Imagineer Systems has updated Mocha, their popular planar tracking tool. Mocha, which comes in multiple versions, makes it possible to track parts of a scene and then use that information to composite graphics and perform other manipulations to your image. In its Pro version, it’s capable of much more. The basic version of Mocha, Mocha AE, offers 2.5D Planar Tracking and comes bundled with all current releases of After Effects. Mocha Plus is $195 and adds export support for Adobe Premiere, Apple Motion and Boris FX. It also adds the lens distortion solving tool (it lacks the Insert, Remove, Stabilize […]
by Michael Murie on Nov 4, 2014This Sunday is the Oscars, and as is tradition, the really interesting awards – for scientific and technical achievements – were made at an event on February 9. This year Imagineer Systems was presented with an award for their product Mocha, and its underlying Planar Tracking technology. The company was recognized for their “proven record of contributing significant value to the post-production process of making motion pictures.” As a planar tracker – rather than a point tracker – Mocha is able to motion track problematic things such as out of focus footage. Motion blur breaks point trackers, but in Mocha you […]
by Michael Murie on Feb 22, 2013