How To Use CC Plastic Effect in After Effects

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Adobe After Effects CC 2024: How To Use CC Plastic Effect

**Description:
**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

Font Used in Tutorial:
Londrina Solid

FeltTextures Video Assets:
Terrapin Textures Felt Collection

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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

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

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 Expression
   wiggle(3,1)
4. Click on the stopwatch next to Cut Max
5. Enter the Wiggle Expression
   wiggle(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