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Adobe After Effects Help Fine-tuning Animation

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By default, if you drag a handle beyond the top or bottom of the graph area, the graph line

is automatically resized to ﬁt within the graph area. However, if you deselect the icon ( )

to the right of the property values, the graph line will not be resized; see “Adjusting the

Speed or Velocity graph border” on page 135.

To ﬁne-tune speed separately for incoming and outgoing frames:

1 In the Timeline window, display the Speed or Velocity graph for the keyframe you want

to adjust.

2 At the keyframe you want to adjust, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you

drag either ease handle up or down.

To rejoin split ease handles:

1 In the Timeline window, display the Speed or Velocity graph for the keyframe you want

to adjust.

2 At the keyframe you want to adjust, press Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac OS) as you

drag either split ease handle up or down until it meets the other handle.

Adjusting the Speed or Velocity graph border

When you drag an ease handle beyond the top or bottom of the graph area, After Effects

calculates a new minimum or maximum value based on how far you dragged outside the

graph, and it redraws the graph so that all the values you speciﬁed for that layer property

are visible in the graph by default. You can manually adjust the size of the Speed or

Velocity graph border when you want to make greater changes to the speed.

To adjust the Speed or Velocity graph border:

Position the pointer tool on the graph border and, when the pointer becomes a double-

arrow cursor, drag up or down.

Speed graph border at default location (left) and expanded for precision editing (right)

If you do not want the graph to be resized automatically when you drag a handle beyond

the top or bottom of the graph area, deselect the icon ( ) to the right of the property

values. Deselecting this icon lets you zoom in on a portion of the graph resized beyond

the graph area, but note that part of the graph may not be displayed.

To change the default graph area size:

1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Display.

2 For Default Height of Timeline Graphs, specify the number of cells (one cell equals 14

pixels).