Tracking data in Mocha can be easily integrated with After Effects and Premiere Pro making it a great tool to use alongside an Adobe workflow project. Mocha is a third-party program included in the Creative Cloud that can be used to get accurate and consistent tracking. That’s where Mocha AE CC comes into play. This was a significant improvement over the original two point tracker in After Effects, but it still isn’t perfect.

Simply put the mask tracker allows users to draw masks around their object to track only certain objects in your scene. One of these new features is the Mask Tracker in After Effects. However, over the last few years there have been some significant improvements to motion tracking features in the Adobe software, making the entire process much easier. Motion tracking can be an extremely frustrating part of the post production process, especially if your footage is less-than-ideal. Give it a go and let us know how it worked out for your project by commenting below.Tracking your video footage? The following video tutorial from Imagineer Systems demonstrates when to use Mocha and when to use After Effects. It also shows three different techniques: simple mocha Pro standalone compositing, Nuke compositing and Adobe After Effects compositing. The tutorial covers planar tracking, stabilisation, insert module and workflow and assumes you know the basics of Mocha tracking & masking. Or to seam together for one long take, from multiple takes, i.e the beginning of Joss Whedon’s Serenity, or the recent film Birdman, which looked like it was one very long continuous take.

Think Lindsey Lohan in The Parent Trap, twins appearing on screen at the same time. In the video Mary Poplin, shows how to create a seamless take composite from two hand held shots. The below video tutorial is recommended for ‘advanced users’, but give it a try none the less. Mocha Pro is still available as a stand-alone ( here) but Creative Cloud has a version of the program bundled, which is launched through AE. Mocha was once a stand alone program used for planar tracking, roto & mask creation, and a number of other features. For those of you who currently hold Adobe Creative Cloud subscriptions, this tutorial makes use of the bundled Mocha AE to create a seamless edge when combining two takes as one.

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