Beldon Wolson shows how to use Mocha AE and the Mocha Shape plugin for After Effects to track and rotoscope an object in some footage. Mocha AE is a great tool for this, however if you are doing ANY type of visual effects work, Mocha Pro is almost essential… It has effectively solved a lot of the difficult and tedious tasks of visual effects work to the point that if you are doing any type of Roto work in After Effects, look around you – it may be 1996! Check out Mocha Pro for features and uses in visual effect work here.

Lake Keene writes: This demonstration shows how to utilize Mocha AE and the Mocha Shape plugin to quickly track and rotoscope an object. Mocha AE data is then passed to the Mocha Shape plugin in After Effects and used as track matte.