Suitable for complete beginners to programming! Let's take a look at writing some simple code in Python for execution in Blender, to animate the value of a text field. We'll walk through every single line of code so you don't have to be an expert at programming to understand what's going on!

Original Source: http://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/7904/dynamic-text-in-animation


- SCRIPT DOWNLOAD -
Download Link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d4vycoabj35vadu/running_text.py?dl=0

Instructions on use: Copy and paste the contents of the above file into your Blender text editor. Then, create a text field named "field". You may change the following variables at the top of the code:

frame_start - The frame to begin the running text
frame_end - The frame to stop the running text
value_start - The value to display in the text field at the beginning
value_end - The value to display in the text field at the end

Once you are done modifying these values, click on the "Run Script" button. After that, playing the animation will cause the text field to animate.


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