Monospacer
  • coen boumancoen bouman
    Dudes, what's the use of mono spacer without digit fiddler, when animating. Asking for a friend who bought this.

    Cheers,

    Coen  
  • coen boumancoen bouman
    taptaptap
  • Owen LingOwen Ling
    Says monopacer instead of monospacer on the gif example of the counters...

    But nice plug-in!
  • Reuben LaraReuben Lara
    This is awesome. I don't need it yet, but when I do, it's going to be epic.
  • Sergey PavlovichSergey Pavlovich
    In real problems is a little useful thing.I'm trying to apply this to the counter now.At the beginning, the text is lumped together, which looks pretty awful, after the manipulations, it turns out to push it, but only align to the left is available.When I do I need align to center inside my counter, it appears some hole in text (when numers are four-digit) that disappears when the number becomes five-digit. 
  • Sergey PavlovichSergey Pavlovich
    Абсолютно бесполезный скрипт. Сколько раз не пробовал настроить им ровный трекинг, он делает только хуже. Все строчки и буквы сдвигаются каким-то непонятным образом. Короче лучше уж без него, чем тратить время на эти эксперименты. 
  • James AdamsJames Adams
    Having issues! The spaces keeps changing and adding extra things at random points. 
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    James Adams said:
    Having issues! The spaces keeps changing and adding extra things at random points. 
    Hi James, have responded to your ticket.
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Owen Ling said:
    Says monopacer instead of monospacer on the gif example of the counters...

    But nice plug-in!
    Thanks Owen, good catch.
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Sergey Pavlovich said:
    In real problems is a little useful thing.
    I'm trying to apply this to the counter now.At the beginning, the text is lumped together, which looks pretty awful, after the manipulations, it turns out to push it, but only align to the left is available.When I do I need align to center inside my counter, it appears some hole in text (when numers are four-digit) that disappears when the number becomes five-digit. 
    Hi Sergey

    As mentioned in the tutorial video, the text must always be aligned left unless you want to have the text aligned right, in which case the paragraph text must be set to align right. 
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Felipe BELLO said:
    Not really helpful.

    This plugin will destroy any scripts you add for adding spaces or commas in a counter. 

    With some fonts it generate unwanted artifacts around characters.

    I want my money back.
    Hi Felipe

    Indeed monospacer won't leave spaces, however a workaround for this is to add a character (any character) and then set the baseline shift very high so it disappears. Then you will have a perfectly sized space. If you're having more issues please feel free to open a support ticket as those are monitored daily. 
  • eric Epsteineric Epstein
    This thing seems to not allow multiple lines on top of each other. Is there some workaround for line breaks?
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    eric Epstein said:
    This thing seems to not allow multiple lines on top of each other. Is there some workaround for line breaks?
    Hi Eric

    Unfortunately not. I will add this to the description so people are aware. Apologies for not making that clear.
  • Eric JohnsonEric Johnson
    "Or don't.  But I'd prefer that you did." 
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Eric Johnson said:
    "Or don't.  But I'd prefer that you did." 
    Teehee you got me!
  • Alvaro Valiño PardoAlvaro Valiño Pardo
    It seems Monospacer cant be used in Catalina OS. I get theis message after updating the OS:
    “Monospacer_v1.0.plugin” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

    Are you planing to launch an update?
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Alvaro Valiño Pardo said:
    It seems Monospacer cant be used in Catalina OS. I get theis message after updating the OS:
    “Monospacer_v1.0.plugin” cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified. macOS cannot verify that this app is free from malware."

    Are you planing to launch an update?
    Hi Alvaro

    Yes, version 1.1.3 is live and has been signed, let me know if you have any issues with it.
  • Kevin CeaseKevin Cease
    does not work when I render the video.
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Kevin Cease said:
    does not work when I render the video.
    Hi Kevin

    Could you please let me know some extra information about what's happening? Is it via media encoder or inside AE? Opening a support ticket is the best way for us to help diagnose the cause and find a solution. 
  • Vitaly BabichVitaly Babich
    Good tool to fast solve the monospace issues.
    Wouldb e cool to have an "centered" option. Digits adds only on the right side. Now I need to center manually with every new digit.
    Thanks!
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Vitaly Babich said:
    Good tool to fast solve the monospace issues.
    Wouldb e cool to have an "centered" option. Digits adds only on the right side. Now I need to center manually with every new digit.
    Thanks!
    Hi Vitaly
    Thanks for your suggestion. I'm curious, could you please show me an example of what you're creating? 
  • Robert PaynterRobert Paynter
    doesn't count over 1 million ?  am I missing something ?
  • Jonathan D__Jonathan D__
    This plugin is super useful, animating numbers counting is something that almost everyone in motion graphics runs into again and again. And the width jitter you run into in non-monospace fonts just doesn't look great. Yes it has some limitations and problems but I think its overall a great plugin and I appreciate the great support from James.

    How to use:
    If using this plugin without digit fiddler (or some other counting plug-in), animate counting by parenting your text-layer "source text" parameter to a slider effect (either on txt layer or null/adjustment).

    Counting over a 1 Million:
    That will take you up to 1 mill I think. Numbers effect is another option but that is limited to 30k. These limitations are caused by hard number limits on certain properties usually the "Slider" and "Number" properties. There are workarounds using other properties (point control) and using expressions (google "how to count over 1mil in ae") or with another plugin like Digit Fiddler (also by James which can actually replace the whole functionality of this mini-plugin). You may also be able to find expressions (google it) that add things like commas or colons automatically as you count.

    Lastly: Digit Fiddler combines the features of Monospacer with the other animation features that it really needs to be highly functional. I recommend getting it if you want more functionality. BUT it currently doesn't have the newest monospacer feature "Buffer Expansion" which is important character animation effects. I'm sure the feature will be updated shortly and then DF will truly be superior.

    James: my suggestion for a next feature for both (M and DF) when you get to it, is a slider that effects the width box for "all punctuation characters" at once. Stuff like colons, commas, periods. I know you can do that with the custom character targeting, but I think its a QOL feature that everyone would love!


  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Robert Paynter said:
    doesn't count over 1 million ?  am I missing something ?
    Hi Robert

    As Jonathan mentioned, the number multiplier slider will allow you to count numbers much larger than one million (which is the After Effects limit for sliders).
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Jonathan D__ said:
    This plugin is super useful, animating numbers counting is something that almost everyone in motion graphics runs into again and again. And the width jitter you run into in non-monospace fonts just doesn't look great. Yes it has some limitations and problems but I think its overall a great plugin and I appreciate the great support from James.

    How to use:
    If using this plugin without digit fiddler (or some other counting plug-in), animate counting by parenting your text-layer "source text" parameter to a slider effect (either on txt layer or null/adjustment).

    Counting over a 1 Million:
    That will take you up to 1 mill I think. Numbers effect is another option but that is limited to 30k. These limitations are caused by hard number limits on certain properties usually the "Slider" and "Number" properties. There are workarounds using other properties (point control) and using expressions (google "how to count over 1mil in ae") or with another plugin like Digit Fiddler (also by James which can actually replace the whole functionality of this mini-plugin). You may also be able to find expressions (google it) that add things like commas or colons automatically as you count.

    Lastly: Digit Fiddler combines the features of Monospacer with the other animation features that it really needs to be highly functional. I recommend getting it if you want more functionality. BUT it currently doesn't have the newest monospacer feature "Buffer Expansion" which is important character animation effects. I'm sure the feature will be updated shortly and then DF will truly be superior.

    James: my suggestion for a next feature for both (M and DF) when you get to it, is a slider that effects the width box for "all punctuation characters" at once. Stuff like colons, commas, periods. I know you can do that with the custom character targeting, but I think its a QOL feature that everyone would love!


    Hi Jonathan

    Great write up :D and that's a good feature idea, I'll definitely try to include it in the next update.
  • Christian TersløvChristian Tersløv
    Hi!

    I am a big fan og Monospacer, but can it be true that I can't make at count up/down with right alignment?

    Cheers,
    Christian
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Christian Tersløv said:
    Hi!

    I am a big fan og Monospacer, but can it be true that I can't make at count up/down with right alignment?

    Cheers,
    Christian
    Hi Christian

    Could you please send an example image of what you're trying to create? Monospacer does work with right alignment.
  • Blair RichmondBlair Richmond
    Looks like some overlapping letters are peaking through.

    Any suggestion on how to stop this happening:
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Blair Richmond said:
    Looks like some overlapping letters are peaking through.

    Any suggestion on how to stop this happening:
    Hi Blair

    Yes if you increase the tracking on the text layer (using the character panel), and then remove that tracking inside Monospacer. The issue is caused because the characters are close to each other and there's not enough room for a clean separation. 
  • Rafael Gustavo Rebonato do ValleRafael Gustavo Rebonato do Valle
    There is a difficult limitation in your script, I can't use : (two dots) between the numbers (for a countdown), it always put the two dots a part.
    Is there a fix for that? Or every time I have this type of in-between characters, I need to time then separated?

    How I did the text - Monospacer OFF
    How it appears in screen - Monospacer ON
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Rafael Gustavo Rebonato do Valle said:
    There is a difficult limitation in your script, I can't use : (two dots) between the numbers (for a countdown), it always put the two dots a part.
    Is there a fix for that? Or every time I have this type of in-between characters, I need to time then separated?

    How I did the text - Monospacer OFF
    How it appears in screen - Monospacer ON
    Hi Rafael

    Thanks for sending the screenshots. This case can be fixed via the methods described in this video:



    If you're still having issues, please let me know in a support ticket as I've managed to get this exact case working (colons and semi colons). 
  • Cam VokeyCam Vokey
    Hi there guys - there's a compatibility issue with M1 Macs and this plugin. Any word on when it'll be updated?
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Cam Vokey said:
    Hi there guys - there's a compatibility issue with M1 Macs and this plugin. Any word on when it'll be updated?
    Hi Cam

    v1.2.3 is compatible with all new apple silicon hardware. Are you having issues with it? I believe it wasn't code signed correctly, so we've correctly notarised it and now there shouldn't be any permission issues. I'd recommend doing an uninstall and re-install. Let me know how you go.
  • Tobias EhingerTobias Ehinger
    What's with the coloured boxes all over the text? Can't find reference to it anywhere, seems to be turned on and off with ease in the YouTube video, couldn't work out how to do it.
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Tobias Ehinger said:
    What's with the coloured boxes all over the text? Can't find reference to it anywhere, seems to be turned on and off with ease in the YouTube video, couldn't work out how to do it.
    Hi Tobias

    That's the separation guide which is enabled by the "Enable Guide" parameter under the "Thresholding" group. Let me know if you need help. 
  • Tobias EhingerTobias Ehinger
    James Whiffin said:
    Tobias Ehinger said:
    What's with the coloured boxes all over the text? Can't find reference to it anywhere, seems to be turned on and off with ease in the YouTube video, couldn't work out how to do it.
    Hi Tobias

    That's the separation guide which is enabled by the "Enable Guide" parameter under the "Thresholding" group. Let me know if you need help. 
    Thanks James, that solved it
  • Nick NatteauNick Natteau
    Hi Tobias, is Monospacer available for free as a stand alone plugin if you buy Digit Fiddler? Or is it only included for free within Digit Fiddler?
    Meaning that if you buy Digit Fiddler alone, you would not be able to use Monospacer on a separate line of text. Thank you in advance for letting me know.
     
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Nick Natteau said:
    Hi Tobias, is Monospacer available for free as a stand alone plugin if you buy Digit Fiddler? Or is it only included for free within Digit Fiddler?
    Meaning that if you buy Digit Fiddler alone, you would not be able to use Monospacer on a separate line of text. Thank you in advance for letting me know.
     
    Hi Nick

    If you own digit fiddler I suppose you could remove the source text expression from digit fiddler and then it would display any text you like and you can then have access to monospacing. 
  • Vanja AndersenVanja Andersen
    Hey! 

    I've just got the plug-in and it shows as I want inside of AE when I play it, but once I render it, monospacer seems to be gone? why? it just resets to normal characters following kerning.. but when I view it in AE the expression is on?? 
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Vanja Andersen said:
    Hey! 

    I've just got the plug-in and it shows as I want inside of AE when I play it, but once I render it, monospacer seems to be gone? why? it just resets to normal characters following kerning.. but when I view it in AE the expression is on?? 
    Hi Vanja

    Are you rendering via AE or AME? Please open a support ticket so we can get to the bottom of the issue. 
  • Mitchell HillMitchell Hill
    Problem with rendering colons (like in a countdown clock) Dots do not line up vertically
  • James WhiffinJames Whiffin
    Mitchell Hill said:
    Problem with rendering colons (like in a countdown clock) Dots do not line up vertically
    Hi Mitchell

    In this case increase the Y thresholding a lot, and possibly the X thresholding. Please see here for more info:


     If you're still having trouble please open a support ticket and we will assist. 
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