Rendered in After Effects. The download has the 4K MP4, a 4K still and the After Effects project.

About this loop

A ribbon with one half twist, made of 3,120 dots and faint rungs, turns once per loop while a slow wave runs through it. The dots flow along the band and arrive back where they started, their size and brightness follow the light on the surface, and the band's single edge is one continuous line in violet. Bone and violet on warm graphite.

Questions

How do they loop?

Every moving part repeats exactly every 20 seconds, so the last frame flows into the first with no jump. Repeat the clip on your timeline or set your player to loop. In the After Effects project, Speed takes whole numbers (1, 2, 3) so faster versions still loop.

Can I use them over footage?

The dark loops (Cymatic Field, Subpixel Wave, Möbius Band and Matrix Globe) lay their dots and lines over footage when set to Screen or Add. Halftone Shell and Hopf Flow sit on light paper, and Contour Scan and Slice Morph on mid-tone grounds: use them full screen, or change the background color in After Effects.

What can I change?

In After Effects: the colors, speed, dot size, dot and line opacity, glow, color separation, grain, brightness and vignette, all on one CONTROLS layer. Each loop also has a camera you can move, and the dots and lines follow it.

How is it different from Vol. 1?

All eight looks are new. Vol. 1 has a dotted globe, wireframe terrain, a node network, a dot helix, a line tunnel, a dot wave field, line ribbons and a morphing sphere, all on dark grounds. Vol. 2 adds cymatics, halftone shading, a scan, LED pixels, the Hopf fibration, slice contours, a Möbius band and dot-matrix dither, on dark, mid-tone and light grounds.

Do I need plugins?

No. Everything is built with After Effects' own features, so the projects open in After Effects 2026 or newer without plugins. The MP4s play anywhere.

Can I buy one loop?

No. The eight loops are sold as one pack. They're also included in LaunchFrame Unlimited.

Can I use them in client work?

Yes. Use them in videos, events, livestreams and client work, including monetized video. You can't resell or share the files themselves.

What if it doesn't work for me?

Email hello@launchframe.io within 14 days and I'll fix it or refund you.

Formats
4K H.264 .mp4, 4K .jpg still, After Effects .aep
Software
Any app that plays .mp4; After Effects 2026 or newer to edit
Resolution
3840 × 2160 (4K)
Length
20 s, loops end to end, 30 fps
Plugins
None
Fonts
None to install: the dots use Arial, which comes with macOS and Windows

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