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Apr 24, 2026 1:39 PM UTC
Question

Easing is jerky.

I’m having trouble replicating rush hour traffic with a movie clip, classic tween and the easing property. It’s still jerky; any tips on smoothing would be appreciated. Thanks!

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    mrice30Author
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    Apr 26, 2026 8:02 AM UTC

    Sorry to bother, thanks.

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    kglad
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    Apr 26, 2026 12:51 PM UTC

    you’re welcome.

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    kglad
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    Apr 24, 2026 1:52 PM UTC

    what is 

     

    framerate

    pixels moved in tween

    duration of tween

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    mrice30Author
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    Apr 25, 2026 7:25 AM UTC

    30 fps

    Not sure about the pixels, but it’s small bitmap with a mask

    Duration is short, 15 to 30 frames

    I kept distance the same and extended the duration which made movement more realistic.

    Thx

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    kglad
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    Apr 25, 2026 12:01 PM UTC

    how can you not know the amount of x pixels moved, and the amount of y pixels moved?

     

    anyway, all that info is essential to determine if that’s an animate issue, or an author issue. eg, if you want to tween 120 pixels movement in 1 second with 60 fps, there are going to be ~2 px movements per time interval (~1/60 second).

     

    because of the overhead of bitmaps, if you don’t have movement/time issue, you can trace that bitmap and convert it a vector which eases animate’s overhead.

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