{"id":50699,"date":"2015-01-21T20:00:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-21T20:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=50699"},"modified":"2015-01-21T20:00:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-21T20:00:19","slug":"adobes-mask-tracker-vs-mocha-ae-cc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/adobes-mask-tracker-vs-mocha-ae-cc\/","title":{"rendered":"Adobe\u2019s Mask Tracker vs Mocha AE CC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tracking your video footage? The following video tutorial from Imagineer Systems demonstrates\u00a0when to use Mocha and when to use After Effects.<\/h2>\n

Motion tracking can be an extremely frustrating part of the post production process, especially if your footage is less-than-ideal. However, over the last few years there have been some significant improvements to motion tracking features in the Adobe software, making the entire process much easier.<\/p>\n

One of these new features is\u00a0the Mask Tracker in After Effects. Simply put the mask tracker allows users to draw masks around their object to track only certain objects in your scene. This was a significant improvement over the original two point tracker in After Effects, but it still isn\u2019t perfect. That\u2019s where Mocha AE CC comes into play.<\/p>\n

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Mocha is a third-party program included in the Creative Cloud that can be used to get accurate and consistent tracking. Tracking data in Mocha can be easily integrated with After Effects and Premiere Pro making it a great tool to use alongside an Adobe workflow\u00a0project. However, that\u2019s not to say Mocha is perfect.<\/p>\n

Because Mocha isn\u2019t a native plugin or effect inside of After Effects it takes extra time to import your footage in to Mocha, track, then export that information back into After Effects or Premiere. If time were an unlimited resource this wouldn\u2019t be a problem, but because you are likely on a time crunch you need to know when to use the native trackers built into After Effects and when to use Mocha.<\/p>\n

In the following video we will take a look at this situation and hopefully shed some light on some circumstances where one might be superior to the other. The video covers:<\/p>\n