Squash & Stretch Free V2

Your behavior-based animation assistant — Squash & Stretch Free creates beautiful, editable keyframes without the manual grind. This Free Version includes 40 hand-crafted behaviors to jumpstart your animations — a perfect way to explore what Squash & Stretch can do.

Description

Animate smarter, not harder.

Squash & Stretch Pro is your behavior-driven tool for fast, professional animation — no expressions, no complexity, just beautiful keyframed motion in seconds. Version 2 brings multi-behavior randomness, enhanced text control, and a fresh set of new behaviors to level up your workflow.

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Real-World Results in Under a Minute

See what Squash & Stretch Pro can really do — no fluff, just results.

Our "30 Days of Better Animation in After Effects" series delivers 30 bite-sized tutorials, each just one minute long, showing how to create polished, real-world animations using Squash & Stretch Free and Pro.

Key Features

Handcrafted Animations – Every behavior in Squash & Stretch is designed by professional animators to deliver a natural, high-quality feel. We believe real creativity can’t be automated — and each animation reflects that personal touch.

Intelligent Adaptation – Squash & Stretch automatically adapts each behavior to fit your layer’s size, position, and timing. Already using keyframes? No problem — it smartly adjusts to blend in with your existing animation.

Extensive Behavior Library – Browse a rich selection of behaviors in the built-in gallery. The Free version includes 40 animations, while the Pro version unlocks the full library — plus support for add-on bundles to expand even further.

Built-in Sound Effects – Bring your animations to life with sound. Many behaviors come with matching sound effects that are added automatically — or you can use them independently, just like a stock audio library.

Intuitive Controls – Need a bigger bounce or more stretch? Just adjust simple sliders like Oomph and Squash to fine-tune your motion — no technical setup required.

Control the speed and energy with the Oomph parameter Control the amount of deformation with
    the Squash & Stretch parameter

Edit with Ease – Squash & Stretch creates clean, editable keyframes — not complex expression rigs. That means you stay in control and can easily customize every movement to fit your style.

Version Comparison

Free Pro
Content
Behaviors 40 171
Sound Effects 135 349
Extendible with extra bundles
Features
Manual Controls (Squash & Stretch, Oomph, Flip, Rotate)
Automatic adjustment of behaviors to layers
Automatic adjustment of surrounding animations
Transitions
Gallery
Toolbar
Text Exploder
Precompose & Crop
Stagger Layers
Create Parent Null
Pricing
Price $0 $99

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Version History

2.0.003 -

fixed issues with changing oomph parameter

2.0.002 -

fixed issues with loading behaviors on systems where V1 was installed before

2.0.000 -

initial release of V2

Compatibility

After Effects

2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, CC 2019, CC 2018, CC 2017, CC 2015.3, CC 2015