Resources for mocha for After Effects (mocha-AE)

After Effects includes Imagineer Systems mocha for After Effects (mocha-AE), a stand-alone application that can export tracking data for use in compositions in After Effects. For many tracking tasks, mocha for After Effects provides superior results with greater convenience than do the native After Effects tracking features. For more information, see the mocha for After Effects documentation, which is available from the Help menu in the mocha for After Effects application.

Important: The free trial version of Adobe After Effects software does not include some features that depend upon software licensed from parties other than Adobe. For example, mocha for After Effects, some effect plug-ins, and some codecs for encoding MPEG formats are available only with the full version of Adobe After Effects software. (See Installation, activation, and registration.)

The Imagineer website provides several video tutorials and other resources for learning to use mocha for After Effects with After Effects.

David Torno provides extensive video tutorials that show how to use mocha-AE as part of a workflow to replace one face with another in a movie. Todd Kopriva provides links and details on his After Effects Region of Interest blog.

Mathias Möhl provides the MochaImport script and a set of related tutorials on his AExtensions website. MochaImport automates common parts of the workflow of using mocha-AE with After Effects.

Jeff Foster provides tips and tutorials about mocha for After Effects on his Pixel Painter website.

Jeff Foster provides a tutorial on the ProVideo Coalition website that demonstrates the use of mocha for After Effects to replace a sign on the side of a moving truck in a shaky video clip.