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Create a counter animation

Make a polished counting animation in just a few clicks

Written by Karen

Use Jitter's dynamic counting animation preset to display numbers, stats or metrics with motion.

To create a counter animation:

  1. Create a text layer that contains the number you want to animate

  2. Open the Animate panel

  3. Select New animation β†’ Custom β†’ Counter

  4. Configure the animation values:

    1. From: the value the counter begins at

    2. To: the value it counts up (or down) to

    3. Step: the interval it counts at. This controls the pace of the animation.

πŸ’‘ Tip: Choose more steps to make the counting animation smoother and slower, and fewer steps to make it snappier.

Supported number formats

The counter animation works with a wide range of number formats, including text layers that mix numbers with other characters:

  • Plain numbers, e.g. 42, 1234.5678

  • Negative numbers, e.g. -1,234.5%

  • Non-numeric prefixes and suffixes, e.g. $42, 42kg, $1,234.50kg

  • Thousands separators e.g. comma (1,234), dot (1.234), or space (1 000 000)

  • Decimals with . as decimal separator

  • Leading zero padding, e.g. 0000, 001,234.50

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