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TaranVH
Inspiring
January 24, 2023
Open for Voting

The option to have keyframes use linear spatial interpolation by default, instead of auto beizer!

  • January 24, 2023
  • 47 replies
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After Effects has this option, and for good reason! Auto bezier leads to all sorts of unintentional movement. This is especially newb-unfriendly.
This is Unique ID 148 on my spreadsheet
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dVJb7kI_ZETLavrplfARgn9gL8HUpvkq6A0jCPxqA3w/edit#gid=1133868629

47 replies

Participant
April 8, 2025

How is this still not resolved? Everyday i have to right click dozens of keyframes to choose linear. Not one of my projects has used bezier keyframes and yet that is the default. Absolutely ridiculous.

Zenty_
Participant
January 26, 2025

I would also love this change, having to change to linear everytime can get repetitive

Participant
January 22, 2025

Please fix this bug. We're begging it's awful.

Inspiring
January 9, 2025

THIS IS A MUST!! I requested this years ago, and Adobe just doesn't listen. Hopefully, they start... It's so frustrating when you create a new position keyframe.. It AUTOMATICALLY creates an auto-bezier keyframe, and you have to then select it and change it to Linear.. Makes no sense. In 20 years of editing, I have NEVER needed to use auto-bezier even once. I would rather having auto-bezier completely removed from the program if it means it's never defaulted on again....

DeputyDaveS
Known Participant
January 9, 2025

YES! I agree and if u forget then ur doing alot of unnecessary editing. Yes I gree. BUT Whats worse is that (and I don't know how to put this but on Project monitor they took away the sliders.  AND when u jump from one sequence to another the zoom and location stay the same. THATS FREAKIN CRAZY talk about a waste of time. EX. when i nest a group I usually keep it in the center at 100% scale then on the working sequence (the main work area) I have that nest in its final posiyion and scale (usual 200% scale) But when I'm trying to find a point on one of those sequences I zoom in 400% do I can see exactly where it is on that graphic and when I want to switch sequences the project monitor always directs itself to 0,0 at 100% zoom. So u loose ur reference point and always have to take time to reposition ur view to that particular work area in that sequence. Over and over I have to fo that. That sucks.  Ihave to zoom out then zom in alittle then zoom in more the reposition then xoom im more. U get the situation. I might havr to do tjid 15 yo 20 times until im satisfied with the objects position. and thats just for one object. ONE! I might have to do this for 20 freakin objects. I wasn't always like this. Each sequence had its own pan and zoom AND REMEMBERED IT. This is a bigger problem to me then the keypoint dilemma. I must do this 3 or 4 times (times 15 to 20 times) per project. 

Participating Frequently
January 9, 2025

Yes, you are correct.  Once you do it once, it remembers it on that clip on that sequence.  But it is still not ideal to have to do it once for every clip.  I am talking from experience about workflows where you are making 50+ photo broll packages a day, each with 3-10 photos in a sequence.  Do the math at how many unneccessary actions (mouse movement/right click, select linear) that is and how much time that actually wastes in a day and over the course of a year of labor.

DeputyDaveS
Known Participant
January 9, 2025

A simple work around, sort of is once u add ONE keyframe change it to linear then the rest will follow suit. If u don't ALL keyframes will be bezier (or what ever u call it) I call this function a f*cked up option and I have tried to use it and I get so frustrated 😰 I say f*ck this sh*t. So anyway remember to change the 1st keyppoint in ur texting routines, that should help u. It works 4 me and I'm on the latest release.

Participating Frequently
January 9, 2025

This is still an issue.

Inspiring
November 1, 2024

I requested this YEARS ago, but unfortunately the Adobe team doesn't care to listen to paying customers. I have not ONCE in my 17 year editing career wanted to use auto-beizer, yet it defaults to it constantly whenever creating position keyframes, which means you have to always select the keyframes and change them back to linear; it's a HUGE waste of time.

Participating Frequently
September 15, 2024

Bump!  Please please add this simple option to the preferences.  🙏