Body: <p>What I want to do is, to animate a pressing of a perfume spray top. But since mesh warp only works in X and Y axes, I cannot do it in the traditional way.<br>
  So, is there a way to do that?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: You need to explain what you're asking a bit better if you want good answers. A screenshot would help.
Comments.UserDisplayName: stib
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Comments.Text: I want to simulate something like a button press; in this case, the perfume spray's button (I separated the button as a png file). I tried to do it with the mesh warp tool. But since the mesh warp allows us only to warp an object only on X and Y axes, I can't animate the squeeze with that tool. So, is there a way to do that task?
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Comments.Text: I can't understand why you can't just move the button down by animating its Y position.
Comments.UserDisplayName: stib
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-03-22T14:12:14.760Z
Comments.Text: No I don't want a 'button going down' movement. What I need is, a squeezing on the middle of the can's top.
Comments.UserDisplayName: user152435
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-03-23T02:32:47.773Z
Comments.Text: You're still not explaining yourself very well. Why can't you just move the pins in the mesh downward?
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Comments.CreationDate: 2019-04-23T13:50:11.233Z
Comments.Text: Are you working in 2D or 3D?
Comments.UserDisplayName: tomh
Tags: <after-effects>
Title: Is there a way to mesh-warp downwards?
UserDisplayName: user152435
ThreadText: # Is there a way to mesh-warp downwards?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-03-17)
  
  What I want to do is, to animate a pressing of a perfume spray top. But since mesh warp only works in X and Y axes, I cannot do it in the traditional way.  
  So, is there a way to do that?
  
  **Tags:** after-effects
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: You need to explain what you're asking a bit better if you want good answers. A screenshot would help.  
  > **username_0**: I want to simulate something like a button press; in this case, the perfume spray's button (I separated the button as a png file). I tried to do it with the mesh warp tool. But since the mesh warp allows us only to warp an object only on X and Y axes, I can't animate the squeeze with that tool. So, is there a way to do that task?  
  > **username_1**: I can't understand why you can't just move the button down by animating its Y position.  
  > **username_0**: No I don't want a 'button going down' movement. What I need is, a squeezing on the middle of the can's top.  
  > **username_1**: You're still not explaining yourself very well. Why can't you just move the pins in the mesh downward?  
  > **username_2**: Are you working in 2D or 3D?  
  
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