Speed adjustment for key-frame interpolation

We present a method of speed adjustment as a means of controlling motion in of key-frame animation. This method is designed for key-point trajectories that are expressed as differentiable parametric curves. The animator is given a means of influencing the speed of a trajectory 's traversal by the direct manipulation of a speed-profile curve. Any adjustment of this curve is translated into an adjustment of the differential rate of the parametric sampling that produces inbetween frames from the trajectory. The sampling rate is correlated with objectspace distances along the trajectory. This results in intuitively meaningful control over the motion of the animation.