Track Any Surface with This Mocha + Nuke Trick!

This video breaks down a few techniques to help tricky tracks with Mocha / Nuke. We will use the Mocha Planar tracker with the Nuke plugin to stabilize the motion.
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00:00 Introduction Explanation
00:31 Nuke Planar Track Problem
01:09 Frequency Separation for Tracking
02:50 Mocha Planar Tracking
06:02 Exporting Mocha Tracks
07:00 Nuke Importing Mocha Track
07:20 Checking Track Quality
10:10 Bonus Material

[@theagsway]

For the frequency separation you can also use the Laplacian Node, which does exactly the same as a blur minus, but in just one node. I thought it could be an interesting information to be shared 😊

[@CompositingAcademy]

Great tip!

[@elizabethpostol]

Great Mocha showcase and great video! Thank you!

[@glmstudiogh]

I use mocha mostly for roto and sometimes planner tracking, it’s a very good program. I’m now learning silhouette

[@Naruto_uzumaki7979]

Smart and simple thanks!

[@ocdvfx]

Mocha is the only thing I miss from after effects, maybe one day I'll cop it for nuke

[@jjohncorbett]

Did you try cropping to just the logo area then running a camera solve on it? From there you can generate a point cloud/mesh that you could use to place a cylinder in for the bucket and let the camera do the tracking work.

[@CompositingAcademy]

That could potentially work as well. Usually I try to avoid 3d stuff if I can just because I prefer getting a quick cornerpin then painting, but the method you're suggesting or Keentools would probably both work too

[@keysignphenomenon]

YES😃

[@anglereserve]

Canadian Tire ftw

[@mickeywillis8945]

Hi, I was wondering, is the only way to view part 2 to purchase the whole beginer bundle?

[@CompositingAcademy]

Hey Mickey, The bonus projects can be grabbed here if you just want those lessons and already are familiar with the beginner concepts: The projects include: 1. Using 3D Geometry, Facetracking, and Smartvectors, and LookDeving an Energy Cracking Effect 2. Advanced Edge Extend Fixes & a Beginner CG Integration Project 3. Beauty work Techniques + Footage to practice 4. Mocha Planar Track + Advanced Paint Cleanup (this video, plus the footage and an additional tutorial) All of the projects include CG assets, footage, and in some cases Nuke scripts. All of the assets can be used for your demo reel as well. They also include additional course lectures and content that is not available anywhere else. courses.compositingacademy.com/purchase?product_id=5625720 Cheers!

[@sebarm5629]

Hey Alex! I have your courses on Udemy. Will the Rotopaint update be on there when it's finished?

[@CompositingAcademy]

This is part of a new bonus projection section that includes a variety of new projects. There's an upgrade option available for previous users who accessed the videos on Udemy and want to gain access to the additional projects, footage, and tutorials. If you're interested, please send an email. Cheers!

[@NitishHemwanii]

Why didn't you use smart vector?

[@CompositingAcademy]

When there are occlusions (objects passing over the tracking area) smartvectors will break. Also smart vectors don't like light changes very much either. If this were a deforming surface you could try something like the Mocha Power Mesh which is kind of like subdivided planar tracker.