Mocha Pro: Tracking Techniques for Occlusions & Reflections

If you are struggling with a difficult motion tracking shot, this Mocha training video is a great resource. Reflective surfaces and foreground objects can make trackers fail. In this tutorial, Boris FX product specialist, Elizabeth Postol covers useful tracking techniques to help improve your planar tracking IQ.
Tips to avoid reflections and occlusions are relevant for all versions of Mocha -- including Mocha Pro, Mocha AE, and the Mocha included inside Sapphire and Continuum filters.
0:28 - Add X-Spline tool
3:35 - Subtraction layer masks & layer order
5:30 - Track coplanar tip
6:38 - Reflections& Shadows. How to track?
8:10 - Preprocessing in Mocha Pro track tab
9:20 -AdjustTrack module
11:00 - Compositing breakdown
Learn More about Mocha Pro: bit.ly/3G1MmrF

[@HDVideoPixel]

Excellente tutorial Elizabeth! You keep the Mocha specialist tradition to amaze us. All the best!

[@RFVisionary]

Very clearly explained, especially the subtleties to pay attention to. Very helpful tutorial. My complimnet! And: thx!!

[@BorisFXco]

Thank you very much. Much appreciated.

[@techgeek976]

awesome elizabeth . i love you and your way of explaining . please make more tutorials . i will be the first one to see your tutorials

[@BorisFXco]

Thank you so much!

[@musicandhappinessbyjo795]

That last video was really mind blowing never knew there were so many things that was possible with mocha.

[@BorisFXco]

It's a really flexible program and what our users do with Mocha export data stuns us a lot of times too.

[@VieiraVFX]

What a nice tutorial. Thanks!

[@BorisFXco]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@madlookzvfx]

Wow! Very nice tutorial!

[@BorisFXco]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@grundvater]

Richtig gutes Tutorial. Klasse!

[@BorisFXco]

Thank you!

[@tarikkodokuna6570]

Excellent

[@ronydey2696]

Great and effective topics

[@BorisFXco]

Glad you liked the video. Thank you as always.

[@Sormad]

Thx - good tutorial.

[@BorisFXco]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.

[@user-hs4sc8ds9q]

Какие же вы потрясающие

[@BorisFXco]

Thanks!

[@NitroFlix]

quality content 👍

[@BorisFXco]

Thanks so much!

[@andyspofficial6160]

Genius❤❤

[@bryanlopezz]

Good tutorial! 😃

[@BorisFXco]

I'm glad you found it useful.

[@slava_gost]

Cool stuff as always. Thanks! The only thing lacking is masking and tracking the hands of the girls.

[@MiteshBhanushali_designer]

It looks so easy in the tutorial 😅...

[@BorisFXco]

Thanks. It take a bit of practice to get to know where problems could be but it should be easy after that.

[@Robylaville]

🎊 wow 😊

[@SanjayRaj-px3oi]

Super

[@BorisFXco]

Thanks a lot for watching and leaving a comment.

[@facu_eze_peralta]

This is so good! Where i can start from sratch? Do you have any tutorials?

[@BorisFXco]

Here's a full free Mocha course for people starting from scratch : borisfx.com/free-training/mocha-essentials/

[@facu_eze_peralta]

@@BorisFXco Thank you so much ♥

[@SemihSuda]

I always have trouble with cleaning " tracking markers ". If you show how to clean properly i'll really happy.

[@BorisFXco]

This sounds like a great topic for a new tutorial.

[@MrGlennbrath]

Hi, can you elaborate a little bit more on how to delete the tracking marks??

[@BorisFXco]

This is a good idea for a new tutorial. I have added it to the list.

[@shubhamsharma8196]

You can give me this last footage for practice please

[@BorisFXco]

Sorry, we cannot distribute copyrighted stock footage.

[@SR_PRODUCTIONS]

I've watched all of your tracking video and camera solve videos. I cannot get a 95+ accuracy solve. Ive even tried to track and solve very obvious planes. squares shapes with no obstructions and it still will only solve at 75-90 percent.

[@BorisFXco]

The most common issue is making your shape too big. Unlike regular planar tracks, the Camera Solver works best with shapes that don't take in too much depth in the plane. Remember also that the solve accuracy is only an estimate. If your export looks good back in the host application, then it's good. My first advice though would be to make your tracked shapes not track too much depth each. Better several small shapes than a single big, deep one.

[@bloodthirsty13371]

Im using mocha in 5 years, and i don't understand what do you mean...

[@BorisFXco]

Which bit do you mean? There were a few situations covered here.

[@MindfulMeditations1]

Great tutorial but Plz speak little bit slowly....Thank you❤

[@AliTKhan]

They never show you how to do the tricky work flows LOL

[@BorisFXco]

What do you want to know? We've probably for a video for it. We did several hours on wire removal, we're not scared of tricky workflows 😆

[@raosam]

Why do all the youtube trainers have to always RACE THROUGH the tutorrials ? They need to rememberr that people who watch are beginners and not experts!!

[@BorisFXco]

Check out the free Mocha Essentials course : borisfx.com/free-training/mocha-essentials/ Unrushed and starts from the basics and builds from there. If you have used Mocha before, start on Exercise 3. Otherwise go to the beginning and take a leisurely stroll into becoming a Mocha expert.

[@GoldenTeeTV]

how did she get the logo to work perfectly at the end. she skipped the most important part.. again. the essentials are 3 years old and do not cover the features in the current 24 version. any upodated ones? tjhe paid ones seem supe old as well