[Alan Jones]

okay, dumb question here: how exactly do you do this –
Any property can be effected by these loopOut()/loopIn() expressions. I commonly pre-compose a short looping Fractal Noise layer, time-remap the pre-composition in the final comp and apply a loopOut(); to the time-remap property.

I created a looping fractal noise comp, created a new comp and added the fractal noise comp to it, highlighted the fractal comp in my final comp and did Layer/Time/Enable Time remapping. That’s about as far I’ve got. Can you help?

thanks,
aj

[Alan Jones]

A question: my compositions are setup at 29.97 fps….would it help to change it to 30 fps? When I extend the timeline view to show individual frames, the composition (10 seconds) won’t let me move the current time indicator past the 29f of the last second. Also, my ending key frame of the effect in my composition is set on the 29th frame (29f). Should I move it to the 10:00 mark? thanks for the help.

AJ

[Alan Jones]

thanks Dave! You rock!

aj

[Alan Jones]

You made a common mistake: you made the animation loop completely within the composition.

Right, I know that I can bring the clip into Final Cut Pro, trim the excess frame and export again and it will work just fine. Obviously when I do that, I’m losing quality each time. I’m trying to avoid that and just export out of AE.

But if you end your comp one frame early, what will be the next frame? The beginning frame, which is identcal to the final frame.

Still feeling my way through AE..been using FCP for a while, but AE is a new challenge. What is the best way to do this? (sorry, you have to speak loud and slow :)…)

thanks for the help,
aj

[Alan Jones]

Right, I use digital juice as well as other backgrounds….just interested in creating some home grown stuff.

AJ

[Alan Jones]

right. That’s true. I guess a follow up question would be how to do that when your content is more “abstract”? Also, is there a way to create some abstract moving backgrounds in motion?