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Neni0D4C
Neni0D4C
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May 19, 2026
Question

Issue about puppet tool

  • May 19, 2026
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I wanted to animate the back fingers with puppet tool but these what lines appear when they make the movement. I tried the vector shapes from illustrator and also redrawn in after effects but can not get rid of the white lines. Any help is highly appreciated!

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    Nishu Kushwaha
    Community Manager
    Nishu KushwahaCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    May 19, 2026

    Hi there,


    Thanks for writing in. I've seen this issue before.

    Can you try the following steps, in order:

    1. With your puppet layer selected, twirl down Effects > Puppet > Mesh > Mesh 1 in the Timeline and try increasing the Expansion value. Before changing the value, enable the Show Mesh button at the top in toolbar.

    2. In the same Mesh properties, raising the density value gives the mesh more resolution to follow the artwork's contour smoothly, which reduces visible polygonal edges during deformation.

    3. If you're using an Illustrator vector layer, toggle the Continuous Rasterization switch (the sun/star icon in the Timeline switches column) and see if the artifact changes.

    Let me know how it goes.


    Thanks,

    Nishu

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