Cannot percieve X/Y graph in keyframes

[sup3r87]

Hello,

I am trying to use keyframes to make a logo smoothly come down into the screen, come back up, and then rest at a position. I tried to imagine how this movement would look like with a graph:

However, despite numerous attempts, I can't seem to get the motion I want in premiere pro. The main thing is that I can only see velocity with the graph view of the keyframe editor and not the precise X and Y positions. This results in me being unable to see how the object on screen moves.

Every time I have tried using bezier, auto bezier and similar interpolation methods and adjusting the bars in the velocity graph, I usually get a result that is erratic (yellow line), bounces back up instead of easing (blue line), or just completely ignores all easing attempts (purple line).

I have spent an hour searching the internet trying to figure out how to make the proper, smooth graph, but I can't. I would like to know how to view the keyframe position graph such that I can see the raw X and Y values, not "velocity", and if not, I'd at least like to know how I can make this "back in"/"back out" curve.

Thanks in advance.

[PaulMurphy · Accepted solution]

It may be better to do something like this in After Effects where you'll have a lot more control over speed and spatial interpolation.

If you want to do it in Premiere, I have a couple of recommendations:

1. Try starting with just 2 keyframes, set the Spatial Interpolation to Bezier, then adjust the bezier curves of the line to try to achieve the desired motion.

2. You can monitor both position and velocity in the Program Monitor by clicking the Motion effect in the Effect Controls panel. This will display a blue path (position) made up of dots (velocity). The closer the dots are together, the slower the motion.

Cheers,
Paul

[sup3r87]

I didn't realize you could click "motion" to see the movement - this will help a lot with making the motions! Thank you!