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Looping a comp
by Ross Kidd on Aug 21, 2008 at 11:38:59 am

I have a comp that is 300 fame long, when I get to frame 380 I want to return to frame 1 and start again continuously looping. How do I do this?

Ta,


R.

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Re: Looping a comp
by Trent Armstrong on Aug 30, 2008 at 5:22:06 am

loopOut("cycle", 0)


You have a friend in loopOut()

You'll need to bring your composition into a new comp and turn on Time Remap. That will give you a keyframe at the start and a keyframe at the end.

Activate the expression field for the Time Remap and input the following:

loopOut("cycle", 0)

"Cycle" is what starts back at the first keyframe after passing the last keyframe. And the ZERO tells the expression to use all keyframes.

If your layer flashes away at the loop point, just back up one frame, create a keyframe there and delete the last keyframe.

VOILA! Infinitely looping layer!

Trent Armstrong - Creative Cow Leader
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