How To Add PingPong Expression In After Effects

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Adobe After Effects CC 2023: How To Add PingPong Expression

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to add the PingPong Expression + Modifiers in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 which will create an endless loop between the first and last keyframes.

**Keyboard Shortcuts:
**Position Property: P
Scale Property: S
Reveal All KeyFrames: EE

**Ping Pong Expression:
**Endlessly loops animation between first and last keyframes .

**Ping Pong Expression:
**loopOut(“pingpong”)

**Ping Pong (w/Modifier):
**loopOut(“pingpong”,1)…the number tells After Effects how many keyframes to go back from the last keyframe and only loop the last part.

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**Chapters:
**00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:19 What is LoopOut PingPong Expression?
00:42 How To Animate Position Property
01:22 How To Add PingPong Expression
02:09 Adding Additional Keyframes
02:21 Example #2: Heart Animation (Scale)
02:59 Add loopOut(“pingpong”) Expression
03:26 How To Add Modifier To Expression
04:17 Ping Pong (Last 2 Keyframes)
04:38 Reveal All Expressions (EE)

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2023 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Animate a Shape Layer Using the Position Property (The Basics):

1. Create a Composition
2. Drag Playhead to beginning of the timeline
3. Tap ‘P’ for Position Property
4. Click on Stopwatch to create a keyframe
5. Drag Playhead Forward in Time
6. Hold Shift Key and drag object to the right
7. Press Spacebar to preview the simple left to right animation

How To Add the LoopOut PingPong Express:

1. Select/highlight shape layer in Layers Panel
2. Drag Playhead to beginning of the timeline
3. Tap ‘P’ for Position Property
4. Hold the Option or Alt Key and Click on Position Stopwatch
5. Select Text in Expression Editor
6. Type in loopOut(“pingpong”) and click outside of Expression Editor to commit changes
7. Press Spacebar to preview
8. Adjust keyframes to change speed (closer together = faster…)

How To Add Modifier To PingPong Expression

1. Select Layer with PingPong Expression
2. Tap EE to Reveal PingPong Expression
3. Click inside expression and place cursor between last double-quote & parenthesis)
4. Type a Comma and then a number such as 1
5. Press Spacebar to Preview