Thanks so much for recommending precomps! After messing around with precomps and scouring other message boards I found my solution. I wound up taking the precomp, getting what I wanted out of it and then enabling Time Mapping, and looping it with expressions most notably –––> loopOut(type = “cycle”, numKeyframes = 0)
Here’s the thread that really sealed the deal for me: https://mograph.net/board/index.php?showtopic=5375
Thanks again!
Also, the Flash solution worked but I found that it was hard to keep the quality very high. It definitely is one way to do it though.