Getting Started with Mocha – 01 – Fundamentals of Planar Tracking

*** Updated for Version 5 and Adobe plug-in workflows. ***

Need to get up-and-running quickly with Mocha? Ben Brownlee, VFX artist and master trainer (Curious Turtle), guides Mocha users through the basics of Mocha’s powerful tools.

This tutorial covers the basic idea, which is fundamental to all aspects of Mocha Pro: Planar Tracking. You will see how to choose your area for tracking and what makes a suitable shape.

00:43 / Creating our first shape for tracking

02:44 / Understanding concepts of planar tracking and co-planar objects

04:14 / A brief overview of the user-interface when creating and managing layers

09:43 / The separation between shape data and tracking data

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