In a practical sense, I use Mocha for blurring license plates and address numbers. These blurs may have perspective shifts or people walking in front of them that I need to cut out (aka rotoscoping), and Mocha makes these jobs easy. I also use Mocha in conjunction with Continuum and Sapphire when using plugins like BCC Remover, BCC Corner Pin Studio and more. Mocha Pro can lock a track to an object better than most other trackers available.

So why would you need Mocha Pro versus Mocha built into After Effects, Continuum and Sapphire? Mocha Pro offers much more than the standard Mocha or Mocha AE, including GPU-accelerated tracking, GPU-accelerated object removal, in-depth masking with edge-snapping (a huge help), stabilization, camera lens calibration, 3D Camera Solver, stereo 360/VR support and much more. In versions 20.5, there are even more updates that separate the versions. Mocha Pro 2020 has brought the new Mega Plate module, which helps build a literal “clean plate” from your video footage. So if you need to perform a set extension, sky replacement or other VFX technique but need a clean plate of the scene, Mocha Pro’s Mega Plate will stitch one together from video footage automatically.Īnother very helpful update is the Area Brush. The Area Brush helps when making a rough garbage matte around an object and works by painting over the surface you want a matte around and clicking “Quick Mask.” At first I was skeptical, but now I use it 60% of the time. Using automatic edge snapping with the Alt+s shortcut in conjunction with Area Brush will take the rough garbage matte and help tighten it to the points with the greatest contrast. Edge snapping can save you many minutes when fine-tuning a track or roto.

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