Re: how to loop video footage or precomp?

Hi Eugene -

While dissolving clips end to end will do the trick (if you know the max amount of time you need the clip to play), there's another way. It's called a dissolve loop. You split your clip in the middle, swap the two pieces end for end, and put a dissolve where the two former ends were. You will need to tweak how long the dissolve is depending on whether it looks better with a quick, or slow dissolve. That's a content issue, subject to the editor's taste.

It works well with most footage, especially when the dissolve loops are used as background pieces. You can set up a template in After Effects specifically for this, then just drop your footage into it and render. Have fun!



Joe Bourke
Creative Director / Multimedia Specialist
B&S Exhibits and Multimedia
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