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wierd movement between keyframes (not boomerang effect)
I’m using CS3 and I’m getting some wierd movement occasionally between keyframes in “position” and it’s not the boomerang effect. The frames aren’t identical, but the z position SHOULD be the same and not change (the x and/or y do). I’ve looked at every angle I can find and used the graph editor and can’t figure it out. In the preview screen I can’t see the movement in the path but when I use the graph editor and use the value view I can see the odd random jerky movement in the z line. It’s almost like a wiggle (which I’ve never actually used) and not a smooth continuous motion like the boomerang effect. :-/
I can’t find anything on google about it, although I might just not know the write phrasing. Does anyone know what might be causing this??? It’s driving me crazy!
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4 Replies
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Boomerang is just describing the effect that occurs when the spatial bezier handles of two keyframes fight against each other. This happens not only when the keyframes are identical but also when there is a relatively large/fast motion into/out of a set of keyframes that are relatively close to one another.
It’s possible this isn’t what you’re experiencing, but try setting the spatial interpolation of the keyframes to linear anyway and see if that helps.
Darby Edelen
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Hey hey,
I think this might have something to your keyframe interpolation.
Select your 2 keyframes where your element does the funky moves, go to animation in your toolbar, keyframe interpolation and set your spacial interpolation to Linear
Hope this helps
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Thanks for the responses. The problem is that I need the spacial interpolation because of the movement. :-/
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Set the keyframes to linear spatial interpolation, then use the pen tool to drag out new custom spatial bezier handles.
Alternatively you could skip going to linear and try to find the problematic bezier handles and reduce their length (influence). It’s usually easiest to find these handles in the 4up view and zoomed in (also make sure you have the 2 keyframes in question selected).
I usually convert to linear spatial interpolation first so that I know the problematic handles will be gone.
Darby Edelen
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