After Effects Mocha Tracking Tutorial (Mocha AE For Beginners)

Dive into this beginner-friendly After Effects tutorial where we break down the essentials of planar tracking using the powerful Mocha AE plugin by ‪@BorisFXco‬. Whether you're new to tracking or looking to refine your technique, this step-by-step guide will equip you with the skills to track and replace elements seamlessly.

What You'll Learn:
The basics of planar tracking and why it's different (and better) than point tracking.
How to track a surface plane and replace text with custom textures.
How Mocha AE’s layers and splines work to deliver accurate results.
Exporting tracking data to After Effects for a polished final product.

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00:00 Intro
00:47 Plate preparation & Opening up Mocha AE
01:59 Tracking a surface plane
03:45 Orienting planar surface and grid
04:38 Using Insert clip to check on track accuracy
05:17 How Mocha layer & spline works
09:09 Exporting corner pin data to After Effects
09:26 Using the spline layers as Mask
10:32 How to use Holdout Matte
12:20 Exporting transform data to After Effects
13:50 Outro

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