After Effects Speed graph vs Value graph | Graph Editor

After Effects Speed Graph vs Value Graph. Both the Speed graph and the Value graph are very useful in After Effects but also can perform differently. The Speed Graph measures speed or velocity over time whereas the Value Graph measures the value over time. With the Value Graph, we can adjust the property values whether be scale, rotation, or position.
Timestamp After Effects
00:00 Introduction
00:18 After Effects Motion path bezier handles
04:49 After Effects Speed graph
12:52 After Effects Value graph
19:16 After Effects Overshoot position
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[@TheRyguy333]

So helpful!! The Speed graph has been the hardest for me to wrap my head around, and this was so helpful in terms of making sense of it. Please keep making videos like this!!

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[@chriswilson5174]

the overshoot to create a small bounce is a brilliant effect, thanks for such a concise explanation, im new to motion and this really helped me to get my head around the graphs

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Great to hear that and thank you for your feedback! 😀 👋

[@06Teks]

Try adding that overshoot on a null layer for a zoom in or out transition, like a reverse.

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I started editing in Ae a few days ago and was having trouble with graphs, I tried watching many tutorials but this one is definitely one of the best, really helped a lot! Thanks man👍🏻

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Thank you so much for your constructive feedback, much appreciated! 😀 👋

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most important lesson are these two graphs truly

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[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Yeah, I love the Keyframe Velocity as well. Thank you for your feedback! 😀 👋

[@Faaaltu]

Best explanation about The difference between Speed Graph & Value Graph 👍

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

I am glad you learned from it, thank you for your feedback! 😀 👋

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I did a right click and drag on the soft roll, now if I click Play the position clock starts but my ti cursor does not move and I cant

[@RReapxRR]

This was such a helpful video because whenever I watched an AE tutorial that required the graph editor it never explained whether to use the speed or value graph. One question though, if you arent animating a graphic and instead a video, would there be handles, because there isnt any actual cardinal movement of the clip? (After writing this I realized im talking about time remapping.. :P)

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

I am glad you found d it helpful, much appreciated! 🙏👋

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[@EliasSarantopoulos]

You are very welcome, thank you! 😀 👋

[@mariafernandaguerreroguerr8794]

How do you select which curve to animate? Hello,Elias, I have a question, depending on what you select the curve that you animate, since sometimes you use the "value" or sometimes you use the "speed", with what criteria do you know which one to move? Thank you very much. :)

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Maria, the most used one is the Speed Graph because it's related to speed but if you want to change Position values for example then switch to the Value graph because you are charging values rather than speed. Does this make sense? 👋

[@krishiyadav3574]

very well explained

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Thank you so much for your feedback! 😀 👋

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[@EliasSarantopoulos]

I am sorry I can't really understand your comment and how I can help you. 😕

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I am sorry, I can't quite understand your question, you want to do a rap? Music rap? 🤷‍♂️

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[@Cebok_barengan]

finally i understand, thanks guru... any way could you tell me, whats the meaning of "influence" and how you can estimate the value 70%????

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

P MI, Adjusting the Bezier/influence handles changes the degree of the motion or velocity. Moving an influence handle away from a keyframe will shape a path with a more gradual incline and therefore a gentler slow in / slow out. The 70% is just a number that I like to use which means you can go higher or lower depending the motion you are after. Hope that helps and thank you for your feedback! 😀👋

[@vishalsp4396]

What is mean by influence, in the keyframe velocity box

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Vishal, adjusting the Bezier/influence handles changes the degree of the motion or velocity. Moving an influence handle away from a keyframe will shape a path with a more gradual incline and therefore a gentler slow in / slow out. The 70% for example is just a number that I like to use which means you can go higher or lower depending on the motion you are after. Hope that helps and thank you for your feedback! 😀

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Does it have the repeat step sequencer in the step sequencer ??

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

I am sorry I don't quite understand your question about the step sequence. 😀

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[@I_Mackenzie]

When I set up the motion path over 60 seconds, motion is really slow. No where near as quick as yours?

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

1 minute motion path is going to be very slow, also at the distance between those individual paths, most likely quite a bit and that makes it slow. Hope this helps. 😀 👋

[@I_Mackenzie]

@@EliasSarantopoulos Thanks for your reply. I thought your animation was a min long? Is it?

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@I_Mackenzie Indeed! 😂 I am guessing the issue might be with the path, how far is stretched out, if so it will take longer to cover the distance, not entirely sure till I see the AE original file. 😀

[@yutaokkotsuff]

Bold Move

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Bold moves sound good 😀👋

[@kimdarrenperalta4878]

Agreed

[@AdrijanaTaets-lr8jr]

I can’t see my keyframes though in my graph editor how do I fix it I select the keyframes and they don’t come in the graph editor

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Jus try to select one keyframe and immediately switch to the Graph Editor and see. Let me know if you wish. 😊👋

[@AdrijanaTaets-lr8jr]

@@EliasSarantopoulos I still can’t see my keyframes in my graph editor?

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@AdrijanaTaets-lr8jr Is it possible to email me your project?

[@AdrijanaTaets-lr8jr]

@@EliasSarantopoulos sure what is ur email

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@AdrijanaTaets-lr8jr Visit my website on pixElias, see the email there. Please add a Subject line as well so I know. Thanks 😀

[@teevee7678]

can you help me? somehow my graphs go very deep in depths (wayy below the 0) and its fustrating. please help

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

One thing you can do is to reset the keyframe back to a Linear keyframe so you start fresh. Do this for all keyframes and convert just one keyframe to Easy Ease. Try that and see. 😀👋

[@teevee7678]

@@EliasSarantopoulos how do you do that please

[@teevee7678]

@@EliasSarantopoulos im going to try and see what i can do, ill come back here if i need help, thanks otherwise!

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@teevee7678 I am showing this quite a bit in the tutorial, have a look. By default all keyframes are linear, then it is up to us to change the interpolation. 😀

[@teevee7678]

@@EliasSarantopoulos what duration

[@felipegames6585]

I literally can’t concentrate on what you are saying you’ve got stunning look jesus

[@allisonplume801]

that thumbnail alone is why i cannot deal with the speed graph.

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

And that's why the video is here to help out. The Graph Editor is a huge part of After Effects and it becomes a must if you want your elements to animate as in real life. 😃

[@user-fz1oj4bf6p]

I am confused with valued graph and speed? it is similar?

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Speed Graph measures speed or velocity over time and you can change the speed of animation between keyframes using its Speed Graph as I demonstrate in the first part. The value graph shows changes in a property's value and measures the value over time such as the Rotation property, or the Opacity property. Hope this helps, thank you! 😀

[@user-fz1oj4bf6p]

@@EliasSarantopoulos thank you much.

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@user-fz1oj4bf6p Try to follow the tutorial, see by changing the distance between keyframes how the speed gets slower to go to the next keyframe. That is on the Speed graph. The value graph, you can also drag and change the values of Position and others. 😀

[@chrisbutlerart]

Really great content...but I'm starting to think its a law of youtube that the most useful instructors have to have the worst audio. I would really, really consider a major upgrade. Audio is king.

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

You didn't like the audio Christopher?

[@chrisbutlerart]

@@EliasSarantopoulos to be totally clear…your video is fantastic. :) but you sound a bit like you’re in a barrel. This is the first vid of yours I watched so maybe the others have great audio 🤷‍♂️. And just so you know, you’ve definitely got a new fan and subscriber!

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@chrisbutlerart First of all thank you for taking the time to give me your feedback! I always make a case to have clear sound and on my end using my earphones I don't get the sound issue but I hear you. Try another one, a later tutorial on the channel not related to After Effects, and tell me how that sounds if you please. Much appreciated! 😀👋

[@DavidBichoHasBeard]

(For people in a hurry - @7:16 Elias shows where to change between Speed vs Value. )

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Thank you David, good idea as well. 🙏😀

[@studiodada2910]

Regardless of how important the information is

[@rodaancla2499]

Good voice

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Sounds good! 😀👋

[@maari__yt]

Quick question mike....

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Yes sir! 😀

[@Stelarion_pc]

I NEED TO CHANGE MY VIDEO VALUE SIR HOW ?

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

So how can I help you?

[@Stelarion_pc]

@@EliasSarantopoulos Graph slomotion in video not in animation

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@Stelarion_pc I am sorry, I don't understand how I can help from your question. Are you looking for the Graph Editor?

[@Stelarion_pc]

@@EliasSarantopoulosya i mean a videos slomotion is change in graph style

[@sankarrdas4034]

details

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Yeap but you can skip the chapters. 😀 👋

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[@sesilikhubua5468]

Fell asleep twice

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Hense the chapters Sesili. 😀 👋

[@jbzavala8151]

Those are frames not seconds, btw.

[@veruzzzz]

Graph editor in AE seems like a rocket science gone mad compared to the excellent one in Blender. I think I'll never understand it properly.

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

All you mostly do inside the Graph Editor is changing keyframe behavior, for example, from Linear which has constant velocity to Easy Ease which slowly accelerates and slowly deselarate. The Graph Editor helps us with to change those values. Hope this helps M Z. 😀 👋

[@veruzzzz]

@@EliasSarantopoulos I completely understand all of these basic principles but those weird spikes, arches and keyframes detached from each other in the Speed graph are just a headache for me :D For example in Blender, the curve (path) and speed have two independent controls whereas in AE both speed and a path have their keyframes clumped in one graph. I can manage to work in 2D space just fine but once I have 3D space and three axes, controlling the path and a speed of an object along this path is super hard for me to understand in AE. Anyway, thanks for this video!

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@veruzzzz Well if wish we can meet up over Zoom and put this to rest. Your call M Z, just email me using my credentials. 😀 👋

[@happygoyal4094]

Your words hide all the graph path 🤷‍♂️ i can understand your voice easily sir.

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Take away the Close Captions, easy. 😀

[@happygoyal4094]

@@EliasSarantopoulos sir can you help me when i select two keyframe and press f9 its dont show curve path any solution? 😅

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

@@happygoyal4094 Select one keyframe and right click. Try that please. 😀

[@Mad_Maxwell]

screen.

[@EliasSarantopoulos]

Yeap, great screen 🤷‍♂️😀