Getting Started with mocha for After Effects
In this series of lessons we will learn how to use the mocha for After Effects application to track objects and use that tracking data inside After Effects. Software required: mocha and After Effects (Project Files created in mocha v2 and After Effects CS4).
What you'll learn
In this series of lessons we will learn how to use the mocha for After Effects application to track objects and use that tracking data inside After Effects. mocha for After Effects is bundled with After Effects versions CS4 and later, so you might already have access to this powerful planer tracker. We'll begin this project by creating a new project and learning the basics of the mocha planar tracker. We'll then learn how to bring that tracking data into After Effects to do a sign replacement. We'll then learn how to change the output of mocha for an easier integration into After Effects. Once that is done, we'll learn about tracking with multiple layers in mocha and how to stabilize footage. We'll finish by working through a few difficult to track clips and learn the variety of tools we have to tweak and edit tracks in mocha. Software required: mocha and After Effects (Project Files created in mocha v2 and After Effects CS4).
Table of contents
- Importing Footage and Playback Controls 7m
- Creating a Basic Planar Track with X-splines 8m
- Using Our mocha Data to Create an After Effects Corner Pin 5m
- Setting the Corner Pin in mocha with Surface and Clips 8m
- Tracking Faces for a Black Bar Effect 5m
- Working with Multiple Layers and Stabilizing Footage 8m
- Tracking Objects with Heavy Reflections Using Mattes 7m
- Fixing Drift Using Adjusttrack 9m
- Tracking Objects That Leave the Frame with Adjusttrack 9m
About the author
Along with creating and recording training, he also used to manage the support team and work closely with the production development team at Digital-Tutors, now a Pluralsight company. He began his career working freelance and quickly realized that he wanted to find a company where he could use his talents to help people succeed in the CG industry. Chris has likely watched more Pluralsight creative training than anyone on the planet, and its evidenced by his Einstein-sized brain and encyclopedic... more