Learning Mocha

Course details

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.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Using Mocha for motion tracking and rotoscoping
02 - Mocha variations
03 - Using the exercise files
04 - Relinking footage

1. Mocha Basics

05 - Interface overview
06 - Creating a Mocha project
07 - Creating X-spline shapes
08 - Using Bezier, magnetic, and freehand tools
09 - Using the Area Brush

2. Tracking in Mocha

10 - Finding a good planar pattern to track
11 - Choosing track options and tracking

3. Applying Tracking Data

12 - Transform tracking with After Effects
13 - Corner pin tracking with After Effects
14 - Corner pin tracking with Boris Continuum
15 - Transform tracking with Mocha AE

4. Fine-Tuning the Track

16 - Improving tracking results
17 - Refining with keyframes
18 - Refining with the AdjustTrack module
19 - Using multiple patterns to track

5. Rotoscoping in Mocha

20 - Working with layer options
21 - Combining masks
22 - Rotoscoping with layer linking
23 - Working with keyframes
24 - Feathering rotoscoped shapes

6. Exporting Rotoscoped Shapes

25 - Importing shape data into After Effects
26 - Using shape data with Mocha AE and Boris Continuum
27 - Rendering shapes in Mocha

7. Stabilization, Object Removal, and Mega Plates

28 - Stabilizing footage
29 - Creating mega plates
30 - Removing objects
31 - Using the Insert module

8. Stereo and VR Tracking

32 - Stereoscopic workflow
33 - Introduction to 360 VR

Conclusion

34 - Next steps