# Loop back to frame one

Edit / Transition / Cuts. Checked 2026-11-13.

The end hands over to the beginning, so a replay starts without a seam.

- Use when: Short explainers and posts that autoplay on repeat.
- Phrase: the last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/transition/loop-close
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/transition/loop-close.json

## Watch out

- A measured step explainer ends on the map it opened with, so the loop restarts cleanly. (measured; Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026)
- For a looping post, rotate the render so frame 0, which the feed shows before playback, is the busiest moment. (practitioner; Director Chair notes on Video from code at Anfloy (Dima Bilous))

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: the last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: the last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. The last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. The last frame returns to the opening frame: the same map of all seven steps, the presenter in the same corner. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- The whole list as a map in frame 0: https://directorchair.ai/hook/map-in-frame-zero
- Camera move on one canvas: https://directorchair.ai/transition/canvas-move

## Source

Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026 and Director Chair notes on Video from code at Anfloy (Dima Bilous)

Text CC BY 4.0, Director Chair (directorchair.ai). Reference clips and their card texts belong to their makers.