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Combining Seamless Loops with Sinusoidal Text in Blender’s Video Sequencer

Combining Seamless Loops with Sinusoidal Text in Blender’s Video Sequencer

Today I experimented with combining multiple short animation loops into a longer, seamless composition using Blender’s Video Sequence Editor. I rendered a few looping demoeffects—each just a few seconds long—and stitched them together with soft crossfades for smooth transitions.

On top of that, I added a sinusoidal text scroller using Blender’s Geometry Nodes. The scrolling text floats above the underlying loops, evoking the spirit of Amiga-era demo overlays. The goal was to create a multi-layered, continuous demo playback that feels like a single cohesive experience.

Steps taken:

  1. Create and render short looping animations (e.g. 3–5 seconds each) using Blender's 3D View.
  2. Switch to the Video Editing workspace.
  3. Import each looped video strip into the Sequencer via drag-and-drop or Shift + A → Movie.
  4. Place the loops end-to-end on the timeline.
  5. To add smooth transitions between them:
    • Overlap two strips slightly.
    • Select both → Press Shift + A → Add → Effect Strip → Cross.
  6. Create a sinusoidal text scroller:
    • Use Geometry Nodes with a String to Curves node to generate the text.
    • Offset the text along a sine wave using Scene Time and math nodes.
    • Animate horizontal movement with Translate Instances or Set Position.
    • Render this scroller animation separately as a transparent video (e.g., using PNG or FFmpeg with RGBA).
  7. Import the scroller on a new layer above the video loops.
  8. Use alpha over or blend modes to make sure the text overlays the animation loops correctly.
  9. Set output format: FFmpeg, container MPEG-4, codec H.264.
  10. Press Ctrl + F12 to render the final composition.

Here's how it looks like:

Mikko