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mocha for After Effects
mocha for After Effects is designed for the After Effects community. As a stand alone 2D tracking and roto tool, mocha for After Effects is packed with features that make the effects compositor's life easier.
Tracking
mocha for After Effects generates solid 4-point tracks based on Imagineer's unique planar tracking technology, giving position, scale, rotation, shear and perspective matched tracks and exports the data to Adobe After Effects (Version 6,7, CS3 and CS4) as a standard CornerPin effect.
Rotoscoping
mocha for After Effects can export mocha shape data, allowing rotoscoping shapes with variable, per-point edge feathering to be used outside mocha for After Effects.
NOTE: You will need to purchase the mocha shape for After Effects plug-in to import the mocha shape data into After Effects.
New in mocha for After Effects v2
- motion blur data included in tracking data export
- rotoscoping tools with variable, per-point edge feathering
- export of mocha shape data, enabling multi-layer shape export to After Effects*
* requires mocha shape for After Effects (sold separately)
mocha for After Effects tutorials
mocha for After Effects- Quick Start Video
Learn the basics of mocha in under 10 minutes and you'll be able to track anything faster than you ever thought possible. Watch as Ben Le Tourneau, Imagineer Product Specialist, runs through the basic features of mocha to demonstrate how quick and intuitive our tracker really is.
mocha for After Effects - Adjust track and After Effects workflow
Ross Shain, Imagineer's product specialist takes you on a walk through advance tutorial on imagineers adjust track module. Also this tutorial shows exporting this tracking data into an After Effects workflow.
mocha for After Effects - Image Stabilization
Product specialist, Ross Shain, demonstrates how to use mocha and mocha for After Effects to stabilize jittery, hand held footage.
mocha for After Effects - 2.5D rig removal
In this tutorial, Creative Cow contributing editor Carl Larsen shows you how to approach a 2.5D rig removal shot using Photoshop, After Effects and the Mocha for AE tracker.
Creative Cow Walkthrough
Why mocha for After Effects?
mocha for After Effects v2 has two key toolsets that After Effects users are always asking for: A solid 2D tracker and rotoscoping tools with variable, per-point edge feathering.
The tracker in mocha for After Effects is based on Imagineer's unique 2.5D Planar Tracking technology, which is significantly more robust than traditional point trackers, such as the one found in After Effects. mocha for After Effects will enable you to get a track, even in situations where you have objects moving out of frame, lack of detail, motion blur and heavy grain. mocha for After Effects innovative AdjustTrack tool helps remove drift and enables you to extract offset tracking data for areas that go off screen.
Everyone knows that with a good track, rotoscoping becomes easier. mocha for After Effects v2 introduces the new mocha shape data export feature, enabling you to create detailed masks in mocha for After Effects and then simply copy and paste these into After Effects*
*You will need to purchase the mocha shape for After Effects plug-in to import the mocha shape data into After Effects
mocha for After Effects's toolset
The Planar Tracker
Throw your old fashioned point trackers away- step up to Imagineer’s advanced Planar tracker. Watch in amazement as your splines magically rotate, scale, and shear in lock step with your shot.
Bezier and X-Spline tools
mocha for After Effects offers several ways of shaping your splines. In addition to Bezier and X Splines, mocha for After Effects offers Shake-style tangent control if you prefer.
Infinite Edge Control
Pull out feathers point by point. Move feather edges and control points together or separately. Join points from separate splines together. Serious point control in mocha for After Effects.
Fewer Keyframes
Powered by the Planar Tracker, your splines will no longer need so many keyframes. Ben Grossman of The Syndicate reported a traditionally rotoscoped 88 keyframe shot needing only 4 in mocha for After Effects. Less keyframes= tighter tracks, less work.
AdjustTrack
mocha for After Effects’s AdjustTrack module takes track adjustment to another level by offering an innovative approach to the removal of drift. Coupled with mocha for After Effects's ability to work with problematic footage, AdjustTrack is a tool that can save you a lot of tracking headaches!
Export Tracking Data
mocha for After Effects will allow you to export solid 4-point tracks, giving position, scale, rotation, shear and perspective matched tracks to Adobe After Effects.
Export Shape Data
mocha for After Effects allows you to export mocha shape data, enabling you to copy and paste multi-layer shape date into After Effects*
Stable and Rapidly Evolving
mocha for After Effects is built upon the same framework as monet and mokey - applications with a mature toolset that can be depended upon for stability and frequent upgrades.
* requires mocha shape for After Effects (sold separately)
mocha for After Effects - FAQ
- Will I need to purchase mocha shape for After Effects to import my shapes into After Effects?
Yes, you need to purchase mocha shape for After Effects to import shape data exported from mocha for After Effects into After Effects. - Can I export tracking and shape data for use on another After Effects system?
Yes, you can export the tracking and shape data as text files, which you can then copy and paste into After Effects on another system. - What is the mocha shape plug-in?
The mocha shape plug-in is a plug-in that imports shape data from Imagineer products and renders these as mattes, cutouts or colored shapes in the host application. For more information go here. - What versions of After Effects are supported?
The tracking data exported can be used in Adobe After Effects 6, 7, CS3 and CS4. mocha shape data requires the mocha shape plug-in, which only supports CS3 and CS4.
