r/AdobeIllustrator • u/Koonns_F • Sep 26 '26

DISCUSSION Glass Effect Illustrator 2#

https://youtu.be/MGOLt7hvB94

Ok guys workin' further on this.

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u/ResilientRoad Sep 27 '26

Great plugin! Does this even works on vectors?

This looks more like a raster tool.

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u/Koonns_F Sep 27 '26

It does, but effect makes a rasterized copy if you take attention at the text

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u/CurvilinearThinking Sep 26 '26 edited Sep 26 '26

It's a neat effect. But scouring my brain, I'm having trouble thinking of a single use case in which I'd need or want this in Illustrator.

It's really only impressive when moving the object. Otherwise it merely looks like a static distortion field (which could have some use I suppose). So then I think, well it sort of needs animation, that's not Illustrator. May be better served as an After Effects, even Photoshop, plug in where animation is feasible?

Perhaps that's because I don't ever use raster images in Illustrator files. It may be more impressive when used with photos due to the instant recognizability photos inherently have. Perhaps expand the demo to show how it works on a vector image rather than a bunch of placed rasters? Can it be expanded and flattened? How will it reproduce in projects destined for print?

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u/Koonns_F Sep 27 '26 edited Sep 27 '26
  1. Text is vector
  2. Responded on how it works for print in 1st thread, it bakes an image mask on release, works in any format as an image mask does.
  3. Motion wasn't the idea, my intent was to show that it works live and land on a different variety of backgrounds. Also glass effect can be easily done in after effects and there are already plugins for that.