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Does anyone know if you can do the following effect in Motion 3:
I'm trying to do an adding machine effect where you see figures change like you would on altimeter of an aircraft or an adding machine. I saw this effect in Morton Spurlock's "Supersize Me".
There must be some Motion 3 behavior or plug-in that can do this.
Thanks very much in advance,
- Nicholas

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Altimeters are usually analog dials. Adding machine would be an analog paper tape.
There are many cool gauge objects in Motion 3 and designing a paper tape simulation could be fun.
No idea how you would create a behavior to run the displays, though. (Easy in After Effects with an expressions control)
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