Add Animation to a Fully Illustrated Scene in After Effects — Effortlessly!

In this quick tutorial, learn how to animate objects and add subtle, environmental movement to an image generated in Adobe Firefly using Squash & Stretch Pro V2, the newest release from mamoworld!

Tools used

• Squash & Stretch Pro V2

Author Notes

30 Days of Better Animation in After Effects with Squash & Stretch

Animate a full illustrated scene in After Effects — effortlessly! In this first episode, we bring a Firefly-generated landscape to life using Squash & Stretch Pro.

Learn how to:

✔️ Animate objects like houses and signs with “Plop” and “Drop and Swing” behaviors

✔️ Add subtle environmental motion using all four “Tree in the Wind” behaviors

✔️ Create natural variation using random behavior selection

️ Behaviors used:

– Plop 3 & 4

– Drop and Swing

– Tree in the Wind (1–4)

Squash & Stretch automatically adapts the animation to each layer — no manual tweaking required.

Tools used:

Squash & Stretch Pro: Squash & Stretch Pro V2

Artwork prepped in Photoshop