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# Countdowns and timers

> Count down to the service, time a sermon, and move on automatically when time's up.

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](https://mintcdn.com/slipity/ddfjNdKt9Fp_3G2P/images/placeholder.svg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=ddfjNdKt9Fp_3G2P\&q=85\&s=305435d15979a4e41a8762e1faae5681)

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](https://mintcdn.com/slipity/ddfjNdKt9Fp_3G2P/images/placeholder.svg?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=ddfjNdKt9Fp_3G2P\&q=85\&s=305435d15979a4e41a8762e1faae5681)

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


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