The "Realistic motion using position" tutorial is bugged

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June 9, 2023
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In this tutorial there is a step that says to drag the handle of the second Position keyframe, but there IS no handle. I've tried repeating all the steps in case I missed something, but what I'm being told to do just isn't there, or there are steps missing from the tutorial.

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Correct answer Rick Gerard

This is probably not a bug. You have no Bezier handles on the keyframes because the default Keyframe Interpolation is set to Linear. Select all keyframes, click on one, right-click, or use the keyboard shortcut Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + k, or the Animation/Keyframe Interpolation menu to change the Spatial Interpolation to Bezier.

If that doesn't work (it should), Select the Pen tool (g) and move the CTI (time indicator) between the two keyframes. When the pen tool moves close to a position keyframe in the Comp Panel, it should change to the Convert Vertes tool (a sideways v pointing to about 11 o'clock) and drag out a bezier control handle from one of the points. If the Pen tool does not change to the Convert Vertex tool, hold down the Alt/Option key.

You can change the default setting for keyframes in the Preferences/General Panel. Look for the fourth option checkbox when you open preferences by pressing Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + ;

Prism WingAuthor

Participant

Thank you for the answers everyone. I posted my question a long time ago and have since moved on from following the tutorials. Maybe I will come back to them at some point to try your suggestions.

R

Rick Gerard

Correct answer

Community Expert

This is probably not a bug. You have no Bezier handles on the keyframes because the default Keyframe Interpolation is set to Linear. Select all keyframes, click on one, right-click, or use the keyboard shortcut Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + k, or the Animation/Keyframe Interpolation menu to change the Spatial Interpolation to Bezier.

If that doesn't work (it should), Select the Pen tool (g) and move the CTI (time indicator) between the two keyframes. When the pen tool moves close to a position keyframe in the Comp Panel, it should change to the Convert Vertes tool (a sideways v pointing to about 11 o'clock) and drag out a bezier control handle from one of the points. If the Pen tool does not change to the Convert Vertex tool, hold down the Alt/Option key.

You can change the default setting for keyframes in the Preferences/General Panel. Look for the fourth option checkbox when you open preferences by pressing Alt/Option + Ctrl/Cmnd + ;

nishu_kush

Community Manager

Hi @Prism Wing,

I can see the issue at my end. Thanks for reporting it. I'll let the team know.

You can create the handles on your existing motion path by clicking the ends of the motion path using the Convert Vertex tool. Check out the screen recording from my system for reference.

Hope it helps.