Using Mocha For Motion Tracking and Rotoscoping
Release date:2021
Author:Lee Lanier
Skill level:Beginner
Language:English
Exercise files:Yes
Mocha, the powerful planar tracking toolset from Boris FX, offers features that can help you solve tough tracking challenges. Interested in incorporating Mocha in your VFX and post-production work? Tune into this course to explore the basics of Mocha Pro and Mocha AE as you learn essential motion tracking and rotoscoping techniques. Instructor Lee Lanier discusses how to find a good planar pattern to track, apply tracking data, and enhance tracking results. He also covers object removal, techniques for tracking stereoscopic and 360/VR footage, and how to stitch together an extended frame with the Mega Plate module. Plus, learn about the exportation of tracking and shape data to After Effects and Boris Continuum plugins.
01. Introduction
01. Using Mocha for motion tracking and rotoscoping
02. Mocha variations
03. Using the exercise files
04. Relinking footage
02. Mocha Basics
01. Interface overview
02. Creating a Mocha project
03. Creating X-spline shapes
04. Using Bezier, magnetic, and freehand tools
05. Using the Area Brush
03. Tracking in Mocha
01. Finding a good planar pattern to track
02. Choosing track options and tracking
04. Applying Tracking Data
01. Transform tracking with After Effects
02. Corner pin tracking with After Effects
03. Corner pin tracking with Boris Continuum
04. Transform tracking with Mocha AE
05. Fine-Tuning the Track
01. Improving tracking results
02. Refining with keyframes
03. Refining with the AdjustTrack module
04. Using multiple patterns to track
06. Rotoscoping in Mocha
01. Working with layer options
02. Combining masks
03. Rotoscoping with layer linking
04. Working with keyframes
05. Feathering rotoscoped shapes
07. Exporting Rotoscoped Shapes
01. Importing shape data into After Effects
02. Using shape data with Mocha AE and Boris Continuum
03. Rendering shapes in Mocha
08. Stabilization, Object removal, and Mega Plates
01. Stabilizing footage
02. Creating mega plates
03. Removing objects
04. Using the Insert module
09. Stereo and VR tracking
01. Stereoscopic workflow
02. Introduction to 360_VR
10. Conclusion
01. Next steps
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