How can i track this object with Mocha Pro perfectly ?

[Leopoldo Perizzolo]

When there are no clear features to track, and corners get covered, the only way to track objects is to do it by hand. I tried using the best settings for mocha but there just aren’t enought features to track.
I hence used the built in after effects corner tracker – after going to tracking settings -> stop tracking with less than 95% accuracy so I could do it by hand, knowing that AE would screw up the data if it was left by itself – and manually set position for the two corners that got covered during some frames.

I attach a CC Power Pin effect preset with the data that I tracked for you — please note that I interpreted the footage to precisely 30fps, instead of 29.976: you HAVE to do it as well;
also, since the footage I tracked came from youtube, I had the whole project set to 1280 x 720p, as the footage itself.

To use it, extract it, then import the ffx file inside Documents/Adobe/After Effects _your.version_ /User presets and drop it down there. If you had AE open, close it and restart it.
Once in AE, use the settings I said before and then search for the effect “11848_powerpintracked” in the effects panel, then apply it on a solid.

https://f1.creativecow.net/11848/cc-power-pin-data

P.S.: I don’t really know how you’re going to get anything useful from this footage, since the book is the same color as the shirt of the actor; It’s going to be really difficult even for a rotoscope to get a good matte of the arm. If I was you, I would re-shoot the scene, using a darker book or shirt, or a coloured one. Also, add clearer freatures.

Hope the best,
Leopy

[Roei Tzoref]

1. create on track layer for the paper, use these settings:

2. as the hand become close, add another track layer for the hand. it will default as a track matte because it’s above the 1st track layer

3. when you are done, correct your track using the adjust track module:

here’s the mocha file:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5wyUt17-tu2SlJkUHdoeHpNbWM/view?usp=drivesdk

you can refine it further if you want. there are great resources in the mocha page on vimeo so check it out.

Roei Tzoref
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