How to make a Loop, distort and Image with a modifier, set up the Blur and limit performances cost

Black Background

Start a new comp ( Ctrl+N )
Select the main composition on the top of the tree and uncheck "Alpha Layer" to have a black background, it won't change anything, it is just a matter of aesthetics.

Create a Text Layer

Create a particle system with 2D Layers>Text .
Then you can modify the text and police inside of it, you can write what you want...."salut !" is not an obligation...you are free, FREE !

Add a 2D Transform modifier on the text

Add a 2D Transform Change pixels position using translate, scale and rotate parameters with Frame Wrap Modes Read More over the text Right Click->Modifiers->Distort->2D Transform
The 2D Transform Change pixels position using translate, scale and rotate parameters with Frame Wrap Modes Read More allows you to scale, move or rotate an Image / Video / composition. Really useful to do some nice effects with a mask over it.

Create a Loop Cue

Now inside the 2D Transform parameters, go on rotation parameter and Right Click > Create Loop
This new created cue will go directly inside the Animation Bank Where all your cues are stored Read More
Once you created a new cue, the parameters editor tab will automatically update to show you the cue parameters (in this case the parameters of your new created loop)
By default on any angle parameters, the default Loop cue will be created with a period of 5 seconds and a rotation of 360° (as showed below, minimum is 0°, maximum is 1 turn + 0°)
As you may see, the default function is Linear, which mean that the cue will go from the minimum to the maximum value accordingly to this curve over it's defines time period. You can change the Shape Type of the function as you want to notice the differences.
Here I changed the period time for 10 seconds.

Noise mask

Lets add a Noise mask Mask defined through a Noise Function Read More over the 2D Transform Change pixels position using translate, scale and rotate parameters with Frame Wrap Modes Read More modifier Right Click > Masks >Noise Mask
The idea here is that the masks actually have an effects over a modifier's intensity, in the case of the 2D Transform Change pixels position using translate, scale and rotate parameters with Frame Wrap Modes Read More , it allows to do some nice displace / warp / ripple effects. Try to combine different 2D Transform setups with different kind of masks (a radial mask with a feather for instance) and you'll see the possibility.
For instance you'll be able to adapt a texture to a 3D rendered Image with a simple depth map pass set as layer mask of a 2D Transform but we'll see that in tutorials to come.

Rasterize

Lets add a Rasterize Rasterize the current image Read More over the text layer Right Click > Modifiers > Utility > Rasterize
I'll invite you to go see in the 2D Modifiers Catalog part for further details over this modifier.
" Rasterize Rasterize the current image Read More enables to force rendering of the current image. It is sometimes interesting to put this in the middle of a long chain of modifiers to speed-up the computation and too avoid creating too long shader chains. Can also be useful to downsample the image."

Add shiny effects

Add a Chromatic Aberration Lens chromatic aberration effect Read More modifier and set is up as showed below. "Iterations" is the number of samples the effect will use and "distortion" how far it will go away from the center on the edge of the layer.
Add now the Starglow Blur Quick-to-create multi purpose blur Read More modifier preset modifier and set is up as showed below.
I'll invite you to go see in the part of the documentation dedicated to the Blur Quick-to-create multi purpose blur Read More modifier, you'll find there some examples.

Conclusion

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