Why do my graphs look like this

[lig_4250]

So any clip i use position keyframes that are easy eased or seperated keyframes aswell, or anything like that it shows a very glitched graph like this, I reinstalled after effects, tried to do a new project etc but i dont know how to fix it, and it was normal before.

[nishu_kush]

Thanks for writing in, lig_4250.

It looks good to me. How do you want it to look? Can you share any reference? Right now, you're working with the Speed Graph. You can try switching to the Value Graph (please refer to the screenshot.)

Let me know how it goes. Moving this thread from Bugs to Discussions for troubleshooting.

Thanks,
Nishu

[lig_4250]

Whenever I create keyframes, for example using s_blurmocurves, all the graphs appear together and the numbers are color-coded. I only want the graph for the property I selected to be visible, like in this screenshot.

[David.Arbor · Accepted solution]

What you're seeing is call the Graph Editor Set. You can enable the curves for any non-selected properties, which is a very powerful feature. The reason reinstalling AE didn't change anything is because this is a project-level setting.

There are two ways to disable it:

1. Go to each property that's visible and deselect the little "chart" icon next to the "stopwatch" icon. 

2. If you want to leave these properties in the Graph Editor set, but temporarily disable it, you can click the "eyeball" icon at the bottom of the Graph Editor and uncheck "Show Graph Editor Set."

Thanks,
- David, After Effects Engineering Team

[Roland Kahlenberg]

At 3:00 of this very strange video - 
"Animation is all about tricking you into thinking things are moving that are actually not moving."

This is must be part of a comedy routine or perhaps there's a joke somewhere that I missed. 

And a little further into the video, I hear the Speed Graph is supposed to be a legacy graph editor. Where do these tutorializers get their info from? It's like I stepped into a different world - some strange black/time-warped hole. 

Why don't people actually learn before putting out training for sale??? I keep saying this - if you've never taught professionals in a LIVE classroom for at least 2 years, you've never be a good trainer because you won't know the errors you made nor how to better explain things or to provide better examples. It's only in a LIVE session do you actually get immediate response. And one must also teach at least intermediate level trainees so you learn quickly not to TALK BS while explaining things cos you'll get caught very quickly and very easily too. 

I tried looking for After Effects training by Chris and Trish Meyer but they're only on LinkedIn but it's certainly worth it. Most of us who learned After Effects as part of its first generation of users learned from The Meyers and Brian Maffit and they provided excellent foundations. Youtube tutorials and their like are almost unanimously poor when it comes to technical areas of the software. The vast majority are not bad but cover too little. Youtube tutorials and their like are very good for creative use of After Effects and you can get an endless stream of very good content but for most of these, when technical areas are covered, their usually very lacking. 

I'd pay a bit of money to get my hands onto training material by the Meyer's if you're serious about getting a solid foundation in After Effects.


 

[Rick Gerard]

Here's the best workflow for accurately creating a motion path and adjusting the timing from my Quick Tips series:

[David.Arbor]

I agree with @nishu_kush that everything looks normal here. Here's a School of Motion tutorial giving a solid introduction to the Graph Editor: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/blog/intro-to-the-graph-editor-in-after-effects

The Speed Graph and Value Graph are both incredibly powerful and equally useful when crafting animation.

We also have introduction to After Effects course on our new Adobe Video Training platform: https://adobevideotraining.com/after-effects/introductory-courses/

Thanks,
- David, After Effects Engineering Team

[Roland Kahlenberg]

That's the VALUE Graph Editor. If it was a Speed Graph, you would see the px/sec suffix for the numbers in the Vertical Axis.

As a general rule, if you're not creating character animations or complex animations, it's best to use the Speed Graph as they SHOULD BE more easily understood and controlled for Motion Design type of work - essentially moving/animating from Point/Value A to Point/Value B. 

HTH

[Roland Kahlenberg]

Here's a good tutorial on using the Speed Graph Editor - 

Unfortunately, it doesn't go in-depth nor cover different property types but it provides a decent beginner's foundation. And this Youtube Channel has some good Creative Uses of After Effects.