Is there a way to make the quake effect's frequency rise and fall smoothly?

jerry___

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Mar 25, 2021 15:25

I know that you can adjust its frequency (or strength, whatever you want to call it, basically how hard it shakes to put it simply) for the effect, but I wanted to know if there was a way to make it increase and decrease again, so the shaking becomes more violent smoothly. I tried splitting the effect and adjusting the frequency but the transition just isn't smooth. Sorry if none of what I said makes any sense but it's kind of hard to describe, I can provide more details if you're unsure what any of this means.

optodata

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Mar 25, 2021 15:43

All you need to do is use the Keyframe tool to set the shaking intensity at different levels as the clip progresses:

jerry___

Newbie Joined: Dec 02, 2019 23:23 Messages: 26 Offline

Mar 25, 2021 16:09

Quote All you need to do is use the Keyframe tool to set the shaking intensity at different levels as the clip progresses:

If I do this will the shaking transition smoothly though or will it just cut to the next Keyframe?

optodata

Senior Contributor Location: California, USA Joined: Sep 16, 2011 16:04 Messages: 8630 Offline

Mar 25, 2021 16:19

Quote If I do this will the shaking transition smoothly though or will it just cut to the next Keyframe?

The effect will smoothly transition from one intensity to the next, so you may want to set two keyframes of the same intentisty to maintain that level then transition to a lower intensity.

To ramp up from there, place a second lower intensity keyframe when you want the quiet period to end then add a higher one where you want the shaking to be more intense. You can do that as many times as you want.

jerry___

Newbie Joined: Dec 02, 2019 23:23 Messages: 26 Offline

Mar 25, 2021 16:57

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The effect will smoothly transition from one intensity to the next, so you may want to set two keyframes of the same intentisty to maintain that level then transition to a lower intensity.

To ramp up from there, place a second lower intensity keyframe when you want the quiet period to end then add a higher one where you want the shaking to be more intense. You can do that as many times as you want.

Ok thank you