What I mean is my main comp is sized 720×480 standard ntsc. The precomp is 2000×480. No cameras involved. The precomp is animated (keyframed on the main comp) from left to right to give my main character (butterfly keyframed along a path) a sense of flight with flowers and trees, in foreground and background swaying back and forth in the “wind” (animated with the puppet tool). In the precomp evrything works as it should. But when I render out the main comp only the butterfly moves properly.
Below are some screenshots that I am adding to hopefully help explain this.