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Sebastián Inostroza
Sebastián Inostroza
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November 23, 2020
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I need help with animation curves (Graph Editor)

  • November 23, 2020
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How can i maintain the speed of an animation?

I made an object move with that curve, the thing is, it start really slow, then it takes speed, but (looking at the picture i uploaded) i want the start speed to be the same as the one that is being touched by the blue line in the timeline, i'm moving keyframes, or trying to modify the curve to get similar results, but it doesn't work. It would be like to do an almost linear movement between the first frame and the one touched with the blue line, then just continue the animation like its already animated.

If i add a keyframe, it doesnt feel natural.

How can i fix my problem? are there any tips to maintain the keyframes being curves for the Graph Editor, but also making them kinda 'linear' before jumping into more speed?

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Correct answer Mylenium

No simple answers with anything related to keyframing. This stuff simply takes practice. As a start you may want to toggle to the value graphs and see what the tangents look like on there, i.e. wheter they are aligned with the direction to not cause odd sideways movements that look like slowdowns. Other than that you're most definitely going to need at least a third keyframe. The span covered simply appears to be too large and there's only so much you can do with just two tangent handles. "Stabilizing" the end third with an extra key would greatly help you to get the first section right and make it look speedy enough. Other than that again not a question of "What values do I need to dial in." You simply need to keep working, tedious and frustrating as it may be. We all had to learn this and it didn't happen overnight (under worse conditions even way back then in AE 5.0 with the mini graphs in fact).

 

Mylenium

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Rick GerardCommunity Expert
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November 24, 2020

Maybe this tutorial that I did a while ago will help.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=r8s0MYONKnE

 

 

 

Sebastián Inostroza
Sebastián InostrozaAuthor
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November 23, 2020

Thank you very much for your comment, i kinda fix it with trying different parameters or timings, just like you said, it was a very specifical thing to do, so as you said, it isnt easy to just make it work like that.

Thank you!

Mylenium
MyleniumCorrect answer
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November 23, 2020

No simple answers with anything related to keyframing. This stuff simply takes practice. As a start you may want to toggle to the value graphs and see what the tangents look like on there, i.e. wheter they are aligned with the direction to not cause odd sideways movements that look like slowdowns. Other than that you're most definitely going to need at least a third keyframe. The span covered simply appears to be too large and there's only so much you can do with just two tangent handles. "Stabilizing" the end third with an extra key would greatly help you to get the first section right and make it look speedy enough. Other than that again not a question of "What values do I need to dial in." You simply need to keep working, tedious and frustrating as it may be. We all had to learn this and it didn't happen overnight (under worse conditions even way back then in AE 5.0 with the mini graphs in fact).

 

Mylenium

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