How To Use the Graph Editor After Effects

Jake Bartlett is a motion graphics artist who has animated over 800 episodes of 8 different motion graphics shows for clients like Yahoo! MSN, Twitter, YouTube, Pepsi, VH1, HGTV, NateGeo Wild, The History Channel, and Ulive to name a few.

In this video, Jake gives an in-depth explanation of the Graph Editor in After Effects.

[samadhi]

Best explanation of Graph Editor I've found so far. I'm finally developing an understanding of how to use it. I've watched several videos on the Graph Editor and they just play around with it and don't explain what the values mean and how to manipulate them to get the desired effect. Thanks for posting :)

[jomaneschijn]

my graph editor NEVER looks the same as others even though the keyframes are exactly the same

[raymond]

By far the MOST useful tutorial on graphs in AE that I have ever come across! Thank you so much Jake - this tutorial is a true treasure!

[vorval]

That was really helpful! Graph editor was the most confusing part of my AE life!

[nicolebry]

Thanks! I've always had a hard time wrapping my head around the Graph Editor, but your video helped bring some clarity.

[maxmagnus]

Hi, I have a problem. When I click on a handle in speed graph editor it moves the whole point. It does not move the handle only. It moves handle + point.

[content]

If your graph doesn't' look the same try this: right click on the graph editor area and tick on or off some of the different options. Such as Edit Value Graph, Auto-zoom or any of the other ones.

[canadacomposer]

Thanks very much for this tutorial! I learned more in 10 minutes than I’ve learned in many other videos.

[peteyb]

Great tutorial! You should do another one on Graph editor Play back speed of actual video footage. If you notice in newer action movies like Captain America, they are adding intense speed and power with the same tools as you show in this tutorial..

[optechusa]

Excellent tutorial. Well-presented and easy to follow in a way that truly makes sense. Thank you!.

[mhoctober]

Excellent tute. Very intuitive demo of the speed graph. Txs for sharing.

[TheZogsvengali]

Good explanation of the graph editor... thanks!

[hibiscusflower]

Great tutorial, my favourite on the graph editor so far.

[daimacku]

Awesome tuto, but when I select the graph editor it shows me a red curve for X position and a green curve for Y position, how can you edit just the "speed" value, I don't know how to get that white curve you have in this tutorial. Thanks a lot!

[kyleashcraft]

This was really concise and helpful - thank you!

[no_one_noise]

Great video. Crystal clear explaination . thanks

[btje]

I liked the tutorial but suddenly at the end  of your vid it just stops. Feels a bit awkward (just my opinion)  Great explanation tho.

[shamalinevgi]

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. It was helpful. 🌼

[indiannapo]

Awesome tips !!! love it, thanks for sharing

[dannyblessinger]

It doesn't seem to matter if I move the anchor point up or down on the graph editor it just speeds it up unless it's flat. So in other words in either speeds up or maintains the same speed, no matter what position or endpoint I have above or below.