If you want a 5 minute countdown, you would enter 5:00. This format will update to read 01:37:30. If you want a timer to run for 1 hour, 37 minutes, and 30 seconds, you would 1:37:30. The countdown timer uses the format of HOUR : MINUTE: SECONDS. You can rename the countdown with this text box. The first is the text box that says 'Timer'.

There are two key things we'll look at right now. This will add the default timer, which is a traditional countdown timer. Depending on whether you imported anything from ProPresenter 6 or have already used Timers, you may or may not have existing timers listed.Ĭlick the plus (+) button in the upper right corner to add a new timer. When you open Timers, you will see a window like the one shown below. The Timers button is located in the middle part of show controls by default. On Windows, the shortcut is Control-Shift-C. To access Timers, click on the Timers button in show controls, selecting it from the View menu, or with the keyboard shortcut. There are a few different ways to actually make your Message Countdown show, and those will be covered at the end of this article. And the Message is what allows you to show the countdown on your Audience Screens. The Theme handles all of the formatting and linking the Timer to a text box in the Theme. This is where the data is being generated. The Timer is what generates the actual countdown. You can also style it anyway you want and place it over any content that you want.Ĭreating a countdown requires three things: the Timer, the Theme, and the Message. The benefit of creating a countdown directly in ProPresenter rather than using a prebuilt video countdown is that you are in control of the length of the timer and the placement. This article will cover how to create countdowns that are shown on Audience Screens. ProPresenter makes it easy to create a variety of countdowns that can be shown to the audience or just to your Stage Screens.

Part Three: Using Timers on Stage Screens Part Two: How to Create a Countdown for an Audience Screen

Use the links below to navigate between each part of this series. Since all of these features are connected to each other, each article makes references to things covered in other articles. This article is Part One of a series of articles on using timers on Audience Screens and Stage Screens.

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