How To Use CC Ball Action in After Effects

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Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How To Use CC Ball Action Effect

**Description:
**This tutorial will show you how to use the CC Ball Action in Adobe After Effects CC 2024 to create patterns of circles or ‘balls’ or to create 3D Displacement Effects and much more.

Note:
To follow along with the tutorial, you must be using AE Version 24.2 or later.
Adobe Help Article

After Effects Version Used:
24.3.0

CC Ball Action Effect:
Under the ‘Simulation’ category of effects

Font Used in Tutorial:
Londrina Solid

Settings Used:

Grid Spacing: 0
Ball Size: 110
Color: Crisp
Shading: 0
Scatter: 116
Displace: 46
Displace Property: Brightness

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Chapters:
00:00 Intro: About The Tutorial
00:11 Version Used (24.3.0)
00:26 CC Ball Action Overview
00:45 Effect Controls: CC Ball Action
01:20 How To Fix Common Issue (PreCompose)
01:48 Main Animation Breakdown
02:15 Add CC Ball Action To Nested Comp
02:29 Effect Controls Customize CC Ball Action
03:01 How To Animate Scatter & Displace
03:43 Slow Preview of Scatter
04:00 Slow Preview of Displace
04:12 3D Camera Side Preview
04:27 How to Edit Comp #2

**Software Used:
**Adobe After Effects CC 2024 (Click To Try or Buy)

How To Add CC Glass Effect To Text Layers (Glass Look):

1. Create After Effects Composition
2. Add Text Layer (Londrina Font used in tutorial)
3. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
4. Search for ‘Glass’
5. Drag onto Text Layer
6. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the Glass Effect
7. Bump Map: Text Layer
8. Softness: 20
9. Height: 25
10. Displacement: 100

How To Add Fractal Noise Layers:

1. Add Solid Layer (Cmd + Y)
2. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
3. Search for ‘Fractal Noise’
4. Drag onto Logo Layer
5. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the Glass Effect
6. Fractal Type: Basic
7. Noise Type: Block
8. Contrast: 285
9. Brightness: -61

How To Animate Fractal Noise Layers:

1. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel
2. Press Option or Alt and click on stopwatch next to ‘Evolution’
3. Type Expression time*100 in the Timeline

How To Add CC Glass Effect To Graphics (Electrical Tape):

1. Add Logo or Graphics Layer
2. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
3. Search for ‘Glass’
4. Drag onto Logo Layer
5. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the Glass Effect
6. Bump Map: Fractal Noise Layer
7. Select ‘Effects & Masks’ in the drop-down menu
8. Property: Luminance
9. Softness: 18.7
10. Height: 25
11. Displacement: 40

How To Add CC Glass Effect (Text/Logo Behind Background):

1. Select Fractal Noise Layer
2. Go to ‘Effects & Presets’ Panel
3. Search for ‘Glass’
4. Drag onto Logo Layer
5. Go to ‘Effect Controls’ Panel to customize the Glass Effect
6. Bump Map: Logo or Text Layer
7. Select ‘Effects & Masks’ in the drop-down menu
8. Property: Alpha
9. Softness: 110.4
10. Height: 25
11. Displacement: 100