After Effects: Applying Easy Ease to keyframes

Demo summary
The instructor demonstrates selecting keyframes and using the Easy Ease (F9) command to smooth out the motion of an animation.
Step-by-step
- Select the keyframes by drawing a box around them or clicking the property name
- Right-click on one of the selected keyframes
- Navigate to Keyframe Assistant
- Select Easy Ease
Options
- Press the F9 key as a keyboard shortcut
- Click on the property name (e.g., Scale) to select all associated keyframes
Tips
- Use the F9 shortcut for Easy Ease as it is a very common task
Highlights
“smooths everything out”
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