Automatically easing speed using Easy Ease

Eliminate sudden changes in a property's speed by using the Easy Ease keyframe assistant. Although you can manually adjust the speed of a keyframe by dragging direction handles, using Easy Ease automates the work.

After you apply Easy Ease, each keyframe has a speed of 0 with an influence of 33.33% on either side. When you ease the speed of an object, for example, the object slows down as it approaches a keyframe, and gradually accelerates as it leaves. You can ease speed only when coming into or out of a keyframe, or both.

To ease speed through the Easy Ease keyframe assistant:

1. In the Timeline window, select a range of keyframes.
2. Choose Animation > Keyframe Assistant > Easy Ease (to ease speed coming both into and out of selected keyframes), Easy Ease In (to ease speed coming into selected keyframes), or Easy Ease Out (to ease speed coming out of selected keyframes).