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Video slideshow assistance

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
December 11, 2018
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Hi all

I am trying to create a slideshow using sub 10 second video clips and have a camera move between all the clips.

I have recomposed each video clip into a Polaroid style frame and have used the loopout expression to continuously loop the videso.

My main composition is two minutes 45 seconds long and I have 25 clips.

I have tried to find a YouTube tutorial for video slideshows but all the ones I found were using photos. All the videos I found have each photo composition lasting the whole of the main composition so does that mean I have to do the same with my video compositions as well and if so how do I do this because I have cut the videos down from a much longer video and only want the selected elements .

I am still learning after-effects so could do with some advice. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

Keith

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Warren Heaton

Community Expert

Did you enable Time Remapping for your video layers? You'll need that with the keyframes set correctly so that your loopOut expression has something to loop out when you extend the layer out point.

-Warren

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Towerguy

Participating Frequently

Thanks Warren. I was imagining that he would make each 'pre'comp from scratch which would negate having to extend the layer (I shouldn't have changed the wording which originally said "Put each of your Polaroid videos into its own composition which is 2 m 45s long.")

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spacman75Author

Inspiring

Hi all

Thanks very much for your help but what expression should I use? I have just used the very simple loopOut("cycle"). Can you suggest another expression I can use to extend the length of the click without slowing down at all. And some of them I have got a scale in effect so don't really want to touch that.

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Towerguy

Participating Frequently

Hi. Put each of your Polaroid videos into its own precomposition which is 2 m 45s long. Make a main composition (2:45) and place each of the precomps into it - you will then have the video layers going from the beginning of the comp to the end.

Mylenium

Legend

You can move and trim the layer bars as needed. I recommend you look it up in the help.

Mylenium

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spacman75Author

Inspiring

Hi.

I have trimmed each composition to the length of the video already. If that's what you mean.

Keith

Mylenium

Legend

Then I'm not quite clear what you are having issues with. Care to elaborate? Are you saying that the pre-comps don't actually loop/ continue as would be required or is it something else?

Mylenium

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