How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

by Nikola Tomic

on Jul 16, 2014 at 6:15:26 am

Hello guys

I am trying to loop 2 PNG frames like in attached example / printscreen through entire timeline?:

howtoloopframes.jpg

I've tried TimeRemap but it does not loop frames...

Re: How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

by John Cuevas

on Jul 16, 2014 at 1:03:48 pm

Is it a single frame, you are trying to loop? Can't you just make it a freeze frame then?

Johnny Cuevas, Editor
Thinkck.com

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Re: How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

by Nikola Tomic

on Jul 16, 2014 at 1:14:34 pm

Nope it has two different frames. I want to loop 2 different images/pictures. Or 4, whatever.

Re: How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

by Brian Charles

on Jul 16, 2014 at 1:43:18 pm
Last Edited By Brian Charles on Jul 16, 2014 at 1:44:43 pm

Add another KF for the loop. So if KF 1 is frame 0, and KF 2 is frame 1, KF 3 repeats frame 0.

See:

7748_loopedtr.aep.zip

Re: How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

by Dave LaRonde

on Jul 16, 2014 at 3:25:05 pm
Last Edited By Dave LaRonde on Jul 16, 2014 at 3:35:41 pm

Here's a dead-simple way to do it:

Go to the out point of the second layer.
Make it the end of the Work area by hitting the n (for eNd) key.
Use the Trim Comp To Work Area command.
Highlight the comp in the footage pane.
Open the Interpret Footage settings.
In the looping section, type in the number of times you want it to loop.

Done.

When you add it to a new comp, it loops.

Dave LaRonde
Promotion Producer
KGAN (CBS) & KFXA (Fox) Cedar Rapids, IA

Re: How to loop 2 PNG frames in AfterEffects?

by Nikola Tomic

on Jul 16, 2014 at 11:23:04 pm

Well to me interpret footage is not selectable here. It works only on short videos or gif animatons. Not for composition I create here... :( Later I will try to understand this excellent example that actually works attached in previous email :) Thank you guys very much!!