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# SKActionTimingMode.easeInEaseOut

Specifies ease-in ease-out pacing. An ease-in ease-out animation begins slowly, accelerates through the middle of its duration, and then slows again before completing.

```
case easeInEaseOut
```

## Discussion

By creating two separate actions, a [`moveTo(x:duration:)`](/documentation/SpriteKit/SKAction/moveTo(x:duration:)) and a [`moveTo(y:duration:)`](/documentation/SpriteKit/SKAction/moveTo(y:duration:)), and setting the former to [`SKActionTimingMode.easeInEaseOut`](/documentation/SpriteKit/SKActionTimingMode/easeInEaseOut), you can visualize the effect of this timing mode by tracing the path of a circular shape node running the actions in a group:

![Visualizing ease-in ease-out pacing](images/com.apple.spritekit/media-2743420@2x.png)

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