Set up a Motion Path to repeat?

Hi,
I have a project where I would like to have a motion path repeat until a specific point in time. Is there a way to specify this rather than copying and pasting until I want it to end? Thank you,
-Zack

Yes, you need to set the "After Last Keyframe" option in the keyframe editor.
-View the parameter(s) you want to repeat in the Keyframe Editor.
-In the Keyframe editor, to the right of the Keyframes is the animation menu, select After Last Keyframe and then set to repeat.
for more details, look here at the section titled "Parts of the Keyframe Editor"
http://help.apple.com/motion/mac/5.0/en/motion/usermanual/#chapter=12%26section= 10

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I'm not sure if there is some setting I have wrong:
When I try this, while I am able to set keyframes, the motion path data is reset. (ie. the Transform X and Transform Y curves reset to 0).
In the Keyframe Editor, I can make new curves for the X and Y values and for Timing, but the camera does not follow the motion path, it follows the new x and y curves. Trying to get those curves to match the motion path exactly is a large hassle.
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I want to give back a little to this community, I got a lot of answers on my questions. And I am greatfull for the help.
I wanted to animate an image to come up from the bottom, but could not find the right animation path. So...
Follow this guide to learn how.
You can do your own motion paths!
Import an image
Go to Effects
press the f(x) symbol at the bottom right corner of the effect
go to browse
motion paths
right-click on LeftToRight.xml and choose copy
paste it in again and you will have something like LeftToRight-copy.xml
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<Motion duration="60" xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*">
<source>
<Source frameRate="30" x="51.7" y="75.2" scaleX="1" scaleY="1" rotation="0" elementType="movie clip" instanceName="abc" symbolName="Symbol 1">
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<effect_config effect_type="motion_path">
</effect_config>
<Keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true">
<tweens>
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</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="59" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true" x="400." y="0">
<tweens>
   <SimpleEase ease="0"/>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
</Motion>
The code you easy can undestand
In the begining it says duration="60"
<Motion duration="60" xmlns="fl.motion.*" xmlns:geom="flash.geom.*" xmlns:filters="flash.filters.*">
More below in the code you see:
<Keyframe index="0" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true">
<tweens>
   <SimpleEase ease="0"/>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
<Keyframe index="59" tweenSnap="true" tweenSync="true" x="400." y="0">
<tweens>
   <SimpleEase ease="0"/>
</tweens>
</Keyframe>
0 to 59 is 60 steps
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Examples:
Left to right: tweenSync="true" x="400." y="0"
Right to left: tweenSync="true" x="-400." y="0"
Top to bottom: tweenSync="true" x="0." y="400"
Bottom to top: tweenSync="true" x="0." y="-400"
Mov to left lowe corner : tweenSync="true" x="400." y="400"
Continue with task
Change the settings in your file LeftToRight-copy.xml and choose to save and close.
Rename LeftToRight-copy.xml to for instanse TopToBottom.xml
choose that path and animate your image
Preview in browser (F12)
Thats it you can do it!
// Daniel

DPZ,
That is awesome, I was kinda curious about exporting/importing effect XMLs. Thanks for the tutorial.
I too wrestled with getting objects to animate the way I wanted. However, I found a different way to achieve what I think is the same thing, and it was all from the interface rather than the XMLs. There is shockingly spare information online and in help about the Cp5 effects, so I'll share this too in case it's helpful...
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Please help...
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PowerPoint 2008 has partial motion path support. PowerPoint will honor any existing motion paths within a presentation. The custom animation feature offers the same pre-set motion paths that exist in Windows.
OpenOffice version 2.40 does display motion paths and lets you edit them.
Each and every time you save the document you have to visit Tools >
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