Screen Tracking, Replacement and Animation in After Effects

In this After Effects tutorial learn how to track footage in Boris FX Mocha for AE (free in After Effects btw), replace the screen, animate it and 3D track it! Additional links below, and If you enjoy my content please consider subscribing and hitting that like button!
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Screen Tracking, Screen Replacement and Screen Animation in Adobe After Effects
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[@mikdesamero5411]

90% of my knowledge in editing came from you man!!! Big up to your content as always!!!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You love to see it :D

[@VincentJaramillo]

I'm going to have to piggyback that and say ditto. I had been keyframing more and more in Premiere and lots of effects experimentation and after finding Notian's channel and watching a few livestreams, not only did he give me a kick in the ass to overcome my intimidation of AE but opened a whole new world of plugins and workflow tools I was oblivious too. I quite literally would not be at my skillset or knowledge base level that I'm at right now without this channel's support and guidance.

[@marslegstrong]

This got me through a major jam, thank you. I had to replace a phone screen, but a previous video was already on the phone! Which meant I had to track the phone, without tracking the moving video baked into it. I struggled for a long time before finding a solution. So for any in that same situation, I made the first spline around the entirety of the phone, exactly like this video, then added a SECOND spline JUST around the moving video on the phone, which then subtracts the baked-in moving video from the overall track, then followed this tutorial and voila. THANK YOU.

[@MattAbraxas]

This is one of the best After Effects / Mocha tutorials ever - it's quick, clear and it frick'n works! How many times do you follow a tutorial only to find that yours didn't come out anywhere near the same as in the video. Thank you!

[@Rob-fi2pe]

Dudeee. I didn’t have a plan to use this type of effect, but now seeing that’s it’s possible, I can think of a few ways I can use it. You’re the best. Thank you, as always!

[@philrobichaud3063]

OMG thanks so much! Been trying to figure out the Mocha tool for 2 days now and your tutorial is the first that actually works the way it says it does!

[@BFun]

I do really appreciate all of your tutorials, so thanks for that. If I did have one minor complaint, it would be that for some of us (old dinosaur post guys) you go through them so fast! I find that I have to keep stopping and going back over and over and over..... Not the worst problem to have in the world, but sometimes it causes me to tap out early. But please, don't let that stop you from doing the amazing job that you're doing! You've managed to teach this old dog, plenty of new tricks and for that I'm very grateful!

[@demonovationable]

Jesus Christ, this. At least give me some highlights or something where you're clicking.

[@HeavenKeller]

I totally feel you! The only solution I have to this is putting the video on 0.25x speed or 0.50. Helps some

[@marz-95]

By far the most helpful and straight to the point video I've found on this topic. Thank you so much!

[@firetribe2898]

It had been awhile since we needed to do this kind of screen replace, and our main mograph guy was out. This video saved the day, thank you!

[@TheDavidTurk]

this was awesome!! Thank you for this!! quick, easy and I learned to use Mocha vs AE Tracker!! Thank you and much love!

[@SlaterMGFX]

Perfect timing for the video. Thank you.. As always...Perfect!

[@Gamooch]

Thank you for this tutorial that actually works! Loved how quickly you went through it too

[@MDMZ]

This is amazing, best and easiest tracking tutorial out there, THANKS!

[@lukesuperflyjones]

I literally was just about to type in how to set up screen and tracking in After Effects and THEN THIS video SHOWED on my feed. AMAZING!!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You love to see it.

[@omime6293]

Most under rated KZbinr ❤ you deserve more

[@Charlie_Alpha_Lima]

Very very very nice sir! You get straight to the point. No mucking about!

[@manyourcoolchris]

Incredible tutorial! Thank you so much.

[@CandiceIrvine]

I think an important step to this is before you track in mocha, make sure you scrub to the beginning of your video clip!

[@geiselmotta2122]

It Worked perfectly after trying other methods this one was the best one, Thanks.

[@kakashin888888]

Great video. I am new to After Effect Green screen tracking, if there is a hand on top of the screen, for example, will the same step works? Or there is additional keying needs to be done?

[@chrispeacock441]

My layout is different when I go to adjust track. The "set master all" is no where to be found.

[@CloudGamingTheOriginal]

It is probably "Set Primary All" for you.

[@m.dimasaryaputra1853]

choose the classic section on the adjust track and click "Set Primary All"

[@codeKwart]

Thank you so much!!! It did work and took less than 5 minutes!

[@pierogi210]

I love this tutorial and because of it, got you a subscriber. Quick question. Can you do a quick video on how to go back to your mocha tracking, make a slight adjustment to the blue line section and save it out again back into your main video file?

[@aa-vr8li]

Thanks for sharing. Great content as,always

[@muhammadraihansyah]

many thanks, bro. you're tutorial really help me to become a better editor

[@AirJourdanFPV]

Do you have a tut on how to use Red Giant or Mocha to track subjects to stay center frame? I have some fast car fpv footage and sometimes the cars move out of center frame (due to my piloting or circumstances with the car on the race track).

[@markcrowner5648]

This was terrific, thank you!

[@soyjimmyflores]

Question, say I have a cylindrical object (like a vase) with a rectangular chroma-sticker that wraps halfway around. And I record a video panning from left to right. Will this same technique work for that scenario, where the chroma surface isn't perfectly flat but curved?

[@KOTSOS5]

Ian you are the best, and the way you teach us is the best, greetings from Greece!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Thank you :)

[@billycrowe4501]

What do you do differently if you want to add a screen recording instead of a typed comp?

[@cal8370]

I was trying to find a tut for this and my favorite ch made a video about it awesome!

[@koosh3d]

Excellent, succinct and to the point, well done.

[@angiemon897]

Awesome man!! You've got yourself a new subscriber :)

[@Suroky232]

NIce vid! but it would really help to show us how to edit individual frames when the tracking is off please? Although I have moved the corners on each frame, the tracking and new screen it is still moving when something is moving over the monitor?

[@joanapinto4420]

awesome tutorial thank you so much!

[@BenSchwab]

Thank YOU! Question: When i tried this everything worked great! But, the applied clip does not track/move to stay over my screen in after effects. Any suggestions? It formats to honor the perspective and mask, but does not move with the camera.

[@sonichallbartender]

Worked a charm. Thanks. Subbed.

[@sufiyaanmemon2799]

Protect this man at all costs 🔥 Thank you so much for your awesome tutorials more power to you 👏💪

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[@coreybolden9841]

The was EXTREMELY HELPFUL, so thank you so much for sharing this knowledge with us! I'm just wondering if more than one object can be tracked, and if all you need to do is replicate this process. THANK YOU!!!

[@iamjeroc.z2658]

Thank you so much dude.... Helped me a lot

[@alhassant9204]

Dude drops knowledge and project files! Legend!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You know how we do.

[@alhassant9204]

@@LearnHowToEditStuff Respect bro. Appreciate the skills transfer

[@PMPRODUCT90]

Hello .. thank you very much for your effort and knowledge .. I have a question .. When I export data from Mocha to my comp .. angles and mouvement are tracked perfectly But the comp is positioned far from the actual phone .. I have every time to take the layer and put it on the phone screen manualy Have I make a mistake somewhere ? Thank you

[@alatihafiz6295]

This really helped thanks a lot!

[@thelazycat_]

I followed the steps over and over but I keep having the green screen and not the footage I want on my screen. it is working when I film my phone but not when I film the TV with the green screen on it. Does the intensity/contrast of the color have something to do with it?

[@richardcalcagno6706]

Is the same process with adding a video ? I’m having trouble tracking a video to a moving phone ! I used 3D layer to adjust and key light 1.2 but the video moves off the screen

[@daverizz]

Great as always.

[@felixmk1715]

Fantastic info man, thanks

[@Beathan64]

Great tutorial, thanks! But how to replace green screen having a fingers moving over the phone? How to track tha finger mask i Mocha?

[@AlexanderGregoriou]

What do you do if you have more then 4 corners when applying the master reference frame. I have quite a unique shot that has a slight rotation

[@providenceproductions6548]

Yes! Thank you!

[@maxdeniel]

Hi I'm new in your channel, I will start to watch your videos to learn more about video editing...

[@ThinkerYT]

when i do this nothign shows up but if I choose the phone video then it masks the phone video on the screen lmao wtf

[@tlauncheronline4739]

Everything works perfectly

[@granodoro3226]

great tuto thanks you ...

[@TarikBelasri]

You're the best, bro! 👌

[@bigtizzo]

I did as instructed and it always ends with the phone screen mask being offset to the left. Not sure if it's that your AE version is older???

[@prashantedit3095]

Thank you so much 😊

[@hermilsonsenachagas6798]

Thank you so much!

[@TheLuxuryLevel]

How do you add scrolling text, pics?

[@tiagos5804]

Good tutorial. Tks

[@mateusluiz9685]

Best Author

[@AustinPageofficial]

anyone know what to do if there's a lot of motion in the shot and the green phone screen is showing through the fake tracked screen image once motion blur is enabled?

[@ashimboruah4206]

Super stuff.. 👌👌

[@Megabaron]

Dude I’m gonna be honest you need to be more clear on which composition your on and what settings to use when recreating things. I had to rewind this video like 17 times to figure out what you meant

[@mikelowther]

Thanks man!

[@Ara4realplays]

Thanks man!!

[@Lucianomusit]

Where did u get the fast Box blur?

[@viswanath3130]

Man nice

[@v.ugurkoksal2810]

Bro you are GOAT

[@daveburkley5199]

So "Set Master All" (@ 3:08) must not be in the current version of AE. I assume it has been renamed to "Set Primary All"???

[@CloudGamingTheOriginal]

Yes

[@koooltbr]

When i clicked on "apply export" my pre-made video on corner pin comp became enormous. I can see it is following the motion tracking, but it's very out of scale. I double checked that the resolutions are the same. I don't know what to do :(

[@lordbored2706]

What I did to counter this happening to me was scale down the corner pin comp til it was a reasonable size

[@dianarte83]

I don't know what I did wrong but it doesn't adjust the corner pin composition to the original size, so it applies the motion but the size and placing is off :( Gonna start again and try one more time.

[@RonenTokayer]

Nice!! :)

[@tunjibello1460]

You have to do everything step by step and you will succeed. You must disconnect everything from PC protection. Thank you, Tutorials Buddy

[@naveenjosephjose2532]

You are fantastic, straightforward, no junk and fast. Exactly what people need when they are on a rush

[@highmagiclowlife]

not really..

[@Double_Hierophant]

hi, thanks for tut. Can anyone suggest any idea cuz i have a little problem, i did Mocha tracking fine, but i was replacing footage on PC screen instead of iphone. Then after i impose the image on my PC screen the green light is gushing out from underneath the imposed footage. i can provide ss if needed

[@Double_Hierophant]

becuz it is PC screen , the green(screen) light affects surrounding area quite abit

[@ExploreGreeceTV]

pro as always

[@OW3NxX]

thank you

[@derstaubsauger6894]

Would love to see a tutorial on how to remove those annoying tracking markers that people add to the screens. I find that no matter what I do during the keying phase there's always some of it lingering. Thanks for the great content btw!

[@timothyockhuizen7339]

Easy way would just be to create a solid. Set it to be 1080x1920. Make it green (or any color really). Render out a frame png,jpg,tiff or any image. Save it to your phone. Use it for any mobile screen replacement.

[@bryanschumacker5417]

I don't get this. Everything works until I apply the export to the image comp. It doesn't go where it is supposed to and just goes off the screen and doesnt track to the iPad at all. Something I am doing wrong?

[@brunasouza9535]

So perfect

[@stazzeldskater]

my footage is not stretched but rather squeezed... how can i fix this?

[@AnimatedNico]

What. A. Life. Saver. 👏👏👏

[@izytang]

In my case, I have footage of the phone with track marks and the actor swiping the screen with their thumb. How does the workflow change for that setup? Using the steps in this video, the replaced screen would cover the actor's hand.

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You would then have to rotoscope the actors hand and place it on top of the phone screen replacement

[@cambridgeassessmentfootbal4692]

when i click track forwards it closes mocha and goes back to after effects, any help please?

[@sbaaaa76]

this guy can be a good school teacher 😂

[@cmstudios11]

1,000% GOLD here!

[@mattflynn1876]

Great video!

[@mattflynn1876]

Just Subbed.

[@HowieD1975]

How would you remove lint and dust from a persons clothing in a video? The person is wearing black

[@parvezmosharaf1363]

i want to add another video on the phone screen .. how can i do that can anybody help me please..

[@aytothemm.1035]

my mocha doesnt open up a new app...just applies it in the after effects anyways

[@brandonblair6529]

Does anyone know how to track do this but if the camera zooms out of the footage? Like your looking into a phone screen and pull away, and want to track it after pulling away and the screen becomes smaller etc.

[@CloudGamingTheOriginal]

did you ever get an answer to this?

[@A_A78]

thank you very much

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You are very welcome

[@luisvinicius2347]

Awesome

[@krupo]

You are a f...... freak awesome thx

[@lorawaloski]

For some reason, when I tie the Mocha tracking to my Corner Pin Comp, everything gets offset in a wacky isometric like thing. Each comp looks fine on it's own so I'm pretty baffled at what's going on here. Any insight? I'm more accustomed to doing this in Fusion.

[@cryptoglenn]

You know what irks me, you tubers that dont respond to help questions

[@gorokhovaiana7553]

I have exactly the same problem

[@hi_sonix]

5:33 when I do that my footage is missplaced, why?

[@NouhTaib]

I have a problem.. when i click "apply export".. the comp stay away from mobile screen ??!!! I need to learn this tutorial 😔

[@capturehood]

I was tired looking for help with same problem. I fixed it finally by myself. The Problem is that your Composition Size of the Video is different than the Composition Size of the Corner Pin Comp. It should be the SAME SAME Size ... For example your video is 4K Footage, then you cant do your Corner Pin Comp in 1920x1080.. It should be the SAME as your iphone footage. Hope it helps.

[@kjbrothertv4450]

I love your project

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[@kjbrothertv4450]

@@LearnHowToEditStuff yes sir you are great

[@iphone27]

Thanks man, saved my ass for a commercial!

[@berkezor]

didnt work in 5:27, when I clicked the apply export, the comp2 is gone like a ghost