Source: adobe.com Arguably the most fundamental of the 12 principles of animation. Squash and stretch is applied to give a sense of weight and/or flexibility to objects or even to people. Animate a simple object like a bouncing ball - as it hits the ground, you can squash the ball flat and widen it. Although exaggerated, this animation is grounded in reality, because it creates the illusion of the ball being distorted by an outside force - just like in real life. You can apply squash and stretch to more realistic animation, too. But keep in mind the object’s volume. If the length of the ball is vertically stretched, its width must contract horizontally.
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