Mini Tutorial: Slowing in, Slowing out

This technique is apparently called easing, and slow-in, slow-out. Ironically, I didn't even know the name of this technique when I made this but it was a while ago when I made this o_O

I knew about stuff like this through basic public education of physical science. In order to set an object into motion, a force must be applied. A force puts objects into motion by changing its velocity, which changes its position. For that reason, an object moves by easing itself into motion (slow-in), but easing itself back when it reaches its other extreme (slow-out). Interestingly, knowing some of the math behind this stuff really helped me make more convincing animations without even knowing the proper names of these techniques let alone how an animation professional put them into practice. Heh.

Figured that this might to be a cool thing to show. (I should be practicing more to improve my craft.)