What is the best way to make smooth camera movement and rotation? (with my script)

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Right now the way my camera moves is by being inside of the player and following the player movement.

Player Script

    Vector3 moveHorizontal = MyCamera.transform.right * Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal") * speed;
    Vector3 moveVertical = MyCamera.transform.forward * Input.GetAxisRaw("Vertical") * speed;
    // rb getting the rigidbody Component
    rb.velocity = (moveHorizontal + moveVertical);

Camera Script

public Vector3 myPos; //camera position
public Transform myPlay; // player position

void Update () {
transform.position = myPlay.position + myPos;
}

I also have another method of camera rotation when certain buttons are pressed.

Camera Script

private float goodDegs = 2.0f;
private float badDegs = -2.0f;

Void Update () {
if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.E)) {
			for (float i = 0; i < 90; i++) {
				transform.Rotate (0, goodDegs * Time.deltaTime, 0);
			}
		}

		if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.Q)) {
			for (float m = 0; m < 90; m++) {
				transform.Rotate (0, badDegs * Time.deltaTime, 0);
			}
		}
}

What I want to do is turn it into a smooth rotation rather than just quickly jumping to new positions, I’ve looked elsewhere, but am not too sure what to use.

I am no expert, most of what I’ve done has been with help from forum answers.

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Instead of applying hard rotation, use slerp or lerp to smooth it out.
Difference between them is perfectly showcased in this video, where lerp is the linear line.