatch. The expression column opens. Type mesh round, parenthesis, slider control effect, parenthesis slider, close parenthesis. This expression reads the slider value and rounds it. Click outside the column to apply it.

Step 5: Adding Units

Add a unit behind the number by changing the expression to mesh round and then add a space quotation mark mdpl. The text now displays a rounded number followed by mdpl. We will thoroughly discuss expressions in module 9.

Step 6: Preview

Play the preview. The number rapidly ascends, then slows down and stops exactly at 2580 mdpl. Changing the final number is simply a matter of replacing the slider keyframe.

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Done. We've already understood the limitations of keyframe source text, using slider controls, animating sliders with e-easing, linking them to source text with the mesh round expression, and adding units. In the next episode, we create kinetic typography. Need a promotional video, logo animation, motion graphics for social media, or visual effects for short films? Cerdas Inovasi Digital provides motion graphics and visual effects services, as well as After Effects courses from beginner to advanced. Want to master the entire series, 104 episodes from the interface to the final project? All episodes, complete with PDF step-by-step guides, source footage, and project scripts, are available to premium tutorial subscribers. Subscribe starting at Rp69.000 per month, save 28% with the 12-month package, or pay once Rp999.000 for lifetime access. Want just one class? Buy individual classes with lifetime access. Subscribe now at the premium page cerdasinovasidigital.com Contact us via WhatsApp, or visit cerdasinovasidigital.com Thank you for watching, see you in the next episode.

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Introduction

Step 1: Number Text

Step 2: Slider Control

Step 3: Keyframe Slider

At second 3, fill in 2580. Press F9, then set the influence to 80% to make the counting slow down dramatically towards the end.

Step 4: Expression on Source Text

Step 5: Adding Units

Step 6: Preview

Play the preview. The number rapidly ascends, then slows down and stops exactly at 2580 mdpl. Changing the final number is simply a matter of replacing the slider keyframe.

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: Number Text

0:57Step 2: Slider Control

1:17Step 3: Keyframe Slider

1:30Step 4: Expression on Source Text

1:51Step 5: Adding Units

2:08Step 6: Preview

2:22Done!

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0:03Introduction

0:36Step 1: Number Text

0:57Step 2: Slider Control

1:17Step 3: Keyframe Slider

1:30Step 4: Expression on Source Text

1:51Step 5: Adding Units

2:08Step 6: Preview

2:22Done!

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Introduction

Step 1: Number Text

Step 2: Slider Control

Step 3: Keyframe Slider

Step 4: Expression on Source Text

Step 5: Adding Units

Step 6: Preview

Done!

Introduction

Step 1: Number Text

Step 2: Slider Control

Step 3: Keyframe Slider

Step 4: Expression on Source Text

Step 5: Adding Units

Step 6: Preview

Done!