export tracking data from mocha to after effects

Unfortunately, it has happened fairly often that I found myself away from home, wanting to use Mocha on my laptop only to find that I forgot to deactiavte it on my home computer. I have to be physically at the machine that has the active license to deactivate it. Secondly, there is currently no way to deactivate the license remotely like I can for the Adobe Creative Cloud. The plugin provides you with the same Export capabilities as the standalone version and so it is no problem to export the tracking data and import it into Adobe After Effects to integrate 3D elements realistically into your shot. 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 will pin the text layer to the corners of the motion tracking shape.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. 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.

Export tracking data from mocha to after effects