• Adobe After Effects

  How do I make a background animations last longer than 5 sec?

  Posted by Jannes Lukas on March 19, 2016 at 9:27 pm

  I have a solid layer. On top of that I added a background animation from the animation preset’s menu, but the animation only lasts the first 5 seconds of my comp, then it stops and just stays frozen. How do I make the animation run throughout my entire comp, which is 40 sec in this case?

  Michael Szalapski replied 10 years, 5 months ago 2 Members · 3 Replies
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  Michael Szalapski

  March 19, 2016 at 9:41 pm

  Select the layer and press U to reveal properties with keyframes. You’ll notice that the last keyframes are all at about five seconds. You could move them to the end of your comp, but then the animation will likely be too slow. You’ll need to change the value of the keyframes to maintain the speed.

  Alternatively, use an expression to make the values keep changing
  loopOut(type="continue")

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  Jannes Lukas

  March 20, 2016 at 4:26 pm

  Thanks a lot!! 🙂
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  Michael Szalapski

  March 21, 2016 at 2:09 am

  You’re welcome! 🙂

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