I'll be honest. I used to animate by first setting up your golden poses then filling in the gaps with in betweens that you may need. The rest is done by the computer when you hit the spline button. By doing so you either find yourself pleasantly surprised or totally shocked and apalled and most of the time it's the latter.
The main problem with this is that you don't have as much control over your animation. Ever feel like, "damn...that didn't really come out the way i planned or thought that it would." Well, the reason is NOT ENOUGH POSES. I'm sure you've heard soo many people say this but when you get down to it, it simply just doesn't work out. Then you go back to your old way of animating and getting all nice and comfy which essentially stumps your growth process. So what exactly does 'NOT ENOUGH POSES' mean? Well it basically means just that. For those who are scared that it'll mess up your animation, it most definately will and that is why you need to keep fixing it and keeping it all under your control.
Letting the computer do your in-betweens is as good as hoping for the best. Take control of those poses, if you have to key every frame so be it. That's how the old skool animators used to do it. Trust me, the computer is a lousy LOUSY animator. Trusting the computer to do inbetweens and breakdowns for you is like animating while having your eyes shut.
In any case this is my take on it having gone down both paths. Is it the gospel truth? I would think not. (Eg. some animators create brilliant stuff with just the graph editor) But for those who are in similar situations like me...try it out! You won't regret it...well maybe on your 1st and 2nd clip when you hit the spline button.
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