Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
This tutorial shows how to convert footage into claymation in Adobe After Effects using the Claymation Effect from Creation Effects. Download for $29 at creationeffects.com/claymation-effect. For the Creation Art Effects bundle, with 49 additional art effects like this one, go to creationeffects.com/creation-art-effects.
This After Effects template imitates the look of colorful clay layers stacked on top of each other to form an image. With a low frame rate and real clay textures that change on every frame, the end result imitates an authentic, stop-motion, hand-made clay or play-dough animation. This tutorial will show you how to customize the effect to get the perfect look for your footage. Updated in 2025, this template includes additional custom claymation effects such as clay transition effects, animated clay shapes and strokes, and animated clay text to create custom titles.
Also referenced in this video, the Creation Title Effects template includes 200 custom titles for After Effects users (like the clay title included in this template). Learn more at creationeffects.com/creation-title-effects.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Getting Started
2:24 Opening project/Importing footage
2:51 Control Layer: General Controls
4:37 Control Layer: Color & Threshold Controls
5:55 Control Layer: Remaining Controls
6:44 Stop Motion Effect & Frame Rate
7:29 Clay Texture Precomp
7:52 Additional Clay Effects
9:53 Creation Art Effects bundle
10:26 Mixed Media Effect
This tutorial shows how to convert footage into claymation in Adobe After Effects using the Claymation Effect from Creation Effects. Download for $29 at creationeffects.com/claymation-effect. For the Creation Art Effects bundle, with 49 additional art effects like this one, go to creationeffects.com/creation-art-effects.
This After Effects template imitates the look of colorful clay layers stacked on top of each other to form an image. With a low frame rate and real clay textures that change on every frame, the end result imitates an authentic, stop-motion, hand-made clay or play-dough animation. This tutorial will show you how to customize the effect to get the perfect look for your footage. Updated in 2025, this template includes additional custom claymation effects such as clay transition effects, animated clay shapes and strokes, and animated clay text to create custom titles.
Also referenced in this video, the Creation Title Effects template includes 200 custom titles for After Effects users (like the clay title included in this template). Learn more at creationeffects.com/creation-title-effects.
0:00 Intro
1:16 Getting Started
2:24 Opening project/Importing footage
2:51 Control Layer: General Controls
4:37 Control Layer: Color & Threshold Controls
5:55 Control Layer: Remaining Controls
6:44 Stop Motion Effect & Frame Rate
7:29 Clay Texture Precomp
7:52 Additional Clay Effects
9:53 Creation Art Effects bundle
10:26 Mixed Media Effect
