Jonas Pilz shows how to use the Time Field to create looping animations.

Social media platforms have ushered in a new era for repeating and looping animations. While it’s simple enough to add some keyframes and get things to cycle with a few tweaks, it’s more prudent to create a better system procedurally. With Cinema 4D, you can create looping animations using the Fields paradigm.

Looping Animations Using the Time Field.

In his latest quick tip tutorial, Maxon’s Jonas Pilz shows how you can use the Time Field to create a repeating animation in Cinema 4D. The tutorial covers how to set up looping animation, as well as ping-pong back and forth, play. You can also use the curve modifier layer as a way to adjust the Time offset parameter using Subfields.