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cycling, looping, repeating keyframes – this shouldn’t be so difficult!
hey guys,
I’m having a real problem – I have a simple opacity blink on a layer
frm1 – opacity = 0
frm50 – opacity = 100
frm101 – opacity = 0keyframe interp set to HOLD so it blinks.
Can I get these to loop – I dont mind copying and pasting across 1minute of animation but this is 15minutes long! I realise I could probably do it but its a right pain if I want to change the animation blink timing. Please please tell me theres an easy method!!
cheers
ant
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6 Replies
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Give the opacity property this expression:
loopOut(type = “cycle”, numKeyframes = 0)
it will loop all the keyframes.
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fantastic! cheers 🙂
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Hi,
Is there a way to loop the keyframes, starting from a specific moment in the timeline using this expression?
I want the blinking object to rotate and scale to come into place, and then @ X seconds, start the blinking loop for 15 minutes.
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Since it’s a loopOut() expression, it wil only start looping as soon as there actually are keyframes.
If you just don’t have any opacity keyframes up to the first blink then you can simply keep this expression.
Tip: Desperately need an opacity Fade-In at the start and don’t want to make the expression any more difficult:
You can mimic opacity by using a Levels effect and animating the white-point of the Alpha…
Blinking o opacity,
Other fades and a sort of “master opacity” on a levels effect.
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Is there an expression which will globally loop all keyframes present in a layer? rather than having to apply a loop expression to each property.
‘loop all keyframes in all properties in the layer’
thanks thanks thanks thanks!
Pinewood Studios, UK
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Nope. An expression can’t do anything except change the value of the property hosting the expression. The best you could do is probably precompose and time remap the layer, then loop the time remapping keyframes.
Dan
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