Curve Editor

Curve Editor helps you manipulate the value of different variables over time.

Enabling the Curve Editor

To access the Curve Editor, first select the desired Layer in the Timeline Editor and find the Variable you want to adjust in the Variables section of the Properties window.

Select one or multiple Variables and click on next to it to enable the curve editing option in the Curve Editor.

To view and edit the curve of a specific enabled Variable, you can select it by clicking on next to the Variable inside the Properties window.

Demonstrating how creating a layer on the Timeline offers many Variables to choose from that can be edited in the Curve Editor

Learn more about Variables:

Variables

Manipulating Curves

Adding Curve Point

You can add curve points to the curves of a selected Variable by right-clicking in the Curve Editor and choosing:

  • Add point on playhead option to add points where the Playhead is located, or

  • Add point here option to add points at the current mouse location.

Good to know: When editing a Variable with multiple components in the Curve Editor, you can choose to edit just one component (or curve) at a time. To do this, first select the curve by clicking on one of its Points, then right-click and choose one of the Add point options from the context menu.

Manipulating Curve Points

Each Curve Point contains unique information accessible by right-clicking on it within the Curve Editor window.

Window that holds information about the point

You can create and manipulate curve points by placing a Playhead on the desired location and changing the value of the Variable in the Properties window.

By selecting a Curve point in the Curve Editor you can move it vertically (Scroll) or horizontally (Shift + Scroll).

Good to know: You can change the value of the Color variable in the Curve Editor by selecting it from the color picker.

Deleting Curve Points

To delete single point from the Curve you can:

  • select a point and choose Delete option from its right-click menu,

  • select a point and press Del shortcut, or

  • delete a point by double-clicking on it.

If you want to delete all user-added points use Reset curve in the right-click context menu of the Curve editor.

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