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Using the graph editor: Speed

Using the graph editor: Speed - After Effects Tutorial

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Using the graph editor: Speed

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- [Instructor] So far, we've seen animation represented as a motion path in the COMP window and as keyframes on the timeline. Another way to visualize animation is in the graph editor where we can see animation expressed as either speed or as value. We'll take a look at the speed graph here. And here, I've got several instances of a triangle that's animated up and down. Each one has a different interpolation. You'll notice that I have a y position property here, and I was able to take the regular position and just split this up into its own separate x position and y position properties. And I can toggle that by just right clicking on the position property and say, separate dimensions. Let's take a look at what this linear movement looks like inside the graph editor. To open the graph editor, come over here to this button and one thing we want to do is come over here to this icon and make sure that show graph tool tips is…

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