User`s guide

Chapter 5 Animation
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3. Adjust each Bézier handle independently by holding the Option key while dragging the
handle. This allows you to adjust the curve before or after a keyframe without affecting
the corresponding curve on the other side of the keyframe.
Using Velocity Curves
You can manipulate a parameter’s velocity curve to adjust the movement of an effect over
time.
To display a parameter’s velocity curves in the timeline:
• In the Controls window, Shift-click the parameter’s interpolation field.
A parameter’s velocity curve appears directly below its value curve in the timeline.
Alternately, you can simply expand the parameter track in the timeline.
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If the velocity curve does not appear when the parameter track is expanded, choose Edit >
Preferences. In the General tab’s Timeline Options section, select Show Velocity Curves.
Click OK to exit the Preferences window.
Velocity curve for Position X