diff --git a/crates/effects/src/lib.rs b/crates/effects/src/lib.rs
index 87ca5ad9d..588979de2 100644
--- a/crates/effects/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/effects/src/lib.rs
@@ -503,6 +503,13 @@ pub fn effect_catalog() -> Vec<EffectInfo> {
             "{size: pt 1..12 (1; how far apart the screen's dots, rings or lines are), contrast: 0..50 (5; 50 draws pure black and white), patternType: \"circle\"|\"dot\"|\"line\" (\"dot\"; rings round the object's centre, dots on a square grid, horizontal lines)} redraws the object in black ink on white paper through a halftone screen whose ink covers as much as the colour is dark, keeping its coverage. Original visual approximation; chosen VectorCraft defaults.",
             json!({"size": 1.0, "contrast": 5.0, "patternType": "dot"}),
         ),
+        r(
+            "sketch.plaster",
+            "Plaster…",
+            SKETCH,
+            "{imageBalance: 1..50 (20; higher values sink more of the image), smoothness: 1..15 (8; higher values soften the relief), lightDirection: \"bottom\"|\"bottomLeft\"|\"left\"|\"topLeft\"|\"top\"|\"topRight\"|\"right\"|\"bottomRight\" (\"top\")} molds the object in relief plaster and lights it from that direction; dark areas are raised and light areas recessed, keeping its coverage. Original visual approximation; chosen VectorCraft defaults.",
+            json!({"imageBalance": 20.0, "smoothness": 8.0, "lightDirection": "top"}),
+        ),
         r(
             "sketch.reticulation",
             "Reticulation…",
diff --git a/crates/effects/src/pixel/mod.rs b/crates/effects/src/pixel/mod.rs
index ec03ca463..031297ce0 100644
--- a/crates/effects/src/pixel/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/effects/src/pixel/mod.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! Poster Edges, Blur › Radial Blur and Smart Blur, Brush Strokes › Accented Edges, Angled Strokes,
 //! Crosshatch, Dark Strokes, Ink Outlines, Spatter, Sprayed Strokes and Sumi-e, Distort › Diffuse
 //! Glow, Glass and Ocean Ripple, Pixelate › Color Halftone, Crystallize, Mezzotint and Pointillize,
-//! Sharpen › Unsharp Mask, Sketch › Chalk & Charcoal, Graphic Pen, Halftone Pattern and
+//! Sharpen › Unsharp Mask, Sketch › Chalk & Charcoal, Graphic Pen, Halftone Pattern, Plaster and
 //! Reticulation, Stylize ›
 //! Glowing Edges, Texture
 //! › Craquelure, Grain, Mosaic Tiles, Patchwork, Stained Glass and Texturizer, and Video ›
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub use sketch::{HALFTONE_TYPES, HalftonePattern};
 pub use texture::{GRAIN_TYPES, Grain, LIGHT_DIRECTIONS, Light, TEXTURES, Texture};
 
 /// The Photoshop-style effect ids (all raster effects, see [`crate::is_raster`]).
-pub const PIXEL_EFFECTS: [&str; 37] = [
+pub const PIXEL_EFFECTS: [&str; 38] = [
     "artistic.cutout",
     "artistic.filmGrain",
     "artistic.neonGlow",
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ pub const PIXEL_EFFECTS: [&str; 37] = [
     "sketch.chrome",
     "sketch.graphicPen",
     "sketch.halftonePattern",
+    "sketch.plaster",
     "sketch.reticulation",
     "stylize.glowingEdges",
     "texture.craquelure",
@@ -160,6 +161,10 @@ pub enum PixelFx {
     /// Sketch › Halftone Pattern: black ink on white paper through a `kind` screen of cells `size`
     /// (1..12) apart, its edges as hard as `contrast` (0..50) says.
     HalftonePattern { size: f64, contrast: f64, kind: HalftonePattern },
+    /// Sketch › Plaster: relief plaster lit from `light`; dark areas raised, light recessed;
+    /// `imageBalance` (1..50) shifts more of the image lower at higher values; `smoothness` (1..15)
+    /// softens the relief.
+    Plaster { image_balance: f64, smoothness: f64, light: Light },
     /// Sketch › Reticulation: black ink on white paper through a high-contrast film-grain screen;
     /// `density` (0..50), `foreground` and `background` (0..50) pull tones before the grain.
     Reticulation { density: f64, foreground: f64, background: f64 },
@@ -353,6 +358,11 @@ pub(crate) fn parse(id: &str, p: &Value) -> Option<PixelFx> {
             contrast: num(p, "contrast", 5.0).clamp(0.0, 50.0),
             kind: HalftonePattern::parse(text(p, "patternType", "dot")),
         },
+        "sketch.plaster" => PixelFx::Plaster {
+            image_balance: num(p, "imageBalance", 20.0).clamp(1.0, 50.0),
+            smoothness: num(p, "smoothness", 8.0).clamp(1.0, 15.0),
+            light: Light::parse(text(p, "lightDirection", "top")),
+        },
         "sketch.reticulation" => PixelFx::Reticulation {
             density: num(p, "density", 12.0).clamp(0.0, 50.0),
             foreground: num(p, "foregroundLevel", 6.0).clamp(0.0, 50.0),
@@ -440,6 +450,7 @@ impl PixelFx {
             | PixelFx::ChalkCharcoal { .. }
             | PixelFx::Chrome { .. }
             | PixelFx::HalftonePattern { .. }
+            | PixelFx::Plaster { .. }
             | PixelFx::Reticulation { .. } => 0.0,
             PixelFx::GlowingEdges { width, smoothness, .. } => width.max(smoothness * 3.0),
             PixelFx::FilmGrain { .. }
@@ -493,6 +504,7 @@ impl PixelFx {
             PixelFx::ChalkCharcoal { .. } => Some(sketch::CHALK_CHARCOAL_REACH),
             PixelFx::Chrome { smoothness, .. } => Some(sketch::chrome_reach(smoothness)),
             PixelFx::FilmGrain { .. } | PixelFx::Mezzotint { .. } | PixelFx::HalftonePattern { .. } | PixelFx::Reticulation { .. } => Some(0.0),
+            PixelFx::Plaster { smoothness, .. } => Some(sketch::plaster_reach(smoothness)),
             // Cutout's palette comes from the whole object.
             PixelFx::Cutout { .. } => None,
             // The softened tones around the pixel.
@@ -552,6 +564,7 @@ impl PixelFx {
             PixelFx::Chrome { detail, smoothness } => sketch::chrome(px, w, h, space, detail, smoothness),
             PixelFx::GraphicPen { length, balance, direction } => brushstrokes::graphic_pen(px, w, h, space, length, balance, direction),
             PixelFx::HalftonePattern { size, contrast, kind } => sketch::halftone_pattern(px, w, h, space, size, contrast, kind),
+            PixelFx::Plaster { image_balance, smoothness, light } => sketch::plaster(px, w, h, space, image_balance, smoothness, light),
             PixelFx::Reticulation { density, foreground, background } => sketch::reticulation(px, w, h, space, density, foreground, background),
             PixelFx::GlowingEdges { width, brightness, smoothness } => edges::glow(px, w, h, to_px(width), brightness, to_px(smoothness)),
             PixelFx::ColorHalftone { max_radius, angles } => pixelate::color_halftone(px, w, h, space, max_radius, angles),
diff --git a/crates/effects/src/pixel/sketch.rs b/crates/effects/src/pixel/sketch.rs
index 6b3ce6133..588d1ca80 100644
--- a/crates/effects/src/pixel/sketch.rs
+++ b/crates/effects/src/pixel/sketch.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//! Effect › Sketch (Chalk & Charcoal, Chrome, Halftone Pattern and Reticulation; Graphic Pen lives in
+//! Effect › Sketch (Chalk & Charcoal, Chrome, Halftone Pattern, Plaster and Reticulation; Graphic Pen lives in
 //! [`super::brushstrokes`]). Original filters built from public behaviour documentation:
 //! <https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/summary-effects.html> (Sketch effects redraw in
 //! black and white) and the public Photoshop Elements Artistic filters guide. Visual
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use vectorcraft_geom::Vec2;
 
 use super::edges::sobel;
 use super::pixelate::{Place, cell, rand, value_noise};
-use super::texture::{Tones, luma, premultiply, smooth_noise, straight};
+use super::texture::{Light, Tones, luma, premultiply, smooth_noise, straight};
 use super::{PixelSpace, blur_plane, pick};
 
 const SALT_CHALK: u64 = 216;
@@ -203,6 +203,71 @@ pub(super) fn chrome(px: &mut [[u8; 4]], w: usize, h: usize, space: &PixelSpace,
     });
 }
 
+/// Colour `c` lit by `s`: darkened towards black below 0, lightened towards white above.
+fn lit(c: [f32; 3], s: f64) -> [f32; 3] {
+    let s = if s.is_finite() { s.clamp(-1.0, 1.0) as f32 } else { 0.0 };
+    c.map(|v| if s < 0.0 { v * (1.0 + s) } else { v + (1.0 - v) * s })
+}
+
+/// How a surface whose height rises along `slope` faces a light from `toward`.
+fn facing(slope: Vec2, toward: Vec2) -> f64 {
+    -slope.dot(toward)
+}
+
+/// The σ (document units) of Plaster's height blur at `smoothness` (1..15).
+fn plaster_sigma_pt(smoothness: f64) -> f64 {
+    let smoothness = smoothness.clamp(1.0, 15.0);
+    0.15 + 0.85 * (smoothness - 1.0) / 14.0
+}
+
+/// How far (document units) Plaster's softened relief reaches at `smoothness` (1..15).
+pub(super) fn plaster_reach(smoothness: f64) -> f64 {
+    if !smoothness.is_finite() {
+        return 3.0 * plaster_sigma_pt(8.0) + 0.5;
+    }
+    3.0 * plaster_sigma_pt(smoothness) + 0.5
+}
+
+/// Plaster: the object molded in relief plaster and lit from `light`. Dark areas are raised and
+/// light areas recessed; `imageBalance` (1..50) shifts more of the image lower at higher values;
+/// `smoothness` (1..15) softens the relief. Coverage is kept.
+pub(super) fn plaster(px: &mut [[u8; 4]], w: usize, h: usize, space: &PixelSpace, image_balance: f64, smoothness: f64, light: Light) {
+    if !(image_balance.is_finite() && smoothness.is_finite() && space.px.is_finite() && space.px > 0.0) || w == 0 || h == 0 || w.checked_mul(h) != Some(px.len()) {
+        return;
+    }
+    let image_balance = image_balance.clamp(1.0, 50.0);
+    let smoothness = smoothness.clamp(1.0, 15.0);
+    let bias = (image_balance - 1.0) / 49.0;
+    let mut height: Vec<f32> = px
+        .iter()
+        .map(|p| {
+            let a = f32::from(p[3]) / 255.0;
+            let dark = (1.0 - luma(straight(*p))) * a;
+            (dark - bias as f32 * 0.65).clamp(0.0, 1.0)
+        })
+        .collect();
+    blur_plane(&mut height, w, h, plaster_sigma_pt(smoothness) / space.px);
+    let Some(place) = Place::new(space, w, h) else { return };
+    let step = (0.35f64).max(0.5 * place.px);
+    let strength = 0.55;
+    let toward = light.toward();
+    let at = |x: usize, y: usize, dx: i32, dy: i32| {
+        let (xx, yy) = ((x as i32 + dx).clamp(0, w as i32 - 1) as usize, (y as i32 + dy).clamp(0, h as i32 - 1) as usize);
+        height[yy * w + xx]
+    };
+    place.each(px, |x, y, p| {
+        if p[3] == 0 {
+            return;
+        }
+        let h = height[y * w + x];
+        let (left, right, up, down) = (at(x, y, -1, 0), at(x, y, 1, 0), at(x, y, 0, -1), at(x, y, 0, 1));
+        let slope = Vec2::new(f64::from(right - left), f64::from(down - up)) / (2.0 * step);
+        let ridge = f64::from(h - 0.25 * (left + right + up + down)) / step;
+        let shade = strength * (facing(slope, toward) + ridge);
+        *p = premultiply(lit(straight(*p), shade), f32::from(p[3]) / 255.0);
+    });
+}
+
 /// Reticulation: the object redrawn in black ink on white paper through a high-contrast film-grain
 /// screen. `density` (0..50) sets how fine the grain is; `foreground` and `background` (0..50 each)
 /// pull shadows toward black and highlights toward white before the grain decides ink. Coverage is
diff --git a/crates/effects/src/pixel/tests.rs b/crates/effects/src/pixel/tests.rs
index 707dea4f9..87d9e420a 100644
--- a/crates/effects/src/pixel/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/effects/src/pixel/tests.rs
@@ -2150,6 +2150,44 @@ fn halftone_pattern_type_changes_the_pattern() {
     }
 }
 
+/// Plaster of `p` over `w` × `h` pixels of `src`, laid out by `s`.
+fn plaster(p: serde_json::Value, src: &[u8], w: usize, h: usize, s: &PixelSpace) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut out = src.to_vec();
+    fx("sketch.plaster", p).apply(&mut out, w, h, s);
+    out
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn plaster_params_take_defaults_and_stay_in_range() {
+    use super::texture::Light;
+    assert_eq!(
+        fx("sketch.plaster", json!({})),
+        PixelFx::Plaster { image_balance: 20.0, smoothness: 8.0, light: Light::Top }
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        fx("sketch.plaster", json!({"imageBalance": 0, "smoothness": 1e9, "lightDirection": "bottomRight"})),
+        PixelFx::Plaster { image_balance: 1.0, smoothness: 15.0, light: Light::BottomRight }
+    );
+    assert_eq!(fx("sketch.plaster", json!({"lightDirection": "nonsense"})), fx("sketch.plaster", json!({})));
+    let doc = crate::effect_info("sketch.plaster").unwrap().params;
+    assert!(doc.contains("\"bottomRight\""), "{doc}");
+    let f = fx("sketch.plaster", json!({"smoothness": 24}));
+    assert_eq!(f.reach(), Some(super::sketch::plaster_reach(15.0)));
+}
+
+/// Plaster changes the image and different light directions give different results.
+#[test]
+fn plaster_light_direction_shifts_shading() {
+    let (w, h) = (48, 32);
+    let src = image(w, h, |x, y| grey((16 + (x + y) % 200) as u8));
+    let s = space(w, h);
+    let base = plaster(json!({"imageBalance": 20, "smoothness": 6, "lightDirection": "top"}), &src, w, h, &s);
+    assert_ne!(base, src, "plaster changes opaque pixels");
+    let left = plaster(json!({"lightDirection": "left"}), &src, w, h, &s);
+    let right = plaster(json!({"lightDirection": "right"}), &src, w, h, &s);
+    assert_ne!(left, right, "light direction changes the relief shading");
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn halftone_contrast_sharpens_the_screen() {
     let (w, h) = (64, 32);
diff --git a/crates/effects/src/pixel/texture.rs b/crates/effects/src/pixel/texture.rs
index c3ef214d7..faa0b536a 100644
--- a/crates/effects/src/pixel/texture.rs
+++ b/crates/effects/src/pixel/texture.rs
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ impl Light {
     }
 
     /// The unit vector towards the light (document axes, y down).
-    fn toward(self) -> Vec2 {
+    pub(super) fn toward(self) -> Vec2 {
         let d = FRAC_1_SQRT_2;
         match self {
             Light::Bottom => Vec2::new(0.0, 1.0),
diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_rasterfilters.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_rasterfilters.rs
index 31fdcf908..4580ab013 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_rasterfilters.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_rasterfilters.rs
@@ -49,11 +49,12 @@ const PIXELATE: [(&str, &str); 4] =
     [("pixelate.colorHalftone", "{}"), ("pixelate.crystallize", "{}"), ("pixelate.mezzotint", "{}"), ("pixelate.pointillize", "{}")];
 
 /// Effect › Sketch, at their defaults.
-const SKETCH: [(&str, &str); 5] = [
+const SKETCH: [(&str, &str); 6] = [
     ("sketch.chalkCharcoal", "{}"),
     ("sketch.chrome", "{}"),
     ("sketch.graphicPen", "{}"),
     ("sketch.halftonePattern", "{}"),
+    ("sketch.plaster", "{}"),
     ("sketch.reticulation", "{}"),
 ];
 
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/effect.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/effect.rs
index d746dfdbe..c8b5be4e6 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/effect.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/effect.rs
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ fn choices(effect: &str, key: &str) -> Option<form::Choices> {
         ("pixelate.mezzotint", "type") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::MEZZOTINT_TYPES),
         ("sketch.graphicPen", "strokeDirection") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::STROKE_DIRECTIONS),
         ("sketch.halftonePattern", "patternType") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::HALFTONE_TYPES),
+        ("sketch.plaster", "lightDirection") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::LIGHT_DIRECTIONS),
         ("texture.grain", "grainType") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::GRAIN_TYPES),
         ("texture.texturizer", "texture") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::TEXTURES),
         ("texture.texturizer", "lightDirection") => Some(&vectorcraft_effects::pixel::LIGHT_DIRECTIONS),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests.rs
index 823b8cf6d..a3bcce45b 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/dialogs/tests.rs
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ fn raster_filter_dialogs_preview_and_apply() {
         ("pixelate.mezzotint", "type", "longLines"),
         ("pixelate.pointillize", "cellSize", "12"),
         ("sketch.halftonePattern", "patternType", "line"),
+        ("sketch.plaster", "lightDirection", "bottomLeft"),
         ("texture.craquelure", "crackDepth", "9"),
         ("texture.grain", "grainType", "stippled"),
         ("texture.mosaicTiles", "tileSize", "20"),
diff --git a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs
index b5d90df35..0b4aff0fb 100644
--- a/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs
+++ b/crates/ui-egui/src/tests_labels.rs
@@ -178,17 +178,19 @@ fn effect_menu_lists_the_sketch_filters_between_sharpen_and_stylize() {
     let entries = menus::menu_entries(&app);
     let sketch: Vec<_> = entries.iter().filter(|e| e.path == ["Effect", "Sketch"]).collect();
     let labels: Vec<&str> = sketch.iter().map(|e| e.label.as_str()).collect();
-    assert_eq!(labels, ["Chalk & Charcoal…", "Chrome…", "Graphic Pen…", "Halftone Pattern…", "Reticulation…"]);
+    assert_eq!(labels, ["Chalk & Charcoal…", "Chrome…", "Graphic Pen…", "Halftone Pattern…", "Plaster…", "Reticulation…"]);
     assert!(sketch.iter().all(|e| e.command.as_deref() == Some("effect.dialog")));
     assert_eq!(sketch[0].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.chalkCharcoal"}));
     assert_eq!(sketch[1].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.chrome"}));
     assert_eq!(sketch[2].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.graphicPen"}));
     assert_eq!(sketch[3].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.halftonePattern"}));
-    assert_eq!(sketch[4].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.reticulation"}));
+    assert_eq!(sketch[4].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.plaster"}));
+    assert_eq!(sketch[5].params, json!({"effect": "sketch.reticulation"}));
     let at = |label: &str| entries.iter().position(|e| e.path[0] == "Effect" && e.label == label).unwrap();
     assert!(at("Unsharp Mask…") < at("Chalk & Charcoal…") && at("Chalk & Charcoal…") < at("Chrome…"));
     assert!(at("Chrome…") < at("Graphic Pen…") && at("Graphic Pen…") < at("Halftone Pattern…"));
-    assert!(at("Halftone Pattern…") < at("Reticulation…") && at("Reticulation…") < at("Glowing Edges…"));
+    assert!(at("Halftone Pattern…") < at("Plaster…") && at("Plaster…") < at("Reticulation…"));
+    assert!(at("Reticulation…") < at("Glowing Edges…"));
 }
 
 /// Effect › Stylize under Raster Effects, between Sharpen and Texture: Glowing Edges opens its