<p>I'm trying to animate a shape in After Effects with RubberHose plugin. I'm creating a shape layer and placing it in pre-compose. Then placing a 3 pins on that pre-compose. After I select them and alt+click on New RubberPin the shape is being distorted. Why is it happening?
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/G9jt8.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/G9jt8.png" alt="shape with pins"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/NXBpH.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/NXBpH.jpg" alt="distorted shape"></a></p>

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2020-03-02T08:40:18.357Z
I have not yet worked with the plugin, but I suspect that it accesses the path of your shape. If you pre-compose your shape, the plugin will not be able to access the path anymore. Try applying the plugin/effect on the shape directly before precomposing.
Florian Claaßen
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2020-03-08T15:29:35.207Z
@FlorianClaaßen thank you
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RubberHose distorts a shape
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# RubberHose distorts a shape

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-03-01)

I'm trying to animate a shape in After Effects with RubberHose plugin. I'm creating a shape layer and placing it in pre-compose. Then placing a 3 pins on that pre-compose. After I select them and alt+click on New RubberPin the shape is being distorted. Why is it happening?
[![shape with pins](https://i.sstatic.net/G9jt8.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/G9jt8.png)
[![distorted shape](https://i.sstatic.net/NXBpH.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/NXBpH.jpg)

**Tags:** after-effects, animation, plugins

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: I have not yet worked with the plugin, but I suspect that it accesses the path of your shape. If you pre-compose your shape, the plugin will not be able to access the path anymore. Try applying the plugin/effect on the shape directly before precomposing.  
> **username_0**: @FlorianClaaßen thank you  

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