How to extend a clip so that it will loop?

I created a 20-second particle overlay in After Effects and the beginning and end make a seamless loop. In Vegas, a clip would loop if you extended it. When I try to extend the clip in Resolve, the edge of the clip just turns red and I can't extend it. I know there has to be a way to extend the clip and have it loop rather than dragging the same clip into the timeline over and over again, but I can't figure it out!

I created a 20-second particle overlay in After Effects and the beginning and end make a seamless loop. In Vegas, a clip would loop if you extended it. When I try to extend the clip in Resolve, the edge of the clip just turns red and I can't extend it. I know there has to be a way to extend the clip and have it loop rather than dragging the same clip into the timeline over and over again, but I can't figure it out!

Hey Devin

There isn't.

Best you can do is Ctrl C - Ctrl V as quickly as your fingers let you

Hey Devin

There isn't.

Best you can do is Ctrl C - Ctrl V as quickly as your fingers let you

I see Thanks for the reply! Is there a place where I can suggest this feature to be implemented?

I see Thanks for the reply! Is there a place where I can suggest this feature to be implemented?

This thread - https://forum.blackmagicdesign.com/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=58534

Though I seriously doubt acceptance by users.

This is a quite nontraditional feature in NLEs. In most cases I can think of you'd want a clip to end when it runs out of frames.

I know there has to be a way to extend the clip and have it loop

That's very unusual behavior. I've never seen an NLE do that.

I'd be one of those arguing it shouldn't. Clips end where they end.

I was just wondering the same thing, but for a music clip / soundtrack. Lots of the RF music I use in videos are looping short clips, so it's handy in Vegas because you can just grab and extend it to fit your video timeline.

Can't help with audio, but Fusion tab jumps to rescue for video as per OPs question. Since you resurrected the thread anyway, here goes:

Choose Fusion composition in Generators, drag to timeline, with playhead over it go to Fusion tab, drag loop-ready media into comp, in mediaIN node select "loop", then back to timeline and extend the fusion comp as desired.

Or perhaps looping has now been included in R16 and I just don't know about it

Mr. Nate,

I too worked in Vegas and now am moving over to Resolve. I am also trying to loop an audio clip that is specifically made for "looping". So in Vegas I would just grab the end of the clip and extend it as far as I needed. This was great in Vegas and I do not know why this cannot be done in Da Vinci.

I love Resolve but also, why can't it allow you to move audio and video tracks freely like Vegas does. You can move them in there corresponding video and audio sections, but Vegas let you move them where ever you wanted. So you can place your dialogue track right underneath your video track for example. Those who have never used Vegas find it hard to understand this concept.

I remember using this in Vegas too, very handy from clips that are edited correctly for looping but really annoying for everything else.

Choose Fusion composition in Generators, drag to timeline, with playhead over it go to Fusion tab, drag loop-ready media into comp, in mediaIN node select "loop", then back to timeline and extend the fusion comp as desired.

That works, but then you must have loop ready material. It would be nice if they added a crossfade option with adjustable crossfade length, for quickly looping other stuff.

I too worked in Vegas and now am moving over to Resolve. I am also trying to loop an audio clip that is specifically made for "looping". So in Vegas I would just grab the end of the clip and extend it as far as I needed. This was great in Vegas and I do not know why this cannot be done in Da Vinci.

It doesn't do that in Pro Tools, either. I'd say if you want a Vegas-specific feature like that, you may have to go back to Vegas.

You're probably better off just learning Resolve and understanding why it works the way it does, instead of fighting and questioning why it isn't like "Brand X" or "Brand Y." You would have dozens of similar problems if you switched to Avid or Premiere. A lot of it boils down to your ability to accept change and work with it, rather than fighting it.

I see Thanks for the reply! Is there a place where I can suggest this feature to be implemented?

Pls, NO!!!

I love Resolve but also, why can't it allow you to move audio and video tracks freely like Vegas does. You can move them in there corresponding video and audio sections, but Vegas let you move them where ever you wanted. So you can place your dialogue track right underneath your video track for example. Those who have never used Vegas find it hard to understand this concept.

I think, you never worked in team and never send your audio to Protools. Right?

I used to use vegas as well. Now that I'm using resolve, I just select the clip I want to loop, Ctrl + C, then I put the play-head at the end of the clip, and then press Ctrl + V as many times as I want. After this, if you want to, you can select all these clips you paste, right-click and select "new compound clip". This new clip works just like video and audio files do in vegas timeline. If you have to edit your compound clip, right-click on it and select "Open in timeline". I hope it helps

good suggestion MrNate
i think people need to break out of their traditional NLE mentality and realise there are other people out there who want to edit .. it is the 21st centruy and new paradyms are valid. so yes. loop out a clip with crossfades would be wonderful.