Motion Tracking/Match Moving (152 Tutorials)

Adding Weapons and VFX to a Fight Scene

May 4, 2015

Inserting Blood Hits, Muzzle Flash and Wound Effects into a fight scene in FCP X using Coremelt TrackX powered by mocha. Plus free blood and muzzle flash elements from FXElements.

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Tracking Masks: comparing Adobe’s Mask Tracker and mocha AE CC

January 29, 2015

Adobe Creative Cloud has a tool called “Mask Tracker” the is found in both Premiere Pro CC 2014 and After Effects CC 2014, that can be used to easily create masks. After effects also has “mocha AE CC”, a dedicated planar tracker that is similar to Mask Tracker, but also allows keyframe control, and has advanced features for dealing with some of the more difficult masking or tracking situations.

Mary Poplin, from Imagineer Systems, shows you the similarities and differences between the “Mask Tracker” and the bundled “mocha AE CC.” Knowing which tool to use in which situation can help you save time and be more creative.

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Re-creating the Lost Smoke Monster

December 19, 2014

In this Episode of Red Giant TV, Filmmaker/Motion Graphics artist Seth Worley will show you how to re-create the look of the Lost Smoke monster. Covered: Compositing, Masking, 3D tracking, Color Correction and some really cool Trapcode Particular techniques.

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Using Masks and Tracking in Adobe Premiere Pro CC

November 4, 2014

Learn how to add a mask or track a moving object within Premiere Pro. No other software needed.

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Cyriak’s Halloween Costume

October 21, 2014

Learn to create an effect inspired by Cyriak, where a creepy hand-crab monster projects from a person’s mouth. This effect is very involved, with lots of rotoscoping, tracking and hand animation. It's not for the feint of heart, but you will learn a ton.

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Head replacement with mocha and Adobe After Effects

October 21, 2014

Learn how to design, shoot and composite a head replacement shot. Think “Headless Horseman.” This is a fast paced tutorial design for advances users of mocha and After Effects.

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Mask Tracking and Color Grading in Adobe CC 2014

July 25, 2014

In this episode of Red Giant TV, director Stu Maschwitz will show you how to use Creative cloud 2014’s mask tracking tools to color grade with Colorista II and Magic Bullet Looks 2.5.

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In Depth: Skin Retouching and Digital Makeup, Part 1

July 25, 2014

Do you need to make some small fixes to the skin of your actor, like fixing a blemish or blotchiness? Here’s part 1 of a 2 part series on Skin Retouching and Digital Makeup to get you started!

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3D CAMERATRACKER Plug-in Tutorial by The Pixel Lab

June 10, 2014

Joren from The Pixel Lab shows the workflow of working with footage tracked with The Foundry’s CAMERATRACKER in After Effects and then bringing that footage into MAXON CINEMA 4D.

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MochaImport+ for NUKE in depth tutorial

May 27, 2014

Mathias Möhl of Mamoworld has a tutorial to get you up to speed fast in MochaImport+ for Nuke.

Table of contents:

Corner Pin+ w. Lens Dist. (at 0:30)
Stabilized View+ (at 7:15)
Tracker+ (at 25:40)
Roto+ & RotoPaint+ (at 27:59)
GridWarp+ (at 31:36)
Transform+ (at 35:02)
Full camera rig+ (at 40:54)
Camera and Geo+ (at 43:56)

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Webinar Replay: MochaImport+ for NUKE webinar with Mathias Möhl

May 22, 2014

This is the replay of the May 15, 2014 presentation by Mathias Möhl of Mamoworld. He gives an overview of mocha Pro & NUKE workflows using the new utility MochaImport+ for NUKE.

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Create a Lizard Man in After Effects Pt. 2

March 25, 2014

Ran Ben Avraham shows us how to create a Lizard Man transformation in After Effects with FreeForm Pro. Ran motion tracks a sequence and then he uses FreeForm Pro to wrap the texture of his choice around the actors face in 3D.

In Part 2 you will learn how to 2D track different parts of the face in Mocha. You'll apply that info to the texture that has been created.

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Create a Lizard Man in After Effects Pt. 1

March 18, 2014

Ran Ben Avraham walks you through turning a human man into a Lizard Man with After Effects and Mettle FreeForm Pro. He motion tracks his footage and wraps the serpentine texture around the actors head with FreeForm Pro.

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