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# Kinetic

## Description

Kinetic is similar to Animo, but specifically driven by position velocity. It creates animation controllers based on the velocity of position movement, allowing you to build complex motion systems from simple position keyframes.

## Setup

1. Select any animated properties with 2+ keyframes.
2. Run the Kinetic tool
3. In the controller, select a layer that will serve as the velocity layer for the animation
4. Update the position of the velocity layer and the animation will play based on that velocity

## Options

**Preserve Timing**\
Maintains the original keyframe timing when creating the Kinetic controller

**Shy**\
Automatically hides the source layers after creating the controller