Introduction

LeoMoon TextCounter is an easy to use text animation plugin for Blender that can be used to make GUI simulations, scoreboards, timers, HUDs, and data-driven titles.

Features

• Animated mode - keyframe the counter value directly on any Text object
• Dynamic mode - drive the counter from a Python expression (supports bpy, mathutils, math, and more); object/data references
are auto-rewritten to use the evaluated depsgraph
• Number formatting - integer/decimal display, leading-zero padding, digit grouping (comma, period, space), configurable decimal
separator, prefix/suffix
• Abbreviation - compact K / M / B / T / Q suffixes with optional lowercase and decimal precision
• Time formatting - display as SS, MM:SS, HH:MM:SS, or DD:HH:MM:SS with configurable modulo and separators
• Text file source - override the counter with a line from a Blender text data-block; optionally re-parse the line as a number
• Live preview - counter updates instantly on property change without needing to scrub the timeline
• Copy / Paste settings - copy all counter settings from one Text object and paste to one or more selected Text objects
• Bundled presets - Currency USD, Currency EUR, Percentage, Stopwatch MM:SS, Timecode HH:MM:SS:FF, Padded Score, Abbreviated Large
Numbers
• Error display - expression evaluation errors shown inline in the panel

Authors

• Amin Babaeipanah
• Marcin Zielinski
• Patrick W. Crawford

Changelog

• 2.0.0 - 2026-03-05:
1. Ported to Blender 5.1+ modern extension format
2. Dynamic expression evaluator with safe sandboxed namespace
3. Live property updates (no timeline scrub required)
4. Copy/paste settings between Text objects
5. Bundled presets
• 1.4.0 2023-03-09: Fixed expression and animation lag when rendering
• 1.3.6 2021-06-03: Fixed compatibility issue for Blender 2.93 and 3.0
• 1.3.5: Fixed text grouping bug
• 1.3.4: Fixed dynamic section not updating while rendering
• 1.3.3: Fixed animation not updating while rendering
• 1.3.2: Fixed Blender 2.80 API warnings
• 1.3.1: Added support for Blender 2.8 and bug fixes
• 1.3.0: Improved abbreviation support with decimals
• 1.2.0: Time counter with many options
• 1.1.0: Overriding counter with lines from text file
• 1.0.0: First public release

Usage

Blender 5.1+ (extension format): Always install from the Releases page. Do not use the green "Code → Download ZIP" button. That downloads the source, not the installable extension.

1. Download leomoon-textcounter-X.Y.Z_blender-A.B.C.zip from the Releases page.
2. In Blender, open Edit → Preferences → Get Extensions.
3. Click the ▼ dropdown arrow in the top-right corner of the panel (next to the Repositories selector) and choose Install from Disk....
4. Select the downloaded .zip. The extension is enabled automatically and appears under the Installed section.
5. Create a Text object and go to the Properties → Object Data tab (the "a" icon).
6. The TextCounter panel appears at the top of that tab.
7. Enable the counter with the toggle in the panel header, choose a mode, and configure formatting.

Compatibility

Tested with Blender 5.1.1

Donors

Abigail Treis Karen Carr Studio Thomas Moore