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Michalis5CC4
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March 10, 2021
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looping a path's movement?

  • March 10, 2021
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Is there a way to loopOut a path in AE 2020?

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Byron CortezCommunity Expert
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March 10, 2021

You do not give much information but if you mean to follow a Path as if it were a path on a map, yes there is, there are several ways to do it, you could try to do the animation in position first, you apply the LoopOut expression so that the movement is repeated and if it is necessary to apply an Auto-Orient from the Layer / Transform menu.

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Michalis5CC4Author
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March 10, 2021

I've a shape made with pen tool and want it to change it's form(path) continuously looping...

 

I added 3 keyframes and the expression of loopOut("continuous") but I get an error

Dan Ebberts
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Dan EbbertsCommunity Expert
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March 10, 2021

I can't tell from your question if you're trying to do loopOut("cycle") or loopOut("continue"). I can't think of a way to do the "continue" version, but you can wrangle your own version of "cycle" by using valueAtTime(), like this:

if (numKeys >1){
  if (time > key(numKeys).time){
    t = (time - key(numKeys).time)%(key(numKeys).time - key(1).time);
    valueAtTime(key(1).time + t);
  }else{
    value;
  }
}else
  value
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