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Position Keyframes – Fast to slow drift
Hi all,
I’m trying to do the motion that so many seem to be doing these days. When you move a layer/camera really quickly then stop, but keep drifting slowly before sliding off again. Hope this is clear..
Up until now I usually do the major motion on the layer then parent that to a null and give it a slow “slide” effect. Is there a better way ? And what exactly is the pixels/sec figure in my timeline ?
Cheers,
Andy
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1 Reply
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The way you are doing it is the most common. Not a great answer, I know.
This type of movement is much easier to achieve in programs with a motion curve editor – which AE lacks, incredibly, to this day. The type of function curve required to make this movement is called Hemite, which allows one side of the bezier handle to be adjusted independantly of the other (like in Illustrator, and many other Adobe products). There may be other names for it, but the concept is the same.
You can write support@aftereffects.com and request this feature, or request a revamp of the motion curves controls. The more people that do, the sooner we’ll be out of the dark ages…. seriously.
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