How to Animate a Number Counter in After Effects CC 2019 (Tutorial)

Want to animate a clock? Or maybe a countdown? Today I'm going to show you how to animate a number counter in After Effects! Using expressions, there's endless amount of things you can do with this!
Expression - ".value.toFixed(0)"
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[@TechInfusion]

Thanks for watching guys, I really appreciate the support!
Do you guys want to learn more about expressions?

[@shannehodgson4534]

Great tutorial thanks man

[@lindseyconnors3481]

How do I add in a comma so that the number upticks $1,000 and beyond???

[@didiana175]

yes!

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

yes, I wanna know how to add a dot after 3 numbers (like 1.000.000) and how to use more numbers (instead of starting at 0, start at 00, and go like 01, 02, 03 and on. or 000, or even 0.000)

[@lynseydenise]

This was amazing and easy! I have been trying to figure out how to do this for the past two days. After consistent searching for automated number counters, this video came in handy. Thank you!

[@BrodyLando]

Great video dude. Detailed and easy to follow. Saved this in my playlist for After Effects for whenever I need it. Keep going dude!

[@TechInfusion]

Packed Review Thanks man! Always happy to help.

[@MarkEricksonArtist]

Loved this! I really needed this about 5 months ago for a date/calendar loop. It's really difficult to find a tutorial for this expression out there. Saving this for next time, thank you!

[@TechInfusion]

Mark Erickson Very cool! Glad to help!

[@vicenteziegler]

THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH, i was trying a lot of complicated solutions, so thank you, you made my day!

[@LinKaaxMu]

Thank you for sharing bro'! Clear, concise, and direct to the point. U R Z Best!

[@jonb2897]

so quick and concise. great video, thanks.

[@csar9097]

Wow! A tuturial direct to the point! thanks!

[@ajthomas1195]

Awesome video! Thank you for the simple explanation

[@adricspiteri1908]

Simple. Thank you so much for this clear tutorial!

[@bmxDRAMAqueen]

Super helpful! Thank you for getting right to the point

[@velrethar]

Awesome succinct tutorial on this. Thanks for the info!

[@jeanalesi6923]

Dude, ure the bomb. Every aspect I needed in my percentage counter you covered!

[@NickRossi]

Thank you SO much! A beautifully done and economical tutorial!

[@nastiasverenyak2560]

thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@bananasunshine7570]

You’re the best. Simply the best, as Tina would say.

[@HassanGhazawi]

Thank you, easy and simple

[@ulti.matt04]

really simple and helpful video thank you so much

[@mathiaskilcher7373]

Awesome tutorial... really on point :)

[@miguelhernandezveliz478]

Nice one mate! Very effective (Throwback to pokemon for gameboy) You are a star!

[@cliftoncockburne290]

This was awesome! thank you so much :)

[@AlonsoMontero]

Super helpful, thanks so much!

[@NilabhUmredkar]

Thanks for the quick tip!

[@MarViLand]

Thank you very much, you save my evening.

[@youniqentertainment]

Super Easy and Highly Recommend.

[@daz4life]

Great explainer!! Thanks a lot!

[@ohhlena1460]

thank you so much this was helpful and short

[@agw421]

thanks! very easy to understand

[@sardarmoynulkabir2112]

Thank you for this Tutorial

[@markwaltersmedia6956]

thank you so much!

[@jeffsdavis]

Thank you!

[@rpkgraphiks9011]

Thanks, this helped me alot.

[@puyadeportivo8541]

Hello, thank you very much... It helped me a lot, fast and great

[@CCAFO]

This is nice and thank you!

[@InstaTechHD]

Showing off the good stuff bro I really need a PC to improve my editing skills😅 anyways you've earned a sub💯 keep it up

[@TechInfusion]

Haha thanks!

[@abdulwahabolalekan583]

This was amazing thanks alot

[@MattRafferty1]

Fantastic, thank you!

[@jayantlakhmani9225]

Best of em all

[@vlad.k22]

Super helpful thanks

[@Wunba]

Is there any way to have the numbers centered? So that when an additional digit appears the whole expression moves to the left. I have tried the align feature and the anchor point but nothing works.

[@DavidBallard23]

Click on paragraph left and it stabilised it for me

[@aboodgaming1408]

i love you bro you solved my big problem . i taken project from supreme surf company ad this was the lst animation which was left and now it is solved thanx bro

[@tob_express]

very nice tutorial thank u so muchh

[@zonaloca]

Thank you very much... You really nailed on what I was trying to accomplish... other tutorials use the MathRound function but for long counters (100 in the span of 3 or 5 minutes..) things start to get out of sync really quick.
Thank you again.. im suscribing. :D

[@janellesain4548]

Thanks!

[@lakmal1st]

Thank you very much !

[@waqasahmed7225]

Genuine person and video

[@Lakesofmotion]

Thanks a lot for this 🙂

[@KillingMrFusion]

Thanks AGAIN!!!!!

[@chriscrowd4946]

Perfect thanks!

[@pw1482]

Great. Thank you.

[@sufu5630]

thank you thats helped me

[@douglaszou9868]

precise and efficient!

[@perheiashdod2060]

THANK YOU!

[@lukecarter9005]

Is it possible to add in a comma after the third digit, once it gets there. i.e. you count from 1 to 1,400 but I want the "," to appear when appropriate...?

[@JulioMercurio]

this best video. thanks man

[@rangerreview1780]

I have a question. You showed ways to add symbols in front and at the end of the numbers. But is there a way to add something in between. I wanted to do a animation of a scale line going up for a piece of lumber. I want it to look like 1'10" (1 foot 10 inches). Is there a way to change the decimal to a foot symbol.

[@Bachdebian]

Thanks So Much

[@Dreadknight_Gaming]

Great Stuff. Also is there a way to make this incremental value follow a path of a bar chart using a trim path\slider?

[@nickjames5602]

Awesome tutorial, thank you! How do you enable commas in that expression? To display for example 10,000 as opposed to 10000? Thank you in advance.

[@lindseyconnors3481]

did you get an answer to this?

[@CentaurusRelax314]

Yes, please-did you get an answer? I need this NOW!

[@helloadventureco.1644]

Found this: th-cam.com/video/5WJmrYMifW8/w-d-xo.html

[@moddymadeye]

Thank you ☺

[@reevzam9020]

nice helpful video

[@juliafiji9060]

Thank you a lot!!!!!!!

[@Wheeelie402]

I greatly appreciate this tutorial! Is there a way to keep the numbers centered as they increase?

[@TechInfusion]

I believe if you move the anchor point to the middle it’ll recenter itself.

[@cristinabarna7632]

If you change the paragraph setting to the text layer itself to be centered, then the count up should behave the same way :) Kinda like if you change the font or any other text property

[@safedielnegro]

Hi, I have a question for you. In this exemple, how can I stop a random in a number? what is the expression to do that?
I´m working with this expression:
posterizeTime(2);
random(1,41).toFixed(0)+"%";
And I need to stop in 40. How can I do that?
Tnkx a lot

[@Anchalmidha56]

amazingggggg

[@Asigron]

Thank you :)

[@luisroquete2157]

Thanks a lot.

[@mrizals312]

Thankyou

[@stonehousy]

hey, thank you for tutorial! one question: is it possible to make a counter like that with data from an excel table which is not proportional?

[@Jayblueproduction]

amazing

[@imagianrk]

Thanks bro

[@elizabethdonnellan4034]

Hey thank you so much for this tutorial! I really appreciate it. I just wanted to ask when I follow the expression to include the percentage, only at 0 does it have the percentage sign, the other numbers don't. What's the best way to fix this, and why does it happen? Thank you!

[@Jay-wm2lx]

Your text box is too small, the percentage sign is simply getting cut off
Had that happen when i was playing with some bigger numbers

[@puyadeportivo8541]

FUE MUY UTIL GRACIAS

[@shwarcs]

Thanks

[@MartinAaberge]

Hi. Thanks for the tutorial. If I want it to count faster for the first X seconds and then slow down, is it possible to use this technique and edit the expression in some way?

[@neuro_davinci]

Same as any other animation, ease the key frames and change the velocity percentage untill you get the effect you're after. Not sure if there is a way to do it in expressions but this is what I did and looks fine.

[@Kanjas19]

thanks :D

[@srikanthlazarus]

Thank you so much brother _/\_

[@abdulkamal5350]

Nice

[@Netzerland]

Thanks! I have seen other ways to do it, but the expression didn't work. So thx (:

[@precious.xoxo__]

Can you set this to skip numbers? Like count down by every n numbers instead of just regularly by 1

[@austinmelendez899]

Awesome video. I have a question, is there a way to set the max value to something higher than 1,000,000? and can I also remove the decimal places when counting, so only have whole numbers? Thanks!

[@Jarbrain]

I know the question is one year old but it might help others. The slider has a max of 1,000,000... If you want to go beyond that, you can use the point controller, link the text to one of the axis like the X-axis and add the keyframes. This would make your number go beyond the 1,000,000 mark. All the best!

[@austinmelendez899]

@@Jarbrain Hey! Thanks for the response regardless of time. I should've commented my solution at the time bcI did figure out a similar way to do it

[@SabrinaModelle]

Awesome video, thank you! Is there a way to add a comma for a 6 digit number?

[@TechInfusion]

Try using this expression:
countTotal=57000;
textBefore = "$";
textAfter = "";
n="" + Math.round(effect("Slider Control")("Slider")*countTotal/100); s="";
for(i=0, l=n.length;
i

[@FemiSHair]

@@TechInfusion I got "expression error" when I tried this

[@hemineko-chanamvs1192]

How do I make the numbers go up by 4 per second? Is there an expression? Thanks :)

[@RooskieTV]

Awesome video man! Can this be played for something like a timer? I feel like I can use this for a "starting soon" timer on my live streams!

[@TechInfusion]

RuskieTech Yes! You can make countdown timers. And you can make it do a whole bunch of cool effects.

[@RooskieTV]

@@TechInfusion Nice!!

[@orangevfxlab]

Спасибо!

[@adamphillips6747]

Is there are way to put a Character before the negative if a number goes to negative?

[@CharlizeMatthee]

Hi there, I am late to the party. I would like to know if you could tell me how I would create a space, instead of a comma after my thousands. i.e 0 to 80 000. My slider works perfectly, but I don't know how to alter the expression to add that space once it hits the thousands. Please if you could assist, that would be super amazing.
Kindest regards

[@bassert1966]

Hi! How can I add a colon (:) between the digits? Like 06:00... Thanks!

[@fcam]

for triple digits counter animation effect in #aftereffects
x=Math.round(effect("Slider Control")("Slider")).toFixed(0);
while (x.length < 3) x = "0" + x; x

[@heyaoh5616]

Thank you so muchhhhhh

[@matric8130]

Can we do this in a website which already has numbers ? And want to run those numbers by editing , if so how ?
Can you please tell

[@flyinganchovy5267]

how would you make it look like minutes?.... like 5:57. so I'd need to add in the : between numbers.

[@itsmekevindsouza]

Cool..

[@TechInfusion]

Kevin D'souza 😎

[@alexspinola4835]

what if I want my counter start with a double zero (00) rather than 1 zero?

[@mysteriumxarxes3990]

also want this

[@0420abhinav]

I want my counter to start with a double zero (00) rather than a single zero? How can I do it?

[@JohannesLabusch]

Everything worked great for me, except the dollar sign. What am I doing wrong? Has this changed in AE 18.2.0?

[@8Aoi.]

What about showing how to animate the red ring going around it as well while it counts up? 🥺

[@TechInfusion]

If you follow my animated arrows and lines I show you how to use trim paths. You can use that for this circle effect.

[@8Aoi.]

@@TechInfusion ok, thanks I'll have to look thru your channel and find it. This video was the first that popped up on my recommendations.

[@barrywygel8969]

Any way to add a comma to numbers over 1,000?

[@wonderfulworld5366]

cool video. But i have a question: the percentage icon suddenly disappears when it reaches 100. what could be the problem? thanks for the reply.

[@jengoldstein8113]

I want my % symbol after the number to be smaller, superscript How do I do this?

[@stephanieclark9049]

Samsies, could you help with this?

[@xtigerbotjoe]

Prob a shot in the dark given the age of this video, but how would you do this if you wanted it to read as a digital clock?