Vector image has noticeable line after continuously rasterizing

[Buymychicken]

I have used the puppet tool in the past and I know that it has a tendency to leave an unwanted line around certain areas, but I get it mostly when the puppet I am using is in a precomp that changes position. I used the puppet tool to bend this vehicle forward a bit to make it look like a sudden stop. Without the continuous rasterization the truck looks very blurry, but as soon as I rasterize it the line shows up. I have since removed the puppet tool to all layers but this line remains. Where the layer begins its motion there are no errors, but as it moves into place it sorta runs through this line.

I have given up on using the puppet tool with moving vector images like that because it causes way too many problems, but I'm not sure if this is something left over from the puppet tool or something entirely new.

Any ideas?

[RobShultz]

You may try to render your movie The line may not appear in the final movie.

[Buymychicken]

Unfortunately it carries through to the export. The same happens with the blurriness before continuously rasterizing.

[Roei Tzoref · Accepted solution]

Puppet+continously rasterise = no good. It's written in the help files about puppet and discussed on countless threads in the forum. seek and you shall find..,

[Buymychicken]

Ah ok.

My main concern now is that line is leftover from a puppet effect that is now no longer active, so there is now no conflict with the puppet and rasterize, but it still persists.

Are there alternative methods to animate a vector object in after effects?

[Roei Tzoref]

My main concern now is that line is leftover from a puppet effect that is now no longer active

purge the memory and check again.

Are there alternative methods to animate a vector object in after effects?

you mean - use puppet on a vector layer. yes, don't hit the switch. just make it large enough from the start so you won't need it, or hit the switch, make it as large as you need it, then precomp and don't hit the switch, and use puppet.

[RobShultz]

Another suggestion might be to check the original Illustrator file to see if there might be some weird remnant causing the line. Maybe the continuous rasterization is bringing it out. (Hopefully)