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I'm following the basic processing to looping a precomp, and getting a black frame at the end before looping.
Here is the process:
- Trim comp to work area (comp I will loop)
- Place in new comp
- Enable Time Remapping
- Go to last keyframe, step back one frame, make new keyframe
- Double-click last keyframe, enter 0 for time
- Add LoopOut expression to Time Remap
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make sure that you have trimmed your precomp to the duration of your layer, if not - delete TR and do the same process again.
if this doesn't work show us some screenshots maybe video capture.
when the black frame is preset, what frame/time are you on in the expression enabled time remapping?
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You almost have the correct procedure.
That should be all there is to it. 2 keyframes and every frame of your nested comp will loop. No need for 3 keyframes. If the first frame and the last frame are identical you now have a perfect loop. Some folks like to call this a seamless loop.
If the first frame and the last frame of your nested composition are not identical then you have a repeating pattern. If you want a perfectly repeating pattern then you do need a third keyframe but you should copy and paste the first keyframe rather than manually entering a value. There are a bunch of things that can give the first frame of a layer a value that is not zero. Copy and paste is the only reliable method to get the right value every time. Some folks like to call a repeating pattern a looping pattern or looping sequence. Calling it a loop is a little inaccurate.
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Hi Rick,
Thanks for your reply. When I do it your way, in the last frame all my layers of the precomp I'm attempting to loop display for one frame.
I appreciate your help, but what would be most helpful is explaining what I'm doing wrong or where my error is.
thanks
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your workflow seems fine. you should not get this black frame. it's hard to tell without examining your project. can you show it to us or upload it?
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This worked for me, thank you Rick!