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James Burlison

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Fusion loop clip

PostSat Mar 04, 2017 10:17 am

Hi, I'm fairly new to fusion and vfx in general. I'm loading in a clip to be used as a looping animation throughout the comp but I can't seem to get it to loop. How do I go about making something loop?
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Adelson Munhoz

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Re: Fusion loop clip

PostWed Mar 08, 2017 1:21 am

Hi James.

There's a "loop" checkbox on the bottom of the Loader:

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James Burlison

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Re: Fusion loop clip

PostWed Mar 08, 2017 1:04 pm

Adelson Munhoz wrote:Hi James.

There's a "loop" checkbox on the bottom of the Loader:



Hi,

Yes, I tried to check the loop box in the loader but it didn't do anything so I assumed I must be missing something obvious. Does it only work for .mov files? I'm using a fusion flipbook (.fb) file from a previous comp.
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Re: Fusion loop clip

PostWed Mar 08, 2017 6:59 pm

Is there a reason you're using a flipbook instead of an actual render out of your previous comp? That's a very unorthodox use of one. (I didn't even know you could bring one in via Loader. Having tested it, I get the same result you do—Loop doesn't work.)

If you're intent upon using this workflow, you could use a TimeStretcher right after the Loader. Set the keyframes such that the clip plays properly—for a clip that should run from frames 1 - 30, set Source Time at frame 1 to 1 and Source Time and frame 30 to 30. Then go to the Spline View, select both keyframes, and click the Set Loop button.

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Adelson Munhoz

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Re: Fusion loop clip

PostThu Mar 09, 2017 2:24 am

I agree with Bryan.

I have never used a flipbook file as a Loader. Not even knew that was possible.

Flipbooks are intended to save a viewer preview. Maybe that's the reason they do not behave like normal loaders.

If you are using the result of a render exclusively as an intermediate file or a cache, I suggest rendering in Fusion RAW. The files are not big and Fusion loads them easily.

Just name the file extension as .RAW in the Saver.
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Re: Fusion loop clip

PostWed Mar 15, 2017 10:48 pm

Hi all,

Thanks for your advice regarding input file format for the loader and looping with the time stretcher using the spline view. I will have a play around with both and post back here if I run into any more trouble.

Thanks guys! :)

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