![]() Read the footnote for an explanation of equirectangular, a fancy word that you need to know if you’re working in VR. Now it’s possible to create a single track to follow objects as they travel around the camera. Also, I’ve used Mocha to track objects in 360 before the addition of an equirectangular* camera and it was super-complicated because I had to splice together a whole bunch of tracks to compensate for the 360 camera distortion. In the past, I forced previous versions of Mocha to work with 360 footage before the VR version, but since Mocha added its VR-specific features, stabilizing a 360-camera became cake compared to the kludgy way it works with the industry standard After Effects 360 plugin, Skybox. Now this year, the post tools for working with VR are catching up. ![]() The thing is there really weren’t many tools specifically designed to work with 360 video. It was a crazy push to be the first to make something and I rode the wave all year. Last year was the year of VR, when all my clients wanted to do something with VR. However, if you are working with VR footage, you won’t have to bend over backwards to keep using Mocha. ![]() How does Mocha VR compare to Mocha Pro? If you’re not doing VR, stick with Mocha Pro. In my experience, all the features of Mocha run more smoothly in the standalone than when they’re launched and run inside of After Effects.** Maybe I’m old school, or maybe I just try to get the maximum performance from my workstation, but I always choose to run Mocha VR by itself and only open After Effects when I’m ready to export. Limited-feature versions of Mocha (Mocha AE and Mocha HitFilm) come installed with the Creative Cloud versions of After Effects and HitFilm 4 Pro, and every update of these plugins is getting closer to looking like a full version of Mocha running inside of the effects panel. There are plugins for Maxon Cinema 4D, The Foundry’s Nuke, HitFilm, and After Effects that allow you to do more with the Mocha data within your chosen 3D or compositing program. Mocha Pro, and Mocha VR are all standalone programs where you work entirely within the Mocha environment and then export your tracks, shapes or renders to another program to do the rest of the compositing work. ![]() If you’re using Mettle Skybox, you need to check out Mocha VR, the VR-enhanced edition of Mocha Pro. ![]() If you’re using Adobe After Effects to do compositing and you’re not using Mocha, then you’re holding yourself back. ![]()
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