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  • Yet another loop question.

    Posted by Kim Petersen on December 18, 2007 at 3:16 pm

    Hey there,

    I’ve been searching the forums for a loop expression and I’ve tried the “loop_out(“cycle”,0)” with time remapping, but it doesn’t give the result I need.

    My question:
    Is it possible for the loop to start after “X” seconds and then only loop for the remaining duration of the animation? (I have an intro that I don’t want to include in the loop).

    Any help is much appreciated.

    Cheers,
    Kim

    Kim Petersen replied 18 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Dan Ebberts

    December 18, 2007 at 3:22 pm

    I think you want to use the loopOutDuration(“cycle”,t) version, where t is the duration of the loop (in seconds), measured from the last keyframe back towards the layer’s in point.

    Dan

  • Trent Armstrong

    December 18, 2007 at 4:04 pm

    With TimeRemap you can also use the loopOut(“Cycle”, #) where the”#” is the number of the last keyframes you want to loop.

    You might set up a dummy keyframe in your timeremap at your loop point. You would then have 3 keyframes: beginning, Dummy, and End.

    Apply this expression loopOut(“Cycle”, 2) and the AE will count backwards from End and jump back to Dummy which is two keyframes back. That is where it will loop to.

    I humbly submit this in the shadow of Dan Ebberts.

    Trent

    Trent Armstrong – Creative Cow Leader
    https://www.dallasaeug.com

  • Kim Petersen

    December 19, 2007 at 9:23 am

    Hey guys,

    Thank you so much. Will try it out asap.

    Best,
    Kim

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