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Josef Heks · April 15th, 2006, 12:29 AM

Hi,

What do you call that thing which is at the start of old cartoons/films, which is like a circular animation which countsdown from 5 (or 10?), and each number is revealed with a beep by a circular wipe? whats that called?! and is there a plugin for Vegas or Premiere which does it?

Thanks,

Josef

Aaron Koolen · April 15th, 2006, 12:46 AM

I think it's called a 2pop.

Josef Heks · April 15th, 2006, 02:47 AM

thanks, but are you sure? I coudnt find anything suggesting it was a 2pop when I searched "2pop" and "2 pop" on the web...maybe it has a more general name?

Aaron Koolen · April 15th, 2006, 07:10 AM

I'm pretty sure, but yeah it's hard to google, unless you go something like "2 pop film countdown"

http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-cen...ssary/t--2-pop

Aaron

Robin Davies-Rollinson · April 15th, 2006, 10:31 AM

Well, it's just an ordinary leader isn't it? (SMPTE probably)
They were even used in TV for allowing telecine machines to get up to speed - same as the VT clock, which you can still see these days, even though most playback decks will start almost instantaneously - so they're basically there as an ident.

Robin

Josef Heks · April 15th, 2006, 11:49 PM

sounds like ur right indeed. thanks for the help. I ended up making my own using the "clock wipe" transition on Vegas...sounds like i did it a bit wrong though reading that desription!

Steve House · April 16th, 2006, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Josef Heks

Hi,

What do you call that thing which is at the start of old cartoons/films, which is like a circular animation which countsdown from 5 (or 10?), and each number is revealed with a beep by a circular wipe? whats that called?! and is there a plugin for Vegas or Premiere which does it?

Thanks,

Josef

It's called variously a "Universal Leader", "Academy Leader", or "SMPTE Leader." The "2-pop" is the blip at the 2 second mark. In Premiere Pro you can go to the project window, click the "New Item" button and select "universal counting leader" and it'll put a clip of one with the colours you want etc in the media pool. Don't find a preset one in Vegas but a quick google should turn up some for download if you don't have Premiere

Phil Hover · April 20th, 2006, 12:55 PM

Or simply countdown leader

April 15th, 2006, 12:29 AM	#1
Josef Heks Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 74	What do u call this?? Hi, What do you call that thing which is at the start of old cartoons/films, which is like a circular animation which countsdown from 5 (or 10?), and each number is revealed with a beep by a circular wipe? whats that called?! and is there a plugin for Vegas or Premiere which does it? Thanks, Josef

April 15th, 2006, 12:46 AM	#2
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	I think it's called a 2pop. __________________ My Website Meat Free Media

April 15th, 2006, 07:10 AM	#4
Aaron Koolen Trustee Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Posts: 1,727	I'm pretty sure, but yeah it's hard to google, unless you go something like "2 pop film countdown" http://www.sweetwater.com/expert-cen...ssary/t--2-pop Aaron __________________ My Website Meat Free Media

April 15th, 2006, 02:47 AM	#3
Josef Heks Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 74	thanks, but are you sure? I coudnt find anything suggesting it was a 2pop when I searched "2pop" and "2 pop" on the web...maybe it has a more general name?

April 15th, 2006, 10:31 AM	#5
Robin Davies-Rollinson Trustee Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gwaelod-y-garth, Cardiff, CYMRU/WALES Posts: 1,215	Well, it's just an ordinary leader isn't it? (SMPTE probably) They were even used in TV for allowing telecine machines to get up to speed - same as the VT clock, which you can still see these days, even though most playback decks will start almost instantaneously - so they're basically there as an ident. Robin

April 15th, 2006, 11:49 PM	#6
Josef Heks Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 74	sounds like ur right indeed. thanks for the help. I ended up making my own using the "clock wipe" transition on Vegas...sounds like i did it a bit wrong though reading that desription!

April 20th, 2006, 12:55 PM	#8
Phil Hover Regular Crew Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Costa Mesa, The OC, CA Posts: 87	Or simply countdown leader