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  Posted by Yussef Cole on November 2, 2005 at 6:52 pm

  for the loop_out expression are there only certain properties that you can loop?

  i’m trying to loop time remap keyframes and getting a: bad argument, cycle is not a legal value for argument 1 to loopOut…

  thanks

  Steve Roberts replied 20 years, 6 months ago 2 Members · 5 Replies
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  Steve Roberts

  November 2, 2005 at 7:00 pm

  I loop TR keys all the time. Pretty much. I just applied TR then applied the default loop_Out cycle expression — no problems.

  Can you copy your expression and paste it into your next post?

  Steve
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  Yussef Cole

  November 2, 2005 at 7:55 pm

  Hi,

  Here is the expression I used:

  loop_out(“cyle”,0)

  I’m time-remapping a 7 second piece. Should I stretch out the tail of the layer to the end of the comp length? Or should the tail sit right where I want to start looping? As in, does the layer need exist under the playhead in order for the loop expression to work?

  thanks,
  Yussef
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  Steve Roberts

  November 2, 2005 at 8:10 pm

  “cyle”? 🙂

  All I did was:

  1. drop clip into comp (comp 3x longer than clip).
  2. Apply time remapping to clip.
  3. Apply default loop_Out “cycle” expression using the drop-down menu.

  loopOut(type = “cycle”, numKeyframes = 0)

  4. Trim the out-point of the clip to the right so I could actually see the looping. Remember, there’s no looping seen if something is only long enough to be seen once. 🙂

  … and the layer needs to exist under the playhead (“current-time inicator” or CTI) so the layer can be seen at the CTI, same as always.

  Steve
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  Yussef Cole

  November 2, 2005 at 9:11 pm

  Thanks steve, I am a bad typer.
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  Steve Roberts

  November 2, 2005 at 10:24 pm

  No worries. 🙂

  Steve

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