In this tutorial, professional animator Fabio De Proft shows you how to use animation splines in the Graph Editor to smooth out motion between key poses.

Find the rest of the series here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8hZ6hQCGHMUCSPAEMsjfPMF8YDIg4F4V

Files used: http://areadownloads.autodesk.com/wdm/maya/maya_animation_tutorial_scene_files.zip

Skill level: Beginner

Short on time? Check out the condensed version at: https://youtu.be/4Jtn3Zodzlk

Table of Contents
00:00 – Intro + default smoothing
00:32 – Looping the animation infinitely
01:09 – Offsetting cycles for more realistic “imperfection”
02:34 – Cleaning up the lower body splines
10:10 – Cleaning up mid-body splines
25:40 – Cleaning up arm splines