MochaImport features:

• create corner pin
• create CC power pin
• create AE trackpoints from Mocha track
• stabilize footage
• move layers according to track
• create a precomp in which the footage is stabilized while maintaining the movement in the original composition.

You can download  MochaImport.jsx directly from Mathias Möhl web site.

Visit Imagineer’s Store and get 15% off selected  imagineer systems product. This July Sales runs until July,31st 2009. You can get 15% off from nodelocked products like mocha for After Effects, mocha for Final Cut, mocha shape for After Effects and mocha shape for Final Cut plug-ins. The 15% discount is available in the shop, there is no discount coupon needed.

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Imagineer did introduce mocha shape for Final Cut. To support the launch of mocha shape for Final Cut Imagineer has released updated versions of  mocha,  mocha for After Effects and motor. 

“For years, Final Cut editors have asked for better masking tools to perform tasks such as isolated color correction and the blurring of objects,” said Ross Shain, chief marketing officer for Imagineer Systems. “The new mocha shape FxPlug, combined with mocha shape for Final Cut offers an affordable and easy to learn solution.  Now editors, can quickly track masking shapes to objects, import the XML data and finish their shot within Final Cut rather than another finishing software.”

mocha shape for Final Cut is designed to import rotoscoping shape data exported from mocha into Final Cut, mocha shape for Final Cut enables Final Cut Pro users to easily import multi-layer shape data with variable, per point edge feathering.  This new development significantly saves render time and improves the workflow between Imagineer’s mocha family of desktop VFX products and Final Cut Pro.

Imagineer’s mocha shape FxPlug for Final Cut is supported currently by mocha v1.5, motor v1.5, mocha for Final Cut v2.

mocha shape for Final Cut features:

• import XML roto shape data from Imagineer’s products to Final Cut Pro
• variable per point edge width feathering
• mocha layer names translate to Final Cut
• high quality rendering
• works with Final Cut Pro and Express

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If you want to learn more about mocha shape for Final Cut you jump over to the tutorial that is available on imagineers systems web site where Ben Heusner from Curious Turtle covers mocha for Final Cut and the mocha shape FxPlug to track shapes and import them into Final Cut.

Imagineer published also maintenance releases for some of their products which fixes several bugs and adds support for several new tracking and shape export formats.

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New  mocha 1.5 features:

• After Effects Corner Pin has been changed to provide motion blur on the translation, rotation and scale components when rendered in After Effects.
• Shape data export to mocha shape for After Effects (sold separately) is included.
• Tracking data export to Final Cut Pro and Final Cut Express is included.
• Shape data export to mocha shape for Final Cut (sold separately) is included.

New mocha for Final Cut v2 features:

• free point release for existing owners
• adds mocha shape for Final Cut export
• now supports all ProRes QuickTime formats

New motor v1.5 features:

• free point release for existing owners
• adds mocha shape for Final Cut export
• adds mocha shape for After Effects export
• now supports all ProRes QuickTime formats

New mocha for After Effects v2.0.3 features:

• free point release for existing owners of v2
• now supports all ProRes QuickTime formats

Imagineer recommends that Mac OS X user should save a copy of the license file before installing. When updated mocha I did run into little issues under Windows Vista 64 as well so I recommend to save a copy of the  license file before installing  on Windows and Mac OS X.

Pricing and Availability
mocha shape for Final Cut, mocha for Final Cut v2, mocha v1.5 and motor v1.5 are all available immediately and are priced as follows:

• mocha shape for Final Cut:  $99.00 US
• mocha for Final Cut v2:  $199.00 US
• mocha v1.5 (full version):  $995.00 US
• motor v1.5:  $495.00 US

For more information on these solutions or to place an order, please visit www.imagineersystems.com.

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Video Tutorial: tracking with mocha and After Effects from Ross Shain on Vimeo.

imagineer systems is sponsoring a video screen recording tutorial contest. Participants may submit a video screen recording of any of Imagineer Systems products and the winning participant will receive a full suite of all of Imagineer’s programs!

User must have the rights to use the content of the footage they are using. Video can feature any of the following software applications: mokey, monet, mocha, motor or mocha-AE

Any number of topics can be covered and the more unique the tutorial, the better chances of winning! Some sample ideas for tutorial topics:

1. rotoscoping organic objects with motor
2. logo replacement with monet
3. using clean plates in mokey
4. tracking null layers in After Effects using mocha-AE

Videos must be send to Imagineer no later than August 31th, 2008.

All rules and guidelines can be found here: video screen recording tutorial contest

A new imagineer systems mocha / mocha-AE video tutorial covers advanced techniques:

• Adjust track module
• Obscured track objects
• Offscreen tracking
• Import workflow to After Effects

imagineer systems mocha is a stand alone 2D tracking tool packed with features that make the effects compositors life easier.

imagineer system mocha-AE is custom designed and priced for the After Effects community

Andrew Kramer from videcopilot.net did release another great After Effects Video Tutorial. This time he is guiding you through the creation of smoke on a footage and how to stabilize it. Andrew was inspired by the book Adobe After Effects CS3 Professional Studio Techniques (Author Mark Christiansen) that we at StrongMocha.com recommend as well.  I did buy the book myself some weeks ago and learned a lot from Mark Christiansen’s book, of course not as much I learned from Andrew Video Tutorials or products videcopilot.net sells.

From Andrew’s announcement at videocopilot.net:

“In this new 2-part tutorial you will learn a great method for stabilizing footage in After Effects that smooths the result rather than freezes the tracking center. We will also create smoke flying behind a police car, which is as fun as it sounds.

This one tutorial has many great tips and techniques including, rotoscoping, expressions and matte blending.”

“I’d also like to thank Mark Christiansen for allowing me to demonstrate his stabilize technique in this tutorial. For more information about his great After Effects book” Click the book below

Some day’s earlier the same week videocopilot.net did release another useful Video Tutorial. The After Effects Video Tutorial “Smoke Screen” which teaches you how to use various compositig techniques to create these smoke designs in After Effects.

Please do not forget to support the work Andrew is doing. One great way to support videocopilot.net is to buy their products like Twitch. Twitch is available as a download version, buy Twitch here. Twitch from Videocopilot is a awesome After Effects plug-in. StrongMocha highly recommends this great plug-in.To learn more on Twitch you can read more here:

New Twitch (Vines) Tutorial @ videocopilot.net

Twitch – a “must have” After Effects Plug-in

Twitch After Effects Plug-in promotion video

Alternative you could start to stabilize and/or track footage with monet or mokey both from Imagineer Systems, however these products come with additional costs you may do not want to spend. View the product overview chart to see how Imagineer Systems products compare and what you are missing in your toolbox: Chart

imagineer systems did release a new mocha tutorial made by CMIVFX and Imagineer Systems explaining mocha’s innovative planar tracking in depth.