Mocha AE Planar Tracker for Absolute Beginners

Want to learn how to create advanced visual effects? In this tutorial I show you how to use Mocha to track your shot and add advanced visual effects to live action footage.

Mocha can help you track shots that would be hard to track using traditional 2D point or feature trackers because it is a PLANAR TRACKER. A planar tracker uses planes and textures to track as opposed to points or groups of pixels. This allows the tracker to stay on track even if your shot contains motion blur or a very shallow depth of field.

Mocha AE comes included with Adobe After Effects and is available since CS3 and there is no reason for you not to use this awesome tool to make it easier for you to track your shot, replace screens or rotoscope!

Let me know if you'd be keen for some more Mocha tutorials!

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[sonnybrown]

Man, you're a master at teaching. Thank you.

[MsSergKV]

completely agree that you are master of teaching.
Iam 2 years in video editing and from the start, about 2 years ago I havent even got how valuable each your word is.
After 2 years rewatching some of your videos I got how many information you are telling.
Thx for your work!

[SpaceKingDinosaur]

I love how you demonstrated real-world challenges to expect and how to deal with them. Great tutorial! Thanks for the great information. Keep being awesome!

[serpegk]

I just started learning A.E and I must say your tutorials are helping me a lot. I watch your videos every day for a couple of weeks now and surely I have yet to watch them all. You are understandable, fast and precise at the important points, thnx to u I' ll soon reach an intermediate level. Thank you for all your effort!

[PureTechie]

would love to see more mocha tutorials and didn't even got bored till end great work

[newstribune]

You simply nailed it!! The only channel on YouTube which explains mocha very well.

[richardnwaneri]

Wow 😮, this is one of the best mocha tutorials I’ve found on the internet 🔥🔥🔥

[HarleyPebley]

Mark me down as another vote for more Mocha AE tutorials. :-)

[simonscaap]

one of the best tutorial channels out there. Realistic and relatable problems.

[bdude]

this is such a thorough breakdown of how to use mocha AE. thanks so much

[sgtnippleslol]

Hope you do some more Mocha tuts but with more difficult footage and 3d models!

[NosyDrone]

Very very detailed explanation. I've learned a lot with you. Thank you very much

[cenkozmercan]

Thanks for clearly explaining the details rather than most of these "tutorial videos" on youtube that just tells you what to do step by step. Subscribed.

[ibrahimaltay]

I'd be really happy if you could make a tutorial about 3d tracking face and wearing a 3d mask such as ironman or maybe wearing a chestplate...

I dont know if its possible in mocha but it would be a great!

[schlonzschuppe]

you deserve my deepest respect for this tutorial.

[TheExplodingBacon]

for some reason it says "unsupported or corrupted file" when i open mocha. do you know how to fix this?

[WolfGodwin]

I am SO excited to see this tutorial posted and I actually spent my lunch break to watch it. Mocha is very daunting but you have made it simple and approachable. Thank you! Please make more Mocha tutorials!

[ajgor]

Best tracking tutorial I've ever seen!!!

[Wes_Jones]

Finally, a MochaAE tutorial that is easy to follow! Thanks!

[biharibabufilm]

mocha is not awesome, it`s you man and i love this tutorial