[Joey Foreman]

Don’t mind me. Just maundering in the corner.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

You can loop a footage item with the Interpret Footage dialogue in the Project Panel.

If it’s stock footage, though, it probably won’t loop seamlessly. You can try setting your in point for the layer in the middle somewhere, duplicate the layer and position the duplicate down in the timeline, dragging out the layer handle back to the original in point, then cross dissolve the end of the top layer to the beginning of the lower one. Then set the end point of the bottom layer to be one frame before the in point of the top layer.
Now render this out, re-import it, and set it to loop as many times as you want.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

Sure, Brian, do it that way if you want a simple and elegant solution. I was trying to make it kludgy and time-consuming!

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

Try CC Repetile. 1st Precompose your layer. Apply the effect, then depending on which side you want the layer to wrap in from, set the Expand Right or Expand Left to be the width of your comp for one wrap around. Set those to higher multiples (double, triple, etc.) if you want it to repeat. Then animate the position of the precomp.

There are also several presets in the effect you can experiment with.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

Are the layers supposed to be 3d? If not, just add an Adjustment Layer with Fast Blur applied to that, and animate the blur amount.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

If you’re asking about bringing those files into AE, you can convert to ProRes 422 on a Mac, or purchase Cineform Neoscene for a p.c.

https://www.cineform.com/neoscene/

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

The first one.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

In my experience, DVCPRO doesn’t work well as an intermediate codec. I think you’ll find that ProRes 422 will serve you well. Don’t worry about the data rate. It’s plenty for your needs, and the result will be visually lossless.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

Please provide us with more info such as:

The codec of your footage
Your version of AE
Your Render Settings

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist

[Joey Foreman]

Get a soccer ball texture map, or make your own, and use CC Sphere to wrap that into a ball.
Make it a 3d layer, and animate its z position.

Joey Foreman
Editor/Compositor/VFX Artist