A Smooth Clipping Function

SmoothClip.snippet

public static float SmoothClip(float input, float min, float max, float spread, float step) {
    float timelinePosition = (input - min) / (max - min) * (1 - spread) + spread;
    float signedDistanceToScrubber = timelinePosition - step;
    float normalizedDistanceToScrubber = signedDistanceToScrubber / spread;
    return Mathf.Clamp01(1 - normalizedDistanceToScrubber);
}