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Loop expression that Fades in/out
I’m trying to get a photomontage to slowly move across the screen and then loop over and over when all the pictures have passed. However, using a LoopOut expression causes it all to jump back to the beginning which is no good. It’s gotta be a gentle fade to restart it.
Anybody know how to write a fade into a Loop expression? -
4 Replies
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so you just want a crossfade to create a loop…?
just duplicate the footage/comp layer, move it in the timeline to the point you want it to start to fade in, then set opacity key frames to create the crossfade. then trim off the front end, so the first frame is one later than the last… ie, if your fade is 30 frames at the end of the comp, set the work area to trim 30 off the front…
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW -
Hey Kevin,
Thanks but I’m trying to get the end of the clip to fade into the beginning as it loops. Your instructions would result in it fading out and then fading back in. -
Why not just keyframe the fade? Then it will be included in the loop.
Dan
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you’d overlap the beginning of one with the end of the other, not butt them end to end, so one would fade into the other.
you’ll be shortening the animation by the duration of the overlap — so if you have a 10 second animation and a 1 second overlap with dissolve, you will need to trim off 1 second so the front matches the end for it to loop smoothly, but it will now be 9 seconds.
after that, you can render that comp and make it loop, or take that comp into a another comp and set it to loop…
Kevin Camp
Senior Designer
KCPQ, KMYQ & KRCW
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