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So here's a tutorial of how to use Mocha - in this case, to properly track a wall in a moving shot, and to add some graffiti in post to said wall. I've done most of my motion tracking in After Effects using its native tracking abilities, but Mocha offers more advanced controls. This will pin the text layer to the corners of the motion tracking shape.Mocha is an advanced motion-tracking plugin for Adobe After Effects that is conveniently bundled with AE for free. In this example, use the Corner Pin option. You have a choice of applying the data as a Corner Pin or as Transform data. These dictate how the tracking data is applied and where it is applied to. Back in the plugin, you’ll see two fields for Export Option and Layer Export To. All that’s left is to apply this tracking data to another object.Ĭreate a text layer in your composition. With the tracking data generated, you should now see that the tracking keyframes turn blue in the tracking data list.

A popup box will appear, so make sure the gear icon is toggled for your clip layer and click OK. This time, in the Mocha AE Plugin in Effect Controls you are going to look at the Tracking Data dropdown box.Ĭlick the Create Track Data box to translate your motion tracking into data that can be applied to other objects. Once again, use the X-Spline pen tool to draw around the building and track the motion, closing the Mocha AE plugin when you are content with the track.
