I chose 'slow' here, because then the difference between start, middle and end of movement is the smallest.
What I want is very simple and I am surprised (actually an understatement) it's not possible. I have a timescale on a graphchart and want a line to move accordingly. My line moves from 0 to 8 seconds and every second should take a second. Now the first second takes more but the seconds 3 to 5 are faster then 2 seconds.
Motion paths start and end smoothly by default, meaning the starting and ending speed is a bit slower than the rest of the animation. This is called Easing. You can turn the easing on/off for the starting and ending points using the drop-down Direction, then adjust the subtlety using the Speed drop-down.
I couldn't find it because it's in a counter intuitive place for me. It's not in the 'speed' section but in the 'direction' setting.
So I should have set 'direction' to 'none' in the easing menu. I would expact it to be above fast, medium, slow, ... 'none' in the speed section, as you also say.
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Hi Michael
Not sure what you have already tried.
These are the only settings I know you can use to manage motion paths - maybe someone else has other ideas for you.
I already send a feature request to improve this.
I chose 'slow' here, because then the difference between start, middle and end of movement is the smallest.
What I want is very simple and I am surprised (actually an understatement) it's not possible. I have a timescale on a graphchart and want a line to move accordingly. My line moves from 0 to 8 seconds and every second should take a second. Now the first second takes more but the seconds 3 to 5 are faster then 2 seconds.
Hello Michel!
Motion paths start and end smoothly by default, meaning the starting and ending speed is a bit slower than the rest of the animation. This is called Easing. You can turn the easing on/off for the starting and ending points using the drop-down Direction, then adjust the subtlety using the Speed drop-down.
Hope this helps!
Thank you,
I couldn't find it because it's in a counter intuitive place for me. It's not in the 'speed' section but in the 'direction' setting.
So I should have set 'direction' to 'none' in the easing menu.
I would expact it to be above fast, medium, slow, ... 'none' in the speed section, as you also say.
Anyway: now I know! And problem solved.
Thank you both for the help and effort! :-)
Hello Michel!
Yes, you choose none under direction, then adjust the speed. Glad to help!
Thanks for your explanation, I understand why it's in the direction setting now.
(English isn't my native language, so that is sometimes part of the problem).
I didn't say this yet, but now that I know this, I can make an animation I've been waiting to make since my first project in SL1!
Very happy about the incorporation of animations in SL2!
:-)
Glad to hear, and good luck with your project!
THANK YOU! This "Easing" was sooo doing my head in!
Great to know what this is for and how to ensure the motion path runs at a consistent speed.
Glad this thread helped you out Bruce. Happy Friday. ;-)
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