word into numbers

[Mylenium]

hi everyone!

how can i make each letter of a word run through the letters of the alphabet randomly (maybe at different intervals and speeds) for a couple of seconds, then the letters become random numbers which in return turn into one final number i would like to be able to determine.

the effect is somewhat similar to a slot machine with the difference that i would like to start with letters->then numbers->then a final number

ps: (i have the evaporate effect run over the entire scene)

thanx

markus

www.humanchaos.net (http://www.humanchaos.net/)

Use text animators to animate the character value and character value offset. This is not trivial, though, as all calculations are based on the Unicode/ ASCII values and you will need multiple animators to skip certain character ranges. Some expression might be better. I don't have the tiem to cook it up now as I'm in a hurry, but if you come back in one or two days I might have some code for you.

Mylenium

[yikesmikes]

This is an earlier response I gave over at the Cow to a similar question, he wanted to change "pear" to "1324". It's overkill on the detail as it's the Basic forum.


http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/202/876698


He had a follow-up to change each letter sequentially, which requires a layer for each letter.


http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/202/876720


By changing the "holdFrames" in each layer you can have each letter change at a different rate. I should try a random aspect to that "holdFrames" but I gotta go do somehthing else.


Like Mylenium said you chould be able to do this with text animators, but that's beyond me.

Maybe you're the same guy that asked the question over there, if so disregard this.

[mm149047]

This is an earlier response I gave over at the Cow to a similar question, he wanted to change "pear" to "1324". It's overkill on the detail as it's the Basic forum.


http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/202/876698


He had a follow-up to change each letter sequentially, which requires a layer for each letter.


http://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/202/876720


By changing the "holdFrames" in each layer you can have each letter change at a different rate. I should try a random aspect to that "holdFrames" but I gotta go do somehthing else.


Like Mylenium said you chould be able to do this with text animators, but that's beyond me.

Maybe you're the same guy that asked the question over there, if so disregard this.


thank you so much and at the same time excuse the double post.
your time helped me solve my problems -- well, the art related ones :)
markus

www.humanchaos.net (http://www.humanchaos.net)

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