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 #Select the new layer and move your playhead to the point where you want to break up the new layer (to add in the looped section).  Then go to the Menu bar and select '''Edit > Split Layer''' (or press '''Shift, Command, D''').
 #Now you can move the layers around as needed to edit these changes back together.
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 This will loop your selected composition.
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 #Select the new layer and move your playhead to the point where you want to break up the new layer (to add in the looped section).  Then go to the Menu bar and select '''Edit > Split Layer''' (or press '''Shift, Command, D''').
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	# Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.		# Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.

−	*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your compositions. For more information about what pre-composing or nesting does, click on ~~these links~~: [[~~Precomposing_Compositions_~~-_After_Effects \| Precomposing ~~Compositions]], [[Nesting_Compositions_-_After_Effects \|~~ Nesting Compositions]]. If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition. In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition. This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.	+	*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your compositions. For more information about what pre-composing or nesting does, click on this link: [[Precomposing/_Nesting_Compositions_-_After_Effects \| Precomposing/ Nesting Compositions]]. If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition. In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition. This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.

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	# Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.		# Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.

−	*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your compositions. For more information about what pre-composing or nesting does, click on these links: [[Precomposing_Compositions_-_After_Effects \| Precomposing Compositions]] , [[Nesting_Compositions_-_After_Effects \| Nesting Compositions]]. If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition. In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition. This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.	+	*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your compositions. For more information about what pre-composing or nesting does, click on these links: [[Precomposing_Compositions_-_After_Effects \| Precomposing Compositions]], [[Nesting_Compositions_-_After_Effects \| Nesting Compositions]]. If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition. In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition. This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.

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	# Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.		# Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.

−	*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your ~~clips~~. For more information about what pre-composing or nesting ~~clips~~ does, click on these links: _________. If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition. In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition. This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.	+	*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your compositions. For more information about what pre-composing or nesting does, click on these links: _________. If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition. In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition. This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.

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 # Set your work area start and end points to the section of the composition you wish to loop.  Then from the Menu bar, select '''Composition > Trim Composition to Work Area'''.
-# Create a new composition ('''Command N''') and keep your settings the same as the original composition.  Then place the newly trimmed composition that you wish to loop (from the project panel) into your newly created composition by dragging it to the new composition panel.
+# Create a new composition ('''Command N''') and keep your settings the same as the original composition.  Then place the newly trimmed composition that you wish to loop (from the project panel) into your newly created composition by dragging it to the new composition panel (See note *).
-*NOTE: This is different from pre-composing or nesting your clips.  For more information about what pre-composing or nesting clips does, click on these links: _________.  If you pre-compose when trying to loop, however, any effects or changes made to the pre-composition will not directly affect changes on the master composition.  In other words, any looping changes made to the pre-composition won't be added to the master composition.  This can cause problems if you are rotobrushing, for example.
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 # Now, in the new composition, go to the Menu bar and select '''Layer > Time > Enable Time Remapping'''.  Time Remapping will create two key frames: one at the beginning of your composition and one at the end.
 # Move to the very last key frame, step backwards one frame, and create a new keyframe.
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 # Time Remapping will now have an expressions box in the composition.  Click on the '''Expressions Language''' menu icon in the composition panel; it will look like this: [[File:Expression_icon_ae.jpg]], and then '''Property > LoopOut(Type="Cycle", numKeyframes = 0)''' will show up in the expressions box.  Leave this as it is.
 # Now you may extend the looping composition (by clicking and dragging it longer) and it will loop as many times as you want, repeatedly.