Advanced Clock rig and expressions

[@Zena.Tabaee]

Wow, this is only the second time I’m using AE and this clock is ticking 😂 I’m in love

[@FabiVFX]

Wow thanks! Is just what I needed. very well explained and effective

[@ZioTeoPodcast]

If in the original PSD file the clock is centered you don't have to reposition the anchor points, just chose _Composition_ when importing into After Effects :)

[@LongLiveMikey]

Yes it is centered. But huge bounding boxes around little clock hands bug me :) I would rather re position the anchor point.

[@Milaminyan]

I dont know what went wrong with me, but my clock ticks way too fast! I checked many times that I copied these lines right, and I cant find any mistakes. It seems to tick right time when t = vIn(1/9); on seconds.

[@nerm0557]

What happen with the expressions if we only want animate the hours and minutes?

[@daceliga]

Hey. When I clicked on stop watch next to hours there didn't show Expressions: Rotation like you... Can you please help me? Where i need to click?

[@ankitdarwhekar2258]

From where to get that clock control effect?

[@sumanbabu6278]

great...... excellent...... great job.............

[@larsstevens774]

Is there any way to make the minute hand tick like the second hand? Like, it doesn't slowly move to the next minute, but it jumps to it once the second hand reaches the top

[@onecut1000]

Where can I learn more about the power of expressions !! The Possibilities seem endless ?

[@LongLiveMikey]

Search after effects expressions in Google. I think the first 3 results are the best. They should be Adobe, gray machine and motion works.

[@FabrizioBogado]

Amazing! Super maths

[@iefdams]

Can I make the minutes hand tick like the seconds hand? Do you know the calculation for that? Great tutorial!

[@rooneyviet]

Hello, this is a brilliant technique. but I see 2 problems first problem : the second is not connected to the minute. If I control the seconds to full 60seconds, the minute hand does not move. second problem : Only can control the minute then the second move. but not for full 60 seconds. For example, set minute hand move from 20th min to 21th min, set key frame from 1st second to 20th second (on the timeline of after effects). The second hand only ticking from 1st to 20th second (not full 60seconds) but the minute is 1 minute moved. How to solve these ? Thanks. sorry for stupid English.

[@LongLiveMikey]

***** I just checked through my file, First off, everything is controlled by the minute hand. so that is the one you need to be animating. and I check the second hand moving, and it did a full 60 seconds. You might have put in a wrong value somewhere.

[@rooneyviet]

Hi. could you check again. I just re-checked the expression I copied is correct but when keyframe the minute hand from one min to next min, the seconds hand does not move full 60 seconds.

[@rooneyviet]

***** Here : i.imgur.com/8qSS1IR.png I set keyframe for minute hand moving from 21min to 22min (from 10second mark to 35second mark on timeline ). The second hand does not move full 60 seconds, but its move 35-10=25 seconds.

[@anjukatiyar3239]

can you please give any video link that can teach me basics of programming in AE

[@iheartsoccerbl11bowlover]

So anytime I try to do an expression I always seem to get an error. This time I got this when attempting the first expression hours "Error at line 1 property ‘Rotation’ of layer 2 (‘Second’) in comp ‘layered clock’. Unterminated string constant." I know this is an older tutorial but if you check the comments would you be able to help?

[@iheartsoccerbl11bowlover]

nvm I think I figured it out. It seems to be an issue a lot of people have with after effects so it was easy to figure out!

[@r2fx]

Ok, I am a filmmaker and I have to replace a clock in a scene. This tutorial is actually perfect, I was able to perfectly place this animated clock in my scene. But, I can't get the second hand to tick, it just goes super fast. I followed this multiple times. Is it cheating to ask for the project file? lol, I dont know what I am doing wrong. Thanks so much for your time.

[@r2fx]

Ahhh, So, I made my timeline 24hrs and it corrected itself! Thanks Anyway!

[@romariodavis4628]

nice tutorial bro it helped

[@ganeshawebfx7014]

Awesome Tutorial Sir....

[@createevestudio]

Clever

[@hiteshwddkakde2092]

what for only second