Loop playback
Loop keeps playback going round, so you can watch a passage over and over while you adjust it.
- Where
- The Loop button in the toolbar
Turn Loop on
Section titled “Turn Loop on”Click Loop, the repeat button at the end of the transport in the toolbar. The button is dimmed while Loop is off and at full strength while it’s on. Click it again to turn Loop off.
Loop has no menu item and no key. It’s off when a window opens, each window has its own setting, and it isn’t saved with the project.
What it repeats
Section titled “What it repeats”| What’s set | What Loop repeats |
|---|---|
| An in/out range | The range |
| No range, or a range of no length | The whole timeline |
With a nest open, the whole timeline means the whole nest. Entering or leaving a nest clears the range.
The loop follows as things change. Set a new in or out point, clear the range or change the timeline’s length while Loop is on, and the next pass uses the new span.
How playback goes round
Section titled “How playback goes round”When playback reaches the end of the loop, it jumps back to the loop’s start and carries on, at ×2 and ×4 as well. A loop that ends at the very end of the timeline goes round like any other, and so does the whole timeline.
- Press play at or past the end of the loop and it starts again from the loop’s start.
- Press play before the start of the loop and it plays from where the playhead is. It only jumps back once it reaches the loop’s end.
- Loop only works forwards. Playing backwards with J doesn’t go round, and carries on past the start of the loop.
Good to know
Section titled “Good to know”- The Preview button in the Motion presets section, and Clip ▸ Motion ▸ Preview, set the in/out range to the clip and turn Loop on. Both stay that way until you clear the range and turn Loop off.
- Selecting words in the Transcript tab sets the range, so Loop plays those words. See Follow along and jump.