As in the standard Mocha workflow you can use subtraction layers through the interface to help the mesh tracker work through the occlusions and blur, and keyframe the tracking as well. You can choose a uniform spaced mesh for areas with limited texture, or an automatic mesh that determines mesh placement according to pixels in the image to accommodate more texture with varied mesh segments. The mesh is created as normal using spline tools to define the region to track, and then the planar tracking parameters – translation, rotation, scale, shear and/or perspective – are chosen depending on the object motion. It tracks rigid and non-rigid surfaces that the default tracker hasn’t been able to handle until now. Because it only requires a single pass, it works faster than optical flow based applications.

PowerMesh is a sub-planar tracking process applied on top of Mocha’s regular tracking. PowerMesh tracking can be rendered for a warped stabilise/destabilised compositing workflow that helps track graphics, scars, tattoos, blood and digital makeup into shots in most VFX or editing hosts. Artists can accurately track complex warped surfaces for match moves, rotoscoping, digital retouching and stabilisation. Mocha’s PowerMesh tracking uses a new sub-planar tracking engine. Organic PowerMesh for non-rigid surfaces Sub-Planar Tracking Engine Other interesting changes are Alembic exports, the updated AdjustTrack Module, and the new ability in the standalone version to export Apple ProRes.” “PowerMesh simplifies complex digital makeup and touch-up work, and can also speed up rotoscoping. 'Tracking organic and moving warped surfaces with realistic results is probably the most challenging job a VFX artist can work on,” said Ross Shain, Chief Product Officer, Boris FX. Mocha Pro is supplied either as a plugin for Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer and OFX host applications including Foundry Nuke, Autodesk Flame, Blackmagic Fusion, VEGAS Pro and HitFilm, or as a standalone application. The software supports new workflows using PowerMesh tracking, warped spline and warped stabilisation, built to produce accurate results on time-consuming visual effects work that requires tracking organic moving objects such as musculature, skin and fabrics. Boris FX Mocha Pro 2021 continues to develop digital planar motion tracking for VFX artists, editors and colourists.

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