Mocha Pro 2021: Intro to PowerMesh Warp Tracking

New in Mocha Pro 2021! PowerMesh tracking and warping workflow.

The next evolution of Mocha. PowerMesh enables a powerful new sub-planar tracking engine for VFX, roto, and stabilization. Warped surface tracking and roto that sticks.

Track complex organic surfaces through occlusions and blur using Mocha’s intuitive layer-based interface. Simple to use and faster than most optical flow based techniques.

Apply to source files for realistic match moves, convert to AE Nulls to drive motion graphics, render a mesh warped stabilize/reverse stabilize plate for compositing, or export dense tracking data to host applications.

Update Tech Note Dec 9, 2020:

Quick links:
0:00 - Intro
0:32 - PowerMesh basics
6:59 - PowerMesh driven rotoscoping
8:39 - PowerMesh driven stabilization

[giraffeapproved]

This is INSANE. Thank you Borix FX for all the hard work!

[erwanmuro]

This brought tears of joy I swear, thank you Boris FX!

[AlexCAnderson]

Been using Mocha AE for a while, and very excited to dive in to Mocha Pro with this amazing feature! Must admit, the audio quality of this tutorial kinda feels all over the place, but I was able to understand well enough.

[NachoHoyos]

Congrats to the amazing team!! This update is definitely crazy! Great job everybody! =)

[IbrahimKhalil-kipc]

They ain't playing games with Lockdown plugin 😂😂

Great Job ❤️❤️

[TransformX]

These tools are getting ridiculously good.

I would love Boris Fx test different graphics cards (especially the new 3000 series from Nvidia)

[shermanwellons]

Anyone find a tutorial out here on how to use the Power Mesh feature in detail. This presentation was not clear enough on the process of integrating this feature in AfterEffects. Been struggling trying to map a graphic on a face using the Power Mesh feature process. Any links or other videos out here would be great. Thanks.

[rahuldeshpande]

We say 'Applying starch to your mesh' because starch, original is applied to fabric to harden it. The same analogy is being used here - that when you apply 'starch' - by increasing the smoothness, your mesh will be more smootj and will pick up less on the sub planar motion within. Keep it super low (whatever the lowest value is) and it will pick up every tiny bit of motion and it will be terrible. Try different values (and also use Mesh size) and pick a balance that tracks your pattern and its sub planar movement perfectly

[adithyasatheesh]

Is that mary poplin doing the voice over? If it is, then I'll just say that your company is lucky to have her on your team. She's the dan worrall of tracking software videos. Period.

[baban]

Awesome additions, looking forward to this!

[johnmiguelsarmiento]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! very helpful for my movie project.

[akhilshekar]

Very useful update. Great job 👏. Very excited 😊❤️.

[marklowe]

Will you also add motion blur support for warped image in next release please?

[PeterJansen]

This looks super good. Is the alembic export just a camera + mesh with UVs that match a chosen reference frame? An STmap (forward and inverse) export could be quite handy for Nuke users that are familiar with smartvector workflows too.

Edit: Never mind, just saw the Alembic video, looks awesome.

[elpinko]

Is the entire Mesh Warp feature tied to Mocha Pro? Or does Mocha AE get some parts? Looks awesome btw!

[i.h.]

The part how it's used to retouch is way too short. 6 minutes about mesh generation and only few seconds about how to apply to a layer. I didn't understand the process, how the retouch layer becomes warped.

[DGraphicsFun]

quick question if I may (first thanks for years of amazing tutorials) Let say you want to export morph data from Mocha Pro 2021 Stand Alone and bring in to After Effects any version up to 2021. I have tried using the different export settings. One says export warp with corner pins. I have tried them all and in After Effects when I place the exported data on to the to be warped image it does not warp. It moves properly but no warp. I have been trying to find out more export info from Stand Alone 2021. Thank You :)

[wwepic]

mocha pro adobe after effects I didn't succeed in doing a warp mesh, why y, even though I already copied it, into the image I want to paste on my face, but it didn't work

[IanZainea]

Damn, I was really hoping you'd show the mesh tracking on the shot with occlusion at 9:18... Seems to be giving me some difficulty

[mj_nooker]

Wow! Coul'd you, please, say: what limitations of trial version? Can't find this info on the download page.