Need to animate a ball in Ae, and graph editor confusion...

[iphonepiephone]

Hi all. Need to animate a ball in After Effects CS5.5, and have watched various Lynda videos about easy-ease in/out etc and the graph editor, but it still slightly befuddles me.

Attached is a screenshot - I cannot for the life of me, work out what the two yellow squares represent (I know they are keyframes) and what the bezier handles affect, when pulled and pushed... 😕

What is "influence"... ?

Any advice would help me, and thank you! 🙂

 

[Nishi100]

If you grab the yellow circle, then drag it, the corner will become more smooth, I think - that's how masks work anyway.

 

[iphonepiephone]

If you grab the yellow circle, then drag it, the corner will become more smooth, I think - that's how masks work anyway.

Uhm, yep, but this is not a mask...

 

[acearchie]

Uhm, yep, but this is not a mask...

Yes but the theory of bezier curves remain the same.

When pushed and pulled you are essentially creating your own ease in and out.

If it has a really steep curve it will speed up/slow down very fast before the keyframe but if you have a smoother less steep curve it will slowly change the speed before the keyframe.

Hope that helps. I'm not exactly on top of my terminology!

 

[iphonepiephone]

Yes but the theory of bezier curves remain the same.

When pushed and pulled you are essentially creating your own ease in and out.

If it has a really steep curve it will speed up/slow down very fast before the keyframe but if you have a smoother less steep curve it will slowly change the speed before the keyframe.

Hope that helps. I'm not exactly on top of my terminology!

Thanks, (Archie?) 🙂