Easing Curves: The Grammar of Motion | Maxtech Inter

Easing is not polish — it is punctuation for movement.

Where this fits

Easing is not polish — it is punctuation for movement. This guide skips the theory and keeps what has worked across hundreds of shipped campaigns.

The essentials

• Linear reads mechanical: reserve it for data and UI honesty
• Ease-out reads responsive: entrances that answer the viewer
• Ease-in reads deliberate: exits with intent
• Overshoot reads playful: use where the brand smiles
• Anticipation reads alive: nothing moves without a breath first

The proof point

8/10 — viewers describe identical content as “higher quality” when easing is consistent.

The bottom line

Choose your curves like a writer chooses punctuation — meaning rides on them.

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