Intro to Mocha AE CC - Adobe After Effects tutorial

Mocha AE CC is a powerful suite of tracking tools that comes bundled with Adobe After Effects. Get started tracking objects, flat planes, and organic shapes.
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[@5MadMovieMakers]

Back here again for my annual Mocha tutorial rewatch

[@5MadMovieMakers]

7:30 is the part I always forget

[@FreshSqueezedLightning]

@@5MadMovieMakers same

[@AmirHamzah_MAHBAR]

Haha same, i cant remember, while been doing this hundreds of shot

[@roapaula]

I've been looking for the absolute best Mocha AE tutorial and this is the ONE! Exceeded my expectations, plus the voice-over is an absolute pro nice clear voice, all very well explained and at a good pace, Suscribed!

[@cloudplanetuk81]

Thank you for this tutorial! We were struggling with motion tracking, but finally bit the bullet and decided to learn, and your tutorial was absolutely critical to that process. Thank you so much!

[@ECAbrams]

Glad to hear it !

[@AsimOProduction]

Perfect! Please continue working on such Mocha tutorials!

[@ECAbrams]

Glad you like it. More are in the works now!

[@komarova.a]

Thanks! Basic and simple, just what i was looking for. I would add that you might want to check not only anchor point, but also position, rotation and scale

[@adamfrench2337]

This was all super helpful, Evan. I'd love to see a Mocha Intermediate or Advanced version if you're ever interested in doing one in the future. Loads of helpful information here. Thanks for your time and dedication!

[@ECAbrams]

Support for more Mocha on here seems pretty strong. I think we can definitely get into more. Definitely keen to get more specific into techniques, and get into the various modules the pro version offers.

[@TheOnlyAnnakins]

Thank you SO much!! The other tutorials I watched for this made me really confused but this one helped me finally get it!

[@desmanage]

Me too this is the fifth tutorial I have tried on this subject. The first I have fully got! Really well explained thanks for your time. KP

[@MrSceneNine]

If you're feeling up to it, a Mocha series would be incredible. One that even later delves in to the part that Mocha plays in more advanced VFX workflows. A tutorial series built on a progressive learning system of skill and knowledge up to the more advanced stages could be valuable.

[@ECAbrams]

It's in the works for sure.

[@dipanjanghosal1662]

@@ECAbrams hey man did you make it?

[@peterw217]

you're a funny funny guy - make the tuts very enjoyable. Thank you

[@saikrishna-ml8ep]

tjere are pretty basic things that i never makes me search ur best vedios....keep doing great vedios.

[@collardthibaut5568]

Huge thanks for this video ! I watched many tutorial on mocha AE and everytime when I was doing the layer export part, pouffff my image was becoming invinsible. Thanks to you, now I know I have to copy paste the anchor point !

[@ECAbrams]

Glad it helped!

[@motionhubacademy]

Thanks for the tutorial. Cool stuff as always!

[@MurrayFrost]

This is awesome! I usually us the built-in tracker but now I know how to use Mocha properly! :)

[@ECAbrams]

It'll open up a whole new world... cue Disney music.

[@TK422]

Now when people use "your" or "you're" wrong we can say *your'e. This guy makes great tutorials and solves problems at the same time!

[@CGStirk]

This was a great refresher to Mocha. One thing, though, using the Corner Pin (Support Motion Blur) option does transform the layer so the AE motion blur switch works. This is preferable to the CC Force Motion Blur effect 🙃

[@AntonisPetroulias]

Perfect job! As always.

[@DanieleTrapani]

Great tutorial Evan, thank you!

[@JuanRojas956]

This tutorial is the best one I've found on using Mocha on AE!

[@SilentEvil97]

Perfect and Funny tutorial. Keep it up!

[@BooAxe]

YOUR'E ONE! I've been working in DaVinci Resolve but looking to expand my sfx programs. Thanks for the video, very helpful

[@rockysnipper]

The last text..."You are one" is correct, You are the one we searched for, Such a clear and wonderful Tutorial, Thank you.

[@ECAbrams]

Is that a Shania Twain lyric? jk jk Glad you like the tutorials :)

[@akira2601]

Great tutorial, as always!

[@JeremyY]

That bit about the anchor point at the 08:00 mark has been bothering me for MONTHS. And your helpful video showed me what was wrong. Excellent tutorial.

[@Thatnigacj]

This is amazing. Thank you.

[@phasmophobiamodmenu6456]

This is the best tutorial ever

[@tobytorials]

Very nice and well explained tutorial! Great job thanks again!

[@ECAbrams]

Glad you liked it!

[@manthanyagnik20]

Amazing tutorial man .... loved it. Best part "YOURE ONE" : )

[@flashmavi]

THANX!!!

[@sarowarshanto2216]

sometimes it happens that when finishing tracking, surface planner doesn't fit precisely or moves away from exact point. so, you can go to the "AdjustTrack" bar (do as at 7:12 in this video & see bottom left to find AdjustTrack ), when go to AdjustTrack you will find the four corner pins turned red corner pin. now move these red corner pins wherever you want precisely and when you move these corner pins they will add their keyframe and you can precisely fit your logo, text whatever.

[@nokingeditor8702]

what if the surface coner of my go out and i can keyframe it some how ! What should i do ? plz help me

[@BlueMarbleCreative11]

Thank you for the awesome tutorial!

[@PaulLupascu]

Thank you!

[@fallinjosh15]

8:36 "CRIUSP!" haha GREAT tutorial, man!!!

[@derekb2969]

I was hoping you will publish more tutorials? I am getting some drift and cant seem to figure out how to resolve

[@rahuldeshpande9997]

Super helpful thank you!

[@artur_ry]

This is amazing!

[@kaanbayur]

Awesome tutorial, thank you 👍

[@ECAbrams]

You are very welcome. I really have to get more Mocha stuff on here. It really saves my bacon at least once a quarter around here.

[@davidp158]

Nice refinement to the Mocha AE tracker. Thanks for this tutorial! I'd like to see more advanced Mocha AE tutorials, if you're so inclined to go there. Please? Please?

[@ECAbrams]

I think I can make that happen. I just need to go take some footage of suitably interesting things to track and roto :)

[@davidp158]

@@ECAbrams Thanks for considering another video. FWIW, i find AE's point tracker is only reliable under ideal conditions. Mocha's planar tracker always works when there is a plane surface to track. Something I struggle with is when the plane extends beyond the screen. Is there a technique to "extend" Mocha's tracking when this happens?

[@radam04]

this is the best mocha tutorial i've seen, just missing how you keep the reflections on the screen and blend it into the added image. but thanks still!

[@radam04]

tip for anyone who also needs this-- go to the image ur using for the screen, blending options, then pick screen or multiply, click around to see what looks good

[@enjoyette]

Best explanation! Thank you!

[@itayozari6252]

Thank you very much, very helpful! Would you mind to consider making a tutorial on the adjust tracking tool? I am getting hard time to understand his logic...

[@ECAbrams]

Absolutely. It's a great module once you get to know it. I'll likely be doing a series of more specific Mocha tutorials soon, and Adjust Track is definitely on the list to focus in on.

[@itayozari6252]

Looking forward to the tutorials, thank you!

[@reabo]

Brilliant ty!

[@giovanespielberg]

When I arrive at the point that I have to copy and paste the anchor point, my video doesn't change the position and doesn't put into the screen, you know why? I'm doing something wrong?

[@xiangyuli9472]

Thank you SO much!!

[@fabulousshades7723]

thank you, nice tutorial. It will b great help for me.

[@clipshechosenelzotano3462]

Really amazing. Thanks

[@tuantran7472]

wooow, first for real working bot. Like and sub man

[@drafty4001]

Great video man

[@rayanmagneto]

mocha is everything you need to track :)

[@Gireshahid33]

Tip for you. In case you don't know! For roto this type of situation you need to link your Roto track layer.. to get better roto without tracking frame by frame. What I mean by that you already tracked a finger shape to tell mocha not to track this area. Well you can use that track to drive your Roto shape as well..

[@ECAbrams]

It's a great tip. I usually use that method in my roto work. In this case, my garbage matte on the finger needed more manual tweaking when the finger deformed in certain spots so the track wouldn't have been super accurate for locking on to. But, we'll definitely get into all that in a later tutorial.

[@Gireshahid33]

@@ECAbrams sometimes you need to single track method but most of the time the link to track method give you the General motion. When I try to roto something in mocha I always first do a link to track method.. than the Other single track as we all know.. 😀

[@gamingchannel-gh2wh]

cant you do a tutorial on tracking someones face with mocha creating a matte and filling ther matte with another face and have the replace face move with the face that was tracked/matte??thanks

[@jakwnr961]

Thank You for this video.

[@BakhtiyorKarimov]

Thanks, for useful tut

[@pancakeninja88]

Had to turn on the bell for this guy! Super helpful *fist bump

[@ECAbrams]

Gotta smash subscribe and ring that bell!

[@KanekiSidibe]

Thanks so much !

[@danobj8117]

I checked everything is good to download.

[@hiepcongnguyen]

Love your video, hope you make more. From Vietnam

[@ECAbrams]

More to come always!

[@roscoesfriend]

I tried following along, but had issues when the tracking prematurely stopped. Then I had to force quit because I hadn't sufficient memory on my computer.

[@Tiger_Tisen]

How can I do this if I only have an edited image of the first video-frame? The image I grabbed from my video, is taken from an angle, so it's not "square". It's skewed/distorted. I know it's not the best explanation but I'd really appreciate if anyone can help me. Edit: Solved this by simply, checking the proportions and then skewing the image to the right proportions in Photoshop. Figured I'll edit the comment in case anyone has the same problem.

[@Uncouth]

No matter how I do it, the item I'm trying to apply the export to wont end up on the right place.. I can see the keyframes and a red box, but it's either 1 pixel big or lost in space and time.

[@gamingchannel-gh2wh]

im tryin to place an emoji face over a face i matte out but the emoji face isnt moving with the face i matte out.it just stays still while everything else move..

[@scottcummins3176]

if we had to rotoscope the finger back in, why did we need to mask it out in mocha the first time? Was that just to tell mocha not to worry about that area when it was trying to track the plane?

[@ayushsheth718]

thank you bro thank you

[@kloakovalimonada]

I thought the inlay needs to always be the same dimensions as the whole comp? Not anymore?

[@dawnwest-coast7940]

Thank You !! Your also so Funny! lol

[@user-pu8zv7ko1o]

Hi I have the latest quadro driver version installed Open AE CC 2019's built-in MOCHA Does not show GPU support It crashes while tracking Can provide you Driver version Give me a reference?

[@ECAbrams]

I would recommend making sure you simply have the latest versions of drivers and software. But if troubles continue I recommend contacting mocha support team.

[@Kanjas19]

Thank you very much!

[@ECAbrams]

You're very welcome. Glad it helps.

[@PrinceADHAM]

Awesome tutorial what of somethings that's catches my eye was the crisp of the program interface what the screen you captured this tutorial on ?

[@ECAbrams]

I'm glad it looks good. I'm using ScreenFlow. I switched a while ago and I am very happy I did.

[@PrinceADHAM]

@@ECAbrams i mean the screen resolution and screen brand u r using?

[@ECAbrams]

The tutorial was recorded at 1920 by 1080. I use a Dell U2718Q, but I'm not sure that's on display in the tutorial at all. The monitor doesn't really affect the screen recording of a tutorial.

[@PrinceADHAM]

@@ECAbrams thanks bro but it affected the text and icons are very sharp and crisp that's because the source was 4k res thanks

[@NuMischief]

Following your tut, I tracked my clip in Mocha, then saved and exited before I creating Track Data on the clip in AE. I then selected Corner Pin for my Export Option and then I selected a Solid that I had previous created and put in the timeline for the Comp. When I hit Apply Exports, the Corner Pin effect appears in the Effect Controls window for the Solid and it also appears to show that data was transferred, however there are no visible key frames in the layer. I tried moving the layer to see if they we outside the visible area and nada. Any advise?

[@FascistTrex]

Same problem

[@FascistTrex]

I kinda of fixed it by selecting corner pin (enable for motion blur)

[@Nildtz]

cool finger, nice

[@EverlastingEclipses]

can you still use mocha without square shape presence? like curvature or just want to track certain point like finger point for example

[@ECAbrams]

you can make splines of any shape. Geometric. Organic. Anything. But it's not really for points. It tracks areas and textures in patches. So if you have a point you want to track you would need to draw a spine patch that encompasses that point. That's the main difference between point and planar tracking.

[@danielsaltarin156]

hey great video!, I'm not very experienced with after effects so I got a lil bit lost with the screen. Is it just a normal chessboard pic?

[@ECAbrams]

It's actually simpler than that. You can generate a checker pattern with the "checkerboard" effect on any layer you like.

[@AgentHairspray]

THANK YOU! Every other tutorial I watched on this was utter garbage

[@ECAbrams]

Well, I can't promise there isn't a lot of garbage on this channel. But I try to keep them all good.

[@godfreyosese7717]

followed the tutorial exactly right, but still different. Using trial version. Thank you*

[@ECAbrams]

Where did you run into trouble?

[@anukhanal1744]

Sir in classic mode of mocha you get U in right hand side what is it called?

[@natthakritsutthanee8607]

thanks

[@Fredo_Viola]

First of all, LOVE your tutorials so much! Thanks for the years of creative information! I’m having a lot of trouble trying to track a record after I drop it. I basically enter the frame holding a white record jacket and then drop it about 3 inches to a chromakey green table top. Every time I drop it goes wonky! Is there a way to correct it as it goes along? If I make corrections it seems to throw off everything prior.

[@ECAbrams]

Interesting. Is there significant motion blur in the footage? Or perhaps a lack of texture in the subject?

[@Fredo_Viola]

No, actually I shot with a very fast frame rate to ensure less motion blur. I just had a chat with a designer friend who believes it’s due to the fact that the record is white, and you can see the shadows of my hands on the cover. His suggestion was fir me to reshoot with a pattern, rather than blank white. Do you think that could be the problem?

[@Fredo_Viola]

Oh, and FYI, it’s 4K footage shot with my Sony A7Siii, transcoded first into 422hq, but then I tried h264 as well.. same outcome.

[@ECAbrams]

@@Fredo_Viola The issue is always texture. So, if it's h264, 422, lossless, whatever, it doesn't substantively change the content. Mocha needs patches of predictable texture to attach to. So if the record is effectively textureless, or the only dominant feature on it is your hand or shadows caused by your hand, which will move in relation to the actual thing you want to track, those should be removed from the calculation. You might try actually excluding those things with masks to see if you can get mocha to only consider the record surface that is unchanged. A little like how we want to remove foreground occlusions when tracking background objects.

[@Fredo_Viola]

I tried including the shadows and it didn’t make a difference, so I just drew many crossed lines along the top third of the album, where the hand shadows aren’t showing up, and reshot. Would that be enough if a pattern for Mocha to latch into?

[@Shrabzus-Beatmaker]

Jeff Goldblum making AE tutorials in his free time.

[@ECAbrams]

Now, this is a celebrity sound-a-like I am in to. Usually, people think I'm Candian stoner, Seth Rogan. I will gladly take a Jeff Goldblum comparison any day.

[@KINGNEF]

More Mocha Tutorials please

[@ECAbrams]

I think I can make that happen. We'll be getting deeper into Roto and Tracking, adjusting tracks, complex roto like hands and faces, all the good stuff!

[@KINGNEF]

@@ECAbrams Sounds great

[@kadencrabtree7273]

Just simply put the code, it works! thanks!

[@nonamedpleb]

I have mocha ae in my after effects but it doesn't show up in the effects and preset search. (and you can apply it as an effect) The way to launch it is through selecting the clip and Animation --> Track in mocha AE How can I get this mocha AE that can be applied as an effect? Is this just a MAC exclusive? (i use windows)

[@ECAbrams]

Which version of Ae do you have installed?

[@AIphaPanther]

@@ECAbrams i have same thing. ae 2017 CC

[@zcw._.]

Quick question, if I got a multi objects that I need to track in one video, do I need to keep duplicate the footage with the mocha effects or I can just duplicate the effect on the same video???

[@ECAbrams]

I would just make multiple tracks inside mocha and push the date to multiple nulls or mattes in Ae.

[@AbdullahYazbahar]

Background Song is so chill at the beginning. Can you type the name of it?

[@rakksen8767]

HI~~ l`m beginner. l want to ask how to replace more the screen with mocha......Thank uuuuuu

[@ECAbrams]

Hello. You would like to replace a different kind of screen? We'll definitely get into screen replace specifically in a future tutorial!

[@newchannel416]

I can't create an image mask.everytime I press apply matte the mask dissapears.i can only see and move the shape of IT.HELP.I AM USING Premiere and mocha.it works with video but not with photos.

[@FascistTrex]

Standard ae tracker is kinda shit. Luckily we have this awesome plugin included. Awesome tutorial btw

[@FPSZeb]

it is

[@bondell1840]

how do you create those shadow ?

[@mad1730]

nice and easy

[@ECAbrams]

And getting easier with every release.

[@nugraheart]

I want to ask, if I mask the mouth area, can the masking area follow the motion of the lips?

[@ECAbrams]

I think, and i may be wrong, but I think there have been updates to use something called a tracking mesh. I'll have to do an update soon I think.

[@alyssahamilton8979]

I do exactly the same thing and with the first click on the tracking button I get an error that says the layer was terminated and the layers weren't tracked properly. Ive never used this before but I don't know what to do

[@ECAbrams]

Sounds like something is off about your footage. What exactly are you tracking?

[@alyssahamilton8979]

@@ECAbrams I did a project where I redesigned US currency, so I am trying to show an exchange of bills. I downloaded free footage. it was a pretty simple movement

[@designjorge]

I applied the tracking data to 1 layer and it worked perfectly but the other one not... It's coming in a different angle.. How can I fix this?

[@ECAbrams]

I would apply the data to a null and parent the target layer to that null so you can manipulate the target independent of the data.

[@metalvinnyofficial]

Trying to track an image to a phone screen in a stock video and the tracking data keeps squashing (it's squish about 75% vertically) the .png image I made in PS specifically for this purpose. Will keep plunking away but damn, Mocha and AE have so many unsaid rules and tricks that absolutely crush attempts at trying to better understand the programs. I'm no novice, but no expert, and sometimes I just want to throw my computer into a river.

[@metalvinnyofficial]

Alright, I figured out a way to work around this. I realized the video source is 4k set at 50% in a 1080p comp, so I precomped that, and then I created a new solid and used that to apply the tracking data, then parented my photoshopped .png to the solid and BAM. DONE.

[@saikrishna-ml8ep]

hey how do u do copy paste....

[@tzur09]

I sorry but i cant find your project file @ECA... I cant find it even when i looked in the link you put in the description ...

[@ECAbrams]

I'll have to find the time to fix the website. I can't promise it'll be any time soon though.

[@guiancarlo]

Dude, you're funny AF. Thank you! 😂

[@rowbygoren1830]

This is excellent! ...Thanks! ...Rwwby.

[@baldobencosme]

It really is

[@adrianbayona6817]

I need to set the size of the screen replacement the real size of the screen? like it is a MacBook pro 13 inches screen need to know the sizes?

[@ECAbrams]

Having the right Ratio, is more important than the right size. If you're replacing a 16:9 screen but you create a 4:3 comp to go in there, using something like a 4 corner pin effect to fit the fake graphic in is going to get stretched out results.

[@adrianbayona6817]

@@ECAbrams cool im doing the tracking but the angle of the perspective change and my shot is super simple i dont know how to fix that, i wish i can show you :(

[@satranjkashaukiya7289]

what's your pc specification very smooth workflow

[@Starius2]

Don't i Get mocha pro with my adobe sub?? Cause I get all the suites with my sub.

[@ECAbrams]

We get Mocha AE CC, which is a 3rd party plugin from Boris Fx. The Pro version has more robust features. So, we get some basic mocha bundled with creative cloud and just have to pay a little to get the upgraded version.