Body: <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>
  
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2020-03-02T08:40:18.357Z
Comments.Text: 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.
Comments.UserDisplayName: Florian Claaßen
Comments.ContentLicense: CC BY-SA 4.0
Comments.CreationDate: 2020-03-08T15:29:35.207Z
Comments.Text: @FlorianClaaßen thank you
Comments.UserDisplayName: catherina_ch
Tags: <after-effects><animation><plugins>
Title: RubberHose distorts a shape
UserDisplayName: catherina_ch
ThreadText: # 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**: @username_1 thank you  
  
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