[Matthew Lundstrom]

Try using After Effects Fractal Noise plugin with “Dynamic Twist” as the setting under “Fractal Type”. If you keyframe the “Evolution” variable to be the same at the beginning and end of your clip then it will loop seamlessly.

As for making non-looping abstract footage loop, you can try a long crossfade that spans the duration of your footage and connects the head to the tail.

MattLundstrom
https://www.mattlundstrom.net

[Matthew Lundstrom]

Try using After Effects Fractal Noise plugin with “Dynamic Twist” as the setting under “Fractal Type”. If you keyframe the “Evolution” variable to be the same at the beginning and end of your clip then it will loop seamlessly.

As for making non-looping abstract footage loop, you can try a long crossfade that spans the duration of your footage and connects the head to the tail.

MattLundstrom
https://www.mattlundstrom.net

[Matthew Lundstrom]

Apple Shake, and PF Hoe (an entry level version of PF Track) both do lens distortion correction out of the box. You do need a straight line reference however. If you shoot a gray card / color card on set that would work perfectly. It’s a good habit to get into anyways.

MattLundstrom
https://www.mattlundstrom.net

[Matthew Lundstrom]

You can download the demo of Instant HD and do your own tests to see if it gives you the quality you want before spending your money.

Although an even better solution would be to download the 30 day trial of Apple Shake:

https://www.apple.com/shake/trial/

Shake has a pretty powerful resizing feature when importing footage, complete with anti-aliasing any jaggies that might result, and it does a good job of boosting detail without boosting any grain your footage might have.

The trial version features full, non-watermarked, rendering capabilities. You just can’t save, but since what you need to do only requires a couple clicks, and changing a few settings I don’t think you’ll be needing the save feature.