Countdowns and timers - Slipity Pro

A timer is a layer that shows a clock instead of words you typed. Put one on a slide, in a countdown, or on a stage layout.

What it counts

Mode	For
Countdown to Time	Down to a time of day — doors at 10:30, the service at 11. Choose Any Day for one that’s the same every week.
Countdown Timer	Down from a length — five minutes of notices, thirty seconds of a bumper.
Elapsed Time	Up from the moment it was put on the screen — how long the sermon has been going.

Choose how it’s written, from SS and M:SS up to hours, days, frames and timecode.

Screenshot to come — To capture: The timer layer settings in the inspector: mode, format and When Done.

When it gets to zero

Choice	What happens
Hide Countdown	The timer takes itself off; what’s behind it stays.
Go to Next Slide	On to the next slide in the running order.
Go to Playlist	Straight into a playlist — the service itself, from the pre-service countdown.
Stay at Zero	The digits stay at zero until something else goes up.

A timer can also carry on past zero, counting the other way — useful on a stage screen, so the speaker knows how far over they are.

Countdowns

A countdown is a timer with a design of its own, made in the Countdown Editor, that shows on the Countdown layer over everything else. Start one:

from a slide, with Add Action › Show Countdown,
from a remote, MIDI or OSC,
or with Siri and Shortcuts: Start Countdown and Stop Countdown.

Clear Countdown takes it off.

Screenshot to come — To capture: A pre-service countdown on the screens over a background loop.