LOOPING VIDEO IN PREMIERE

[boogie]

Hi,
Does anyone know how to loop a 10 min video in premiere?

THanks

[Machine514]

I think that you need to give more detail. How many times do you want it to loop? Are you making a menu?

-Machine

[boogie]

no menu just a 10 min video and want it to loop 4 times

[Machine514]

I would just drop the clip in the timeline 4 times!

One next to the other!

-Machine

[boogie]

DUHHHHH. Thanks so much for the help..

[mkelley]

That will work as long as the last frame of your video is the same as the the first frame (or not more than 1 frames worth of change :>): otherwise there will be a jump as you transition.

If this is the case (there is a jump) there are several things you can do depending on the effect you are trying to achieve. If you don't mind time reversal you can just reverse the clip (using the time filters) so that it "ping-pongs" back and forth. If this isn't acceptable you need to make the last frame blend into the first -- you could try a hold on that last frame and then do a cross-fade into a hold of the first frame, but if you have continuous action this may be problematic. Morphing software (like Elastic Reality) can handle this much better, but is expensive. After Effects can do some primative morphing as well. Finally, you can shoot some sort of "transition" footage to cover the changeover (this is common in DVD motion menus -- look at the Roger Rabbit one and you'll see where the car comes to a complete stop and fills the frame -- this frame filling disguises the looping process.

So it may be simple... and it may not be.