His choice of prop materials has since evolved from leather to paper and then to plastic, for reasons of cost and durability. Recently some have expressed an interest in helping Ch'en export his wares to overseas Chinese.
紙製的皮影戲偶容易破損，陳處世又試以透明塑膠板做原料，最近還有人和他接洽，想將這些塑膠影偶外銷到美國、日本和馬來西亞的華僑社會。