"Time Machine" effect using loopOut(cycle)

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Hello All,Due to me being a novice to not onle expression writing but After Effects in general, I will do my best to clearly state my issue.I've attached a video so you can see the concept of the "Time Machine" effect. It was painstakingly made in PowerPower.I'm sure you Big Brains can come up with a much eaiser way to accomplish my goal. I'm oopen to any suggestions. Lets begin...My objectives:Use Slider Controller to increase the number.Use the effect Animation Preset "Transition - Movement > Slide - Drop" to bring the text into position.Use the expression "loopOut(cycle)" --or a variation of that expression-- to repeat the animation.Have the duration(or the frequency or amp) of the animation linked to the Slider Controller. The animation should repeat every time the number increases. I thank you for your time and assistance!

Mylenium · Answer

You still need a bunch of layers and it seems to me that's the point where you're going wrong. You seem to assume that all this could be done in a single layer, which isn't the case. You need at least five or however many layers are visible at any given time and stagger out their drop-in animation, then loop that part while having the values tied to a single slider with extra increments per layer. If you want to control the speed with a slider, you'll need time-remapping or valueAtTime(), though. That's more complicated.

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