Looping Background using Dara's code

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Hi epi-forum friends, XD

Alright, I’ve been struggling with this all morning and following Dara’s directions/template perfectly but the seemless looping seems to only be happening in zone 1. Whenever I pan to zone 2 or 3 the looping looks glitchy and stops at certain points.

Is this supposed to happen? Should I just write all the scenes in zone 1 instead?

Thanks for any help with this!
:tired_face: :pray: :heart:

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Can you take a screen shot of your script? It’ll help identify the issue :slight_smile:

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EXT. BLUE - DAY with DARK_WOODS_1_TEST to 1.625 0 0 in zone 1 at layer -5
&overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 create from DARK_WOODS_1_TEST and overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 opacity 1 in 0
&overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 scales to 1.625 1.625 in 0 and overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 and overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 to layer -6

&overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST shifts to -640 0 in 8 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST shifts to -960 0 in 4 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 8 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST shifts to 0 0 in 4 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST shifts to 0 0 in 0 loop INFINITE times
&overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 8 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to 0 0 in 4 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to 0 0 in 0 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to -640 0 in 8 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to -960 0 in 4 THEN overlay DARK_WOODS_1_TEST_2 shifts to 0 0 in zone 2 in 0 loop INFINITE times

&NUALA spot 0.642 210 197 in zone 2 AND REMI spot 0.642 121 193 in zone 2 AND LONDON spot 0.664 80 189 in zone 1 AND SLYK spot 0.657 179 196 in zone 1 AND SHAEL RILEY spot 0.655 524 198 in zone 2
&NUALA is walk_neutral_loop AND REMI is walk_neutral_offset_loop AND SLYK is walk_neutral_loop AND LONDON is walk_neutral_offset_loop AND SHAEL RILEY is walk_neutral_backward_loop AND NUALA faces right AND REMI faces right AND SLYK faces right AND LONDON faces right and SHAEL RILEY faces left

&zoom reset
@speechbubble is 152 429 to 100%
NARRATOR
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@zoom on 420 0 to 148% in 0
@pause for a beat
&zoom on 420 0 to 113% in 0.1

    NARRATOR
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Thanks! I have characters and random zooms in there just to test.

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Yea i think it’s supposed to be like that. But if anyone finds out how to seemlessly loop between all three zones, ill definitely be grateful. I’ve been trying to figure it out all morning as well :sob:

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omg TY! I thought I was going crazy ahaha

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honestly I never tested it in another zone but when you are looping background there is actually no point to pan - because it will move to the scene itself…if you need it to move quicker just use bigger speed of the loop.

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