How To Use CC Plastic Effect in After Effects

Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How To Use CC Plastic Effect
This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Plastic Effect in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to plastic looking effect on shapes, textured/grunge on text and graphics, and line art effects.
CC Plastic Effect:
Under the ‘Stylize’ category of effects
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:35 Example 1: Shape Layer (Plastic Look)
00:49 Add CC Plastic Effect
01:06 Effect Controls: Customize CC Plastic
01:31 Example 2: Texture & Grunge Effect
01:55 Effect Controls Settings
02:19 Animate: Wiggle Expression
02:55 Copy & Paste Effect
03:15 Example 3: Line Art Look
03:32 Effect Controls Settings
04:24 Change Color: Fill Effect
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How To Add CC Plastic Effect To Shape Layers (Plastic Look):
1. Create After Effects Composition
2. Select Shape Tool…Ellipse
3. Add Fill Color (Stroke optional)
4. Hold Shift Key and drag out a perfect circle
5. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
6. Search for ‘Plastic’
7. Drag onto Shape Layer
8. Select Shape Layer
9. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the CC Plastic Effect
How To Add CC Plastic Effect To Text & Graphics (Texture/Grunge):
1. Create After Effects Composition
2. Add Text Layer (Londrina Font used in tutorial)
3. Add Graphic Layer (Felt orange used in tutorial)
4. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
5. Search for ‘Plastic’
6. Drag onto Felt Orange Layer
7. Select Shape Layer
8. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the CC Plastic Effect
9. Softness: 4.1
10. Height: 16.0
11. Cut Min: 38
12. Cut Max: 46
13. Light Intensity: 100
14. Light Height: 65
15. Light Direction: -45
16. Ambient 75
17. Diffuse & Dust: 25
18. Specular: 100
19. Roughness: 0.025
20. Metal: 100
How To Animate Textures:
1. Press Option/Alt
2. Click on the stopwatch next to Cut Min
3. Enter the Wiggle Expressionwiggle(3,1)
4. Click on the stopwatch next to Cut Max
5. Enter the Wiggle Expressionwiggle(0.5,1)
How To Add CC Plastic Effect To Text & Graphics (Line Art/Blueprint):
1. Create After Effects Composition
2. Add Photo or Video
3. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
4. Search for ‘Plastic’
5. Drag onto Felt Orange Layer
6. Select Shape Layer
7. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the CC Plastic Effect
8. Softness: 0
9. Height: 100
10. Cut Min: 66
11. Cut Max: 44
12. Light Intensity: 302
13. Light Height: 100
14. Light Direction: 35
15. Ambient & Diffuse: 0
16. Dust: 65
17. Specular: 69
18. Roughness: 0.35
19. Metal: 19
20. Add Color Fill Effect to change the line color
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