Since the module needs to create a virtual camera (and potentially some Null objects), you need to export this complex data and then bring it back into After Effects. The Mocha camera tracker allows you to derive a virtual camera from a real life shot. One of those modules is the ‘Camera Solve’ module. While the Mocha Pro 5 plugin can render a lot of modules directly back into your host software, some modules still require you to export the data the traditional way and import it back into your compositing tool. However, you can convert all your tracked shapes into After Effects masks at the click of a button within the Mocha plugin itself. this is a bit tedious when i want to check my shapes as i work.ġ.I did notice though that, once you have a large amount of shapes, rendering with the Mocha Pro 5 plugin can slow down a fair bit. but when i want to add a new shape, its now starting from the beggining again, whilst my already pasted shapes are set up. at the moment i paste them onto a solid, then have to drag and extend the solid layer for ages until i get the first key frame, then i line it up and im good to go. so im looking for a way to paste my shapes so that they start when the AE comp does. Im sure i can just select the clip inside of mocha and trim it to the correct frames, but its good security to have those frames either side incase i need to extend the project i dont want to have to start from scratch. and it starts from the beggining of the source footage, not the section im actually working on. Now i export shape, paste it onto a solid. I choose animation, track with mocha, and begin creating some roto. I open premier, find a file i want to work on, right click replace with AE comp, then AE opens, cut to the right length. Im working on a short, i have a travel drive with the editors latest cut and all the footage. However i have noticed the mocha shape plugin in the effects tab, applied it, doesnt seem to do much, was hoping to get some light shed on this.Īlso.

Im currently still using the same copy paste workflow in cs6.

Ok, im very familiar with the workflow of Mocha to AE using 5.5

After effects mocha plugin