How to Loop Compositions PERFECTLY | After Effects Tutorial

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Today we're inside of After Effects looking at how to loop compositions using a simple piece of script, but also how to fix the annoying flickering frame you sometimes get at th end of the first loop! Let's do it!

00:00 Intro
00:16 How to Loop Compositions
01:00 Enable Time Remapping
01:13 Making it Loop
01:31 The Flickering Frame Issue
01:40 Fixing the Flicker - Offsetting the Layer Method
01:52 Fixing the Flicker - The Keyframe Method
02:20 Member Shoutouts

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[TipTut]

Hey everyone, the expression you need is just:

loopOut();

But! Make sure to watch the whole video to know how to solve the flickering issue you may get on certain loops! Cheers!

[rawls]

For those of you still struggling with the the flicker issue - You don't have to create or delete keyframes at all. Not necessary. Just turn on the "continuously rasterize" icon (the little star burst) next to the "shy" icon. That will get rid of the flicker without the need to mess around with keyframes!

**ADDED NOTE - Obviously the "continuously rasterize" isn't always going to be the ultimate answer or give you the results you want. It can be just as frustrating at times. Things like 3D layers, cameras, audio or nested comps can give unwanted results. It really is a hit or miss sometimes.
Either way, I'm so glad that my comment has been able to help so many people. Happy comping!

[laurenpercy]

Brilliant. Simple & easy to follow. Thank you for the tutorial!

[inbar]

works like magic! thank you so much saved me a lot of time :)

[thethseven]

Thank You! I've been looking for tutorials but every one of them didn't work.

This one worked perfectly! Thank you!✨💯

[yetcop]

Amazing tutorial, directly to the point, thanks TipTut!

[minhazulislamasif]

only this one worked smoothly for me, thanks a lot 😍

[luxgroove]

i have followed these steps and it still does not loop

[samuellovetro]

Great explanation. I don't know why I hadn't subscribed before. Always good work.

[eduAC.]

Thank you. That's just what I needed for my project :)

[angelicajoybaloloy]

life-saver! thank you so much. this helped a lot

[royshin]

OMG, thank you! I had the flickering issue with loopOut and your video solved my issue!

[HungNguyen-jscy]

Thank you mate, u help me a lot <3

[ryanbails]

I struggled so much with the flicker issue; I tried adding and removing keyframes as suggested, turning on continuously rasterize, setting keyframes to hold and none worked for me unfortunately. What I found worked is adjusting the time on the last key frame of your loop – go to your last keyframe, notice the red clock beside time ramping and set it back like 1 millisecond before it's supposed to end. for example, if your comp is supposed to end at 00:02:00, set it to 00:01:29, or what ever the value is one millisecond below - that fixed the flicker.

[greenig]

just started taking after effects seriuorsly these tutorial are invaluable

[gustinex]

Thanks for the tutorial! but I have a question, my animation has "autosway" effects, which lets the object sway automatically, I want the entire composition to loop smoothly but since the the swaying makes the object's first and last frame having different positions, the looping can't happen :( or I don't know how to

[blackbird]

Thanks for the tutorial! I had to watch the video several times but I think I got it? I'm very beginner with after effects. I think you have to delete the extra layers that you didn't cut off?

[vaughngaminghd]

0:38 "Cmd - shift - D" on the Mac for "split selected layer"

[camilocastiblanco]

For those that still struggle witht the flickering problem at loop frame. You need to shorten inside the comp that loops by one frame (just go to the end of the looped comp and drag the right end of the second blue and gray line by 1 frame and then you can do like him and add a keyframe right before loop on layer comp like he did. If that still doesn't work, make sure you rasterized your comp layer (little sun)

[grilledcheezvirtualoniisan]

Thanks a lot, I would have never figured it out by myself!