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.

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@marz5315]

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!

[@MDMZ]

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

[@SlaterMGFX]

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

[@TheDavidTurk]

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

[@Gamooch]

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

[@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

[@muhammadraihansyah]

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

[@Charlie_Alpha_Lima]

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

[@KOTSOS5]

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

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

Thank you :)

[@manyourcoolchris]

Incredible tutorial! Thank you so much.

[@geiselmotta2122]

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

[@markcrowner5648]

This was terrific, thank you!

[@aa-vr8li]

Thanks for sharing. Great content as,always

[@koosh3d]

Excellent, succinct and to the point, well done.

[@providenceproductions6548]

Yes! Thank you!

[@codeKwart]

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

[@joanapinto4420]

awesome tutorial thank you so much!

[@cal8370]

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

[@angiemon897]

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

[@daverizz]

Great as always.

[@alhassant9204]

Dude drops knowledge and project files! Legend!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You know how we do.

[@alhassant9204]

@@LearnHowToEditStuff Respect bro. Appreciate the skills transfer

[@sonichallbartender]

Worked a charm. Thanks. Subbed.

[@alatihafiz6295]

This really helped thanks a lot!

[@iamjeroc.z2658]

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

[@felixmk1715]

Fantastic info man, thanks

[@Ara4realplays]

Thanks man!!

[@tlauncheronline4739]

Everything works perfectly

[@sufiyaanmemon2799]

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

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

[@prashantedit3095]

Thank you so much 😊

[@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.

[@TarikBelasri]

You're the best, bro! 👌

[@granodoro3226]

great tuto thanks you ...

[@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?

[@hermilsonsenachagas6798]

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!

[@mikelowther]

Thanks man!

[@viswanath3130]

Man nice

[@ashimboruah4206]

Super stuff.. 👌👌

[@tiagos5804]

Good tutorial. Tks

[@brunasouza9535]

So perfect

[@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"

[@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?

[@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!!!

[@RonenTokayer]

Nice!! :)

[@v.ugurkoksal2810]

Bro you are GOAT

[@maxdeniel]

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

[@naveenjosephjose2532]

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

[@highmagiclowlife]

not really..

[@luisvinicius2347]

Awesome

[@ExploreGreeceTV]

pro as always

[@mateusluiz9685]

Best Author

[@OW3NxX]

thank you

[@AnimatedNico]

What. A. Life. Saver. 👏👏👏

[@A_A78]

thank you very much

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

You are very welcome

[@mattflynn1876]

Great video!

[@mattflynn1876]

Just Subbed.

[@tunjibello1460]

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

[@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

[@studiowe9409]

Good video

[@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).

[@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?

[@krupo]

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

[@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?

[@kjbrothertv4450]

I love your project

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

My project loves you back

[@kjbrothertv4450]

@@LearnHowToEditStuff yes sir you are great

[@sbaaaa76]

this guy can be a good school teacher 😂

[@kochiken]

hi man nice

[@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.

[@billycrowe4501]

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

[@contwardowski]

LOve you Bro

[@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?

[@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

[@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?

[@diversityunityharmony]

Great video! He looks stoned af! I appreciate it very much =) thanks!

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

LOL i just had a baby so I'm a bit sleep deprived

[@diversityunityharmony]

Haha! Awww congrats!

[@educoldplayts13]

Hey Notian, plz make a tutorial based on Coldplay's clip Lovers In Japan? There are some really amazing in this clip.

[@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

[@iphone27]

Thanks man, saved my ass for a commercial!

[@ChoppedAndScrewedMusic]

@3:06 "SET-MASTER FOR CORNER PIN DATA IS NOT AN OPTION, I FOLLOWED ALL STEPS" - ALL IT SAYS IS: "Set Primary All"

[@jamieandrei]

I'm 60 secs in & fully sick bro pumped man! Let's do this! :( No has Mocha... hang on.. free in AE! :) Yay!

[@jamieandrei]

Ok.. soo boo.. tracking etc all set BUT the Corner Pin Comp doesn't cover the phone.. it tracks / moves with the phone BUT is way off.. I have to scale down & use the anchor point to get in any where close.. :(

[@jamieandrei]

Ok so.. problem solved.. doesn't quite work when working with scaled footage.. my guess is that you need to work in native resolution NOT 4K scaled down to 1920x1080 for example.. this has been an adventure..

[@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

[@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

[@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???

[@WamyFeed]

5:50 nice advice

[@TheLuxuryLevel]

How do you add scrolling text, pics?

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@Lucianomusit]

Where did u get the fast Box blur?

[@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.

[@sharanjitkaur4737]

💜

[@josiah4335]

Every after effects tutorial on earth actually starts about 2 minutes in

[@siisiiteam4521]

bro how do you make dolly zoom in this video I liked it plz make a tutorial

[@LearnHowToEditStuff]

I did already ;) smooth zoom tutorial I did like 2 months ago

[@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