Adding ease

Now that we've got our animation up and running, let's nail it by adding some Ease. Remember the anticipation principle we talked about back in Creating the illusion: Get Rolling with the Basic Principles of 2D Classic Animation? That's what we can achieve with Ease: the perception of acceleration and slowing down with just one click. And, this little tweak is going to make our animation look much nicer, smoother, and professional. Here's how to do it:

1. Open up the Oval layer to reveal its keyframes.
2. Go to the timeline, right-click on the Scale keyframe 0, and select Keyframe Assistant | Easy Ease Out.

Figure 4.47 – Right-click on the Keyframe menu view

Now, let's do the same with the last keyframe, the one placed at frame :1.

1. Go to the timeline, right-click on the Scale keyframe 21, and select Keyframe Assistant | Easy Ease Out.
2. For the second keyframe, the one placed at frame 18, let&apos...