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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Yussef Cole

    November 2, 2005 at 9:11 pm

    Thanks steve, I am a bad typer.

  • Steve Roberts

    November 2, 2005 at 10:24 pm

    No worries. 🙂

    Steve

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