mixing two movies

[Chris Smith]

Put one layer on top of the other. On the top layer use your favorite method of making the opacity turn on and off every other frame. Like a simple expression.

Or create a 2 frame comp. One frame is white, the other frame is black. Render this out and bring it back in. Set it to loop. Use it as a luma matte on the top layer.

Chris Smith
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[Mylenium]

Put them in one comp and animate the opacity of the top layer. create a simple cycle that covers 2 frames and then use a “loopOut(“cycle”,0) expression. Turn off interpolation on the keyframes. another option might be using the strobe effect on the top layer with the “make layer transparent” option.

Mylenium

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[Ryan Hill]

I would apply an expression to the opacity property of the top video. Something like:
time%2

[Ryan Hill]

Or, better,
(time%2)*100

[Bender]

thanks so much for your quick help…all of your recommendations worked great! but what if i want to mix 3 movies???

i want to create a scribble effect, where each picture is a bit different from the other one…im sure you know what i mean!

so far i discovered that i need at least 3 different movies…otherwise it looks toooo jumpy!

cheers guys

[Ryan Hill]

change to mod 3 instead of mod 2, and add a greater than

First layer:
(time%3>1)*100

Second layer:
(time%3>0)*100

Also, if you want to reduce the frequency of the change, you can do something like this:
((time/2)%2>1)*100
to divide the frequency in half.