Editing function curves in the Curve Editor

…By default, when you create key frames in 3DS Max you'll get…a classic slow out slow in, or ease out ease in animation.…And this is when an object picks up speed from a…resting position and then slows down as it approaches another resting position.…And that's what we're seeing here.…Maximize that view with Alt W.…Once again the spacing of the dots indicates the speed of motion.…The object is moving more slowly at the beginning and ends…of the animation and it's moving more quickly in the center here.…

So that's the slow out slow in.…So it is kind of easing into that final resting position there.…In this particular case, we want to adjust that because we don't…actually want it to ease out or slow out of its starting position.…We want it to be moving at a constant rate of speed as it comes into the frame.…We can adjust that using a window called the Curve Editor.…So, let's select the hilt of the sword…and open up the curve editor, here's the button.…Curve editor, click on that.…

And, this is the function curve editor and all 3D programs have them.…