Mocha to After Effects Tutorial Pt. 1

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The most common ...

The most common reasons for this are: i) Using Corner Pin data on an image that is a different size to the comp. ii) Pasting data not at the same point in time as the start of your track in mocha. iii) Different frame rate or wrong Pixel Aspect Ratio. iv) Having too much data in there. If you are doing a matchmove, delete all of the anchor point keyframes. If doing a stabilize, delete all of the position keyframes. That should help a bit.

Whenever i paste it ...

Whenever i paste it into my AE its Data doesnt even apply it just makes a box off to the side? wtf...

Does mocha import ...

Does mocha import TGAs sequences and so?

Some of the footage ...

Some of the footage is available if you buy the main Curious Turtle training products.  But some is (like these packs) are not available for download. Hope you get some good info out of the video anyway.

Where I can get the ...

Where I can get the footage that you are using in all your videos?

Great tutorial!! 

Great tutorial!! 

I'd love to say yes ...

I'd love to say yes, but no :o) It was a quick roto sped up in post. Not any people want to watch a roto at normal speeds!

Was that a real ...

Was that a real time rotoscope? I HAVE TO KNOW!

Oh my god. Mocha, ...

Oh my god. Mocha, is, the best!

Two very different ...

Two very different motion trackers. AE - Point tracker. Fast, but has a habit of getting confused with noisy footage, motion blur etc. Also need at least two consistently good points to track more than position. Mocha - Planar tracker. Easy to get great tracks from tough footage - simple to offset tracking shape. Gives position, scale, rotation and distortion data as simply as getting simple position data. Tracking data easily ties in to roto shapes, making rotoscoping much faster.

Can't you do motion ...

Can't you do motion trackign with AE itself? Then what's the difference with Mocha?

Alright cool, ...

Alright cool, Thank You!

that usually ...

that usually happens when the object you're tracking goes out of view, or maybe it changed form or something. If you're using the exact same footage in AE, there shouldn't be any problems.

Whenever I begin to ...

Whenever I begin to track, towards the end as it is about to finish it stops and a window appears stating that "the tracking has stopped prematurely". It then asks me to reduce or minimize the pixel use for better results? Can anyone help?! much appreciated! Also it seems that the premature tracking is interfering with the file once it is pasted into AE . . .

nice!

nice!

Only if you're ...

Only if you're paying the bill :o) Thanks for the comment.

Nice Tutorial but ...

Nice Tutorial but why dont you just re-shoot with the cinemon chewing gum lol

hey uh i need help ...

hey uh i need help pls for some reason when i press the track button it gives me a "tracking ended prematurely" message pls help been stuck with this for a month now any help will be appreciated

That's fine. There ...

That's fine. There should be no problems tracking RED stuff. You just have to convert the footage to an image sequence or Quicktime movie first. Make sure the Pixel Aspect Ratio is set to 1 (HD) in the Clip tab.

Hi I got a really ...

Hi I got a really Breaking nerves Trouble, Three days without answer... So ir it's: I am working on a Traking video Shot with The Red camera 2K 2:1 2028 *1024 Sorry in advance if my English is not that good ...

Go to Imagineer ...

Go to Imagineer Systems site. All the data can be used with CS3 (and any version above or below)

@pyProgrammer96 ...

@pyProgrammer96 Yeah, I'm a bit old skool with that :D Trust me, if I know trends, in 15 years everyone will be back on the Alt-Tab for the true retro feel!

can I download ...

can I download mocha somewhere and use is with after effects cs3 ?????

I found out awhile ...

I found out awhile back, but thankyou. I like using the Windows+Tab now as i can see what im doing on those wiindows ;)

Hi! You can do ...

Hi! You can do that with Alt+Tab and move between all open applications.