StretchLearn Course
Rig characters in Animate and After Effects, master timing and lip-sync, and ship short-form animation people actually finish watching.
Course Overview
Learn to turn a flat character drawing into a fully rigged, expressive puppet you can pose and animate. You will rig in both Adobe Animate (bone tool, graphic symbols) and After Effects (DUIK Angela, RubberHose, Joysticks 'n Sliders), apply the spacing and easing that make motion read, and sync mouths to dialogue. The course ends with exporting and shipping vertical short-form clips sized for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts.
Learning Outcomes
Prepare and separate layered character artwork into clean, riggable parts in Photoshop and Illustrator
Build a working puppet rig in Adobe Animate using the bone tool and nested graphic symbols
Rig limbs and facial controls in After Effects with DUIK Angela, RubberHose, and Joysticks 'n Sliders
Apply timing, spacing, easing, and overlap to make character motion feel weighted and alive
Lip-sync dialogue using a Preston Blair mouth set and phoneme-to-frame mapping
Export and deliver vertical short-form animation correctly sized and encoded for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts
Curriculum Preview
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Before anything moves, the drawing has to be built for movement. This module covers separating, layering, and pivot-planning artwork so a rig actually works.
Build working puppet rigs in both industry-standard tools, including bones, inverse kinematics, and facial controls.
Apply the craft that separates a stiff puppet from a living character: timing, spacing, easing, and overlap.
Sync mouths to dialogue and export finished vertical animation correctly for Reels, TikTok, and Shorts.
Built for Application
This program is designed around progression: focused lessons, structured modules, applied resources, assessments, and a course rhythm that turns information into usable capability.