Part 1 - SVANJA-VFX Tutorial 1: Tracking Motion with Mocha - Part 1

Check out part 2 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iKcQH2Lnj8
This is the first in a series of tutorials looking at working with Mocha and After Effects. In part 1 of this tutorial we'll take a look at the basics of tracking motion within mocha, and exporting it for use in After Effects.

The shot we'll eventually create is a matte-painting, motion-tracked shot showing the Petronas towers under construction (they've been complete since the mid nineties). The footage was shot recently, on the Canon 5D mkii.

Credits:
- ProScores (videocopilot.net
- Action Essentials 2 (videocopilot.net)

Check out the completed shot and its breakdown here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elfj7WziUNY

Check out my blog here:
http://svanja-vfx.blogspot.com/

Rate and comment!! Cheers!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• tutorial
• vfx
• petronas
• AE
• after effects
• andrew kramer
• videocopilot.net
• action essentials
• mocha
• tracking
• motion tracking
• match move
• match
• motion
• mocha for after effects
• visual effects
• matte painting
• digital matte
• matte
• digital effects
• digital
• digi
• sony
• adobe
• apple

[efectespeciale]

Very good videos. But I have a question: Why does the image is so shaky and distorted. I mean, the building should have been straight, instead it looks so windy. What camera have you used? It is very strange distorsion for a professional camera.

All the best.

[svanjaproductions]

Hi there!

This distortion is present in fast moving / shaky images with most video-capable DSLR's like the Canon 7d or 5d. In my case I used the 5d, but keep in mind it didn't have the best possible lens for shooting video, and I was travelling in a car on a highway, so that could explain a few things.

I would suggest staying away from extremely shaky camera moves when using the 5d or 7d, but the quality that these camera provide more than makes up for that in my opinion.

Cheers.

[drpenmaster]

how do you export your trcking data? PLZ??

[svanjaproductions]

check out part 2.

[telenovelda]

Man, I really liked the tutorial! Wish I had known about mocha before, though. Would have saved me a lot of work trying to correct the point track (most of the time unsuccessfully). Great tool!

[svanjaproductions]

yeah I hadn't heard of it until my VFX Lecturer told us about it, lol. Adobe should make it more well known to After Effects cs4 users. It's simply amazing...

[EricJr007]

good job....ask u...what twin building is that?

[Klshnikov]

so what does this program do ?

[obieSAHAJA]

yeahh kuala lumpur glad u are here

[moviemowdown]

Is it the pro version of mocha?

[xboxgamerz252l]

say if i wanted to track the whole video how would you do that ?

[AdvancedReplays]

Thank you !

[JuicyDBASE]

@svanjaproductions To me it seemed to be more effective for this tutorial, showing how good mocha is.

[TheFlyingTiger129]

can you use mocha to after effects cs3?

[Pljuia]

can u get this on windows 7?