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What's The Buzz? The BuZZ!

 

Larry Jordan has been working hard. Very hard. And so has his team at Larry Jordan & Associates and the Digital Production BuZZ. For the past 7 years, the Digital Production BuZZ has teamed up with the NAB Show as an offical media partner, and year after year, Larry and his team simply raise the bar.

Every year.

And I know personally, because every year I've worked with his entire crew - booking interviews, pitching them on interview ideas and potential guests. And I know first-hand the work that goes into producing this show.

So I was very happy for them to learn the results of their latests endeavors at NAB 2014. Congratualtions guys! Now get some rest (although I know you won't)!

Check out the news from their latest press release:

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

Larry Jordan’s Digital Production BuZZ Coverage of the 2014 NAB Show Drives Record Growth, Expanded Listenership

 

The BuZZ Reports 230% Increase in Listeners during the 2014 NAB Show, 

and 35% Year-Over-Year Growth; Draws Listeners from 182 Countries Worldwide

 

 

Burbank, CA (May 6 , 2014) – Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc. and the Digital Production BuZZ (www.digitalproductionbuzz.com) are reporting record growth in its worldwide audience, and its most successful year as an Official Media Partner of the 2014 NAB Show. During the month of April 2014, which includes its 2014 NAB Show coverage, the Digital Production BuZZ experienced a 230% jump in listeners, drawing an expanded audience from 182 countries worldwide.

 

The Digital Production BuZZ is also reporting an overall 35% year-over-year growth in its audience. This significant growth is attributed to the caliber of influential and engaging guests and content presented throughout the year, and during major industry conferences such as NAB, BVE, DV Expo and Creatasphere. Additionally, the Digital Production BuZZ has garnered the support of some of the industry’s biggest players, such as Blackmagic Design, Adobe Systems, Moviola, G-Technology, Promise Technology, and Shutterstock.

 

During NAB 2014, the Digital Production BuZZ successfully delivered over 80 live and recorded interviews with the production and post production industry’s most influential players. In addition to its audio broadcasts, the BuZZ delivered video broadcasts of its interviews as a result of its partnership with Moviola.

 

"The 2014 NAB Show was our most ambitious effort to date;" said Larry Jordan, executive producer and host of the Digital Production BuZZ. "We set some lofty goals to showcase the best of NAB to the world, and I’m delighted to say we succeeded. Our team of 30 incredibly talented people worked around the clock to deliver the news from the show. I also need to thank our amazing sponsors; they are the backbone that makes the BuZZ possible. Without their support we would not be able to produce the kind of show that draws thousands of people into our global community week after week."

 

The Digital Production BuZZ has been an Official Media Partner of the NAB Show since 2008 and has brought listeners the hottest news, insights and perspectives from the production and post production community’s most influential players.

 

About the Digital Production BuZZ

Heard in over 182 countries around the world, the Digital Production BuZZ is the industry’s longest-running podcast covering creative content producers and tech news for media production, post-production, marketing and distribution. 

 

New episodes of the weekly Digital Production BuZZ air every Thursday from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PDT. Listen live here or download the program later on iTunes. Listeners can also sign up for the free, weekly BuZZ Newsletter and get a sneak peak of each week’s show by visiting www.digitalproductionbuzz.com.

 

Larry Jordan is the executive producer and host of the Digital Production BuZZ. Larry is a renowned media expert, Apple-certified trainer specializing in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere training, author, and member of the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America. Co-host Michael Horton is also an influential, experienced member of the creative community, and is well known as an actor, film editor and is the co-founder and co-producer of the world-renowned CPUG SuperMeet. Cirina Catania, supervising producer of the BuZZ, is a writer/director/journalist and member of the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America. To schedule an interview on the Digital Production BuZZ, contact Cirina at [email protected]. 

Debbie Price is the Special Events Producer of all the 2014 NAB Show coverage for the Digital Production BuZZ.  She also produces the 2 Reel Guys video webisodes, all live seminars and events, and directs operations at Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc.  

No One Covers NAB Like The Digital Production BuZZ

It's only a few days before we all head to Vegas for the annual gathering. The show we love to complain about, but admittedly, wouldn't miss for the world. Once a year, we all get together at the LVCC to see what unfolds; and to see old friends.

And there's one guy (actually, it's an entire team) who pours more heart and soul into NAB than anyone I know. Larry Jordan.

Larry's been prepping for this NAB....well, since last NAB. And he's put together another amazing show - even bigger and more ambitious than last year.

So if you're going to the show, stop by the booth and listen in and say hi. If you can't make it, you have to tune in!

See you in Vegas!

 

 

NAB 2014 Booth #SL11505

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

Larry Jordan’s Digital Production BuZZ Finalizes NAB 2014 Guest Line-Up

 

Premier News Podcast of NAB 2014 to Feature Over 80 Influential Interviews with Production, Post Production and Filmmaking Who’s-Who

 

Comedic Actor Corey Roberts Joins Larry Jordan as Roving Reporter

 

Burbank, CA (March 31 , 2014) – Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc. and the Digital Production BuZZ (www.digitalproductionbuzz.com) has finalized its industry all-star guest line up for its live audio news podcast of NAB 2014 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. From its booth #SL11505, the Digital Production BuZZ will be delivering live interviews with the production and post production industry’s most influential players. Additionally, the BuZZ will be delivering video broadcasts of its interviews as a result of its partnership with Moviola, announced earlier this month.

 

"The Buzz is bringing its largest team ever to NAB - almost 30 people," said Larry Jordan, executive producer and host of the Digital Production Buzz. "Our industry changes so quickly that it is impossible for one person to see and learn everything. Our goal is to provide a clear understanding of the new products, product trends and industry leaders that our audience can rely on as they make critical business decisions during the upcoming year. In today's changing economic environment, buying the wrong gear at the right time can be disastrous."

 

The Digital Production BuZZ also announced that comedic actor, Corey Roberts, will join Larry as a roving reporter during the conference, adding some comedy relief and outsider’s perspective during the trade show. Corey has most recently appeared commercials for Cricket Mobile and Aamco, as well as the spoof web series CSU: Crime Stoppers Unit, http://blip.tv/csucrimestoppersunit/csu-episode-0-6504703. Look for him later this year in the comedy web series T-WATS Paranormal Investigators.

 

The Digital Production BuZZ has been an Official Media Partner of the NAB since 2008 and has brought listeners the hottest news, insights and perspectives from the production and post production community’s most influential players.

 

The BuZZ: Tuning In

During the course of the show, beginning Monday, April 7 through Thursday, April 9, the Digital Production BuZZ will feature over 80 of the industry’s most influential, innovative and insightful executives, filmmakers and thought leaders. 

 

For the global community of listeners not attending NAB, the Digital Production Buzz offers live audio broadcasts twice each day - beginning at 10:30 a.m. PST and again at 2:00 p.m. EST - plus a recorded hour-long special report each evening. The video segments will post throughout the day; first on the Moviola website, then, later on the BuZZ website and YouTube Channel.

 

All audio segments will be posted to:

NABShowBuzz.com  (shows and interviews)

DigitalProductionBuzz.com (shows and interviews)

iTunes (shows only)

 

 

The BuZZ Line-Up

Some of the companies joining the BuZZ include Avid, Blackmagic Design, Adobe, AJA, Anton Bauer, NewTek, JVC, G-Technology, Red Giant, Rampant Design Tools, Autodesk, Imagineer Systems, Tiffen and GoPro.

 

Larry will also be joined by industry luminaries, who will provide additional commentary, perspectives and insights on NAB. Ryan Connolly of Film Riot, and Kanen Flowers of That Studio are just a few of the personalities joining the show throughout the conference.

 

A full schedule of interviewees will be available on the Digital Production BuZZ site by visiting here: www.nabshowbuzz.com.

 

NAB coverage of the Digital Production BuZZ is made possible by supporting sponsors, including Blackmagic Design and Moviola; and show sponsors Adobe Systems, Inc., G-Technology, Promise Technology, and Shutterstock.

 

About the Digital Production BuZZ

Heard in over 175 countries around the world, the Digital Production BuZZ is the industry’s longest-running podcast covering creative content producers and tech news for media production, post-production, marketing and distribution. 

 

New episodes of the weekly Digital Production BuZZ air every Thursday from 6:00 to 7:00 pm PDT. Listen live here or download the program later on iTunes. Listeners can also sign up for the free, weekly BuZZ Newsletter and get a sneak peak of each week’s show by visiting www.digitalproductionbuzz.com.

 

Larry Jordan is the executive producer and host of the Digital Production BuZZ. Larry is a renowned media expert, Apple-certified trainer specializing in Final Cut Pro and Adobe Premiere training, author, and member of the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America. Co-host Michael Horton is also an influential, experienced member of the creative community, and is well known as an actor, film editor and is the co-founder and co-producer of the world-renowned CPUG SuperMeet. Cirina Catania, supervising producer of the BuZZ, is a writer/director/journalist and member of the Producers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of America. To schedule an interview on the Digital Production BuZZ, contact Cirina at [email protected]. 

Debbie Price is the Special Events Producer of all the NAB 2014 coverage for the Digital Production BuZZ.  She also produces the 2 Reel Guys video webisodes, all live seminars and events, and directs operations at Larry Jordan & Associates, Inc.  To schedule an interview at NAB 2014, contact [email protected]

 

Imagineer Systems at SIGGRAPH 2013

 

Going to SIGGRAPH next week? Imagineer Systems will be there...

 

 

 

Media Contact: 

Kevin M. Bourke, BourkePR

+1.508.259.6018

[email protected] 

 

 

SIGGRAPH 2013 Booth #744

For Immediate Release

 

 

Imagineer Systems Previews Newest Version of mocha Pro,

Academy Award Winning Planar Tracker at SIGGRAPH 2013 

 

Guest Artists from Legend 3D and Master Trainer Steve Wright to Present 

in the Imagineer Systems Booth 

 

GUILDFORD, UK (July 18, 2012) -- Imagineer Systems (www.imagineersystems.com) today announced it will showcase its newest versions of mocha Pro™ in its booth #744 at SIGGRAPH 2013 in Anaheim next week. During the show, Imagineer will be demonstrating mocha Pro v3.2, a new point release that provides much improved international character support and significant features to help artists work more efficiently, including:

 

• Global character & keyboard support: Unicode-enabled, supporting project, footage, layer names and file paths in any language;
• Fixes in licensing deactivation issues related to OS X Mountain Lion;
• Fixes in tracking export issues with interlaced projects for AE and FCP;
• Fixes in stabilized and inverted tracking export;
• 3D Camera exporter now exports nulls with names and accuracy identifiers to both After Effects and FBX for Nuke, C4D;
• Updated mocha 3D track import plug-in for After Effects (v1.1);
• Many more improvements in all areas of the software.

 

Additionally throughout the show, Imagineer Systems will also host guest artists from the visual effects industry who will be showing example of their work. Guests artists include:

 

• Anthony Garcia - Visual Effects Artist, Legend 3D 
• Anthony Dunifer - Visual Effects Artist, Legend 3D 
• Matt Kemper - Visual Effects Artist, Legend 3D

 

The artists from Legend 3D will be demonstrating how they used mocha Pro for challenging shots in the recently released, Man of Steel.

 

Imagineer Systems will also host VFX industry veteran and Telly Award winning master trainer, Steve Wright, who will demonstrate the mocha Pro and NUKE workflow. Steve will present in the Imagineer booth each day of the conference at 2:00 p.m.

 

mocha: Academy Award Winning Technology

In February 2013, Imagineer Systems was honored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences with a Scientific and Technical Award for mocha and its Planar Tracking technology. Imagineer Systems’ Philip McLauchlan, Allan Jaenicke, John-Paul Smith and Ross Shain were selected as a winner for mocha and its underlying Planar Tracking technology. The Company was recognized for their proven record of contributing significant value to the post-production process of making motion pictures.

 

Over the years, Imagineer’s mocha software has gained acclaimed notoriety within Hollywood’s visual effects community for its ability to “motion track” problematic footage such as out of focus and marker-less areas helping enable a technique called ‘digital makeup’ or ‘seamless effects.’ Visual effects artists use planar tracking to magically transform actors and locations without requiring timely makeup sessions and expensive sets, allowing directors to make important creative decisions long after the performance has been captured. Capturing accurate movement is essential and mocha has been involved in some famous digital makeup examples such as the snake-like noseless Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, replacing Mystique’s eyes in X-Men and helping Natalie Portman undergo an amazing transformation in Black Swan. 

About Imagineer Systems 

Imagineer Systems Ltd is the Academy Award winning developer of visual effects solutions for film, video and broadcast post production markets.  Imagineer Systems has made its mark on such marquee Hollywood blockbuster productions as The Hobbit, Black Swan, The Amazing Spiderman, Invictus, and the Harry Potter series. Imagineer’s desktop product line consists of mocha Pro™ - roto, planar tracking, compositing, and removal utility;  mocha AE™ - a planar tracking and roto utility designed for After Effects and Final Cut Pro users.  Imagineer Systems was founded in 2000 and its headquarters is located in Guildford, United Kingdom. For more information visit www.mocha-Pro.com

 

 

 

Tutorial: Aligning Camera for mocha Hitfilm Users

Ryan Connolly of Film Riot talked about Hitfilm Ultimate 2 in his 2012 Filmmakers' Christmas List episode yesterday (awesome episode, btw) and since he spoke so highly of it, I thought it'd be worth sharing this well-done tutorial. It's done by Imagineer's own Martin Brennand and goes into some nice detail.

So if you're a mocha fan, and a Hitfilm Ultimate fan, check this out:

 

 

Quick Shots: Aligning Camera for mocha HitFilm Users. from Imagineer Systems on Vimeo.

mocha Pro: Digital Vampire Breakdown

 

mocha Pro user, Matt Shah, breaks downs this vampire scene using mocha...very cool!

 

Digital Vampire Breakdown from Matthew Shah on Vimeo.

Sounds of Silence...No More

It's been far too long, and this blog has been far too silent.  There's far too much going on to ignore these pages, so I'm back with renewed commitment and plenty to talk about. 

It's good to be back.

Cyber Monday is here - and it's not only impacting the consumer markets. There are plenty of deals to be had in the production/post production market. Just check out Tool Farm for a nice run down of great deals today.

But my good friends at Imagineer are also at it with some pretty amazing deals on mocha Pro - 40% off through the end of today.

Here are some details from the press release:

With discounts of over 40% , Imagineer Systems invites its global community of VFX artists and post production professionals to take advantage of its newest mocha v3.1 family of Planar Tracking solutions.

 

Imagineer’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday sale begins Friday, November 23, 2012 and runs through Monday, November 26, 2012. During this promotional weekend, users can purchase mocha Pro v3.1 upgrades and full versions, or mocha Pro v3.1 Academic Versions at tremendous savings of over 40%. All Black Friday/Cyber Monday licenses are nodelocked only and are limited to one license per customer.

 

For more details on Imagineer Systems 2012 Black Friday/Cyber Monday Holiday Sale, please visit http://www.imagineersystems.com/blackfriday2012/?searchterm=black%20friday.

 

 

VFX Artist, Sasa Jokic on mocha Pro

 

Sasa Jokic, New York City-based editor and VFX artist is a long-time Imagineer Systems customer and fan of mocha. Sasa recently launched a new post production collaborative called MASSIVE Workshop, Inc, and shared with us his background, his experience in post production,  and what inspires him. Sasa also shared some feedback with us on mocha and the new v3 release of mocha Pro.

 

On Sasa Jokic

My name is Sasa Jokic and I am creative video editor and VFX artist based in New York City. Even though I am a classically trained editor (I hold Master of Arts in Film and Video Editing from University of Art in Belgrade), I have always been interested in learning and using new editing and VFX tools.  As a freelancer in New York, it is essential to keep current with all post-production software developments. Because you never know where are you going to get your next job and what tools the new company is using, I have learned to work on all editorial systems, including AVID, Final Cut Pro, Premiere, Media 100, to name a few, as well as most VFX tools on the market. 

 

One of my favorite tools is Imagineer Systems’ mocha. It saved me so much time on so many projects and literally saved my job on some. I came to New York 1996 and did my fair share of work on low budget independent feature and documentary films. About 9 years ago, I decided to focus more on advertising, so I start working with many ad agencies as their on site editor and VFX artist. At the same time I started developing my relationships with the feature film world and working on visual effects for films. 

 

A few months ago I created my new company called MASSIVE Workshop, Inc. We are a collaborative collective of best-in-the-business post production talent - producers, editors, motion designers, VFX and 3D artists. The idea is to provide an ad agency with a full range of post-production services directly and on many operational levels. I am confident that our approach will change the way ad agencies conduct post-production business. That will be MASSIVE’s main orientation, but we will continue to provide superb VFX work to our feature films clients.

 

 

 

On Recent Work

Just last week I finished two commercials for Purina Cat Chow and Tidy Cats. I used mocha on a few shots for Cat Chow, and on all shots for Tidy Cats; shots that needed to be stabilized and tracked because cats were shot separately from actors. Here’s a clip:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxe5xLi2crc

 

mocha on Feature Films

Six months ago I finished VFX work for the feature film “Silent House,” directed by Chris Kentis and Laura Lau, shot by Igor Martinovic and starring Elisabeth Olsen. It premiered in more than 2000 theaters last March in United States, and it is just about to start screening throughout Europe. It was a very interesting project from technical stand point because the whole movie is one continuos shot. As a result, there were many small imperfections which we needed to fix. Sometimes the light would be seen on the celling, or cameraman’s hand would slide into the shot; some shots had unwanted lens flares, or surrounding houses would be seen through the forest, which did not sit well because it is a horror film our hero house needed to be isolated!

So I had to do a lot of object removals and clean ups. Some shots had to stabilized, because everything was shot with a handheld. mocha Pro was an essential tool in my workflow and we used it in every single part of the shot I was working on. There were more than 150 instances where mocha Pro came into play. Footage was dark, shaky and in some cases, had lots of motion blur and noise (it was shot on Canon 5D), but mocha Pro did not have a problem with any of that. Planar Tracking was flawless, and new stabilization module in mocha Pro v3 helped to smooth some parts of the shot and still keep that handheld camera feeling.

 

On the Workflow and Integration with Other Tools

I used After Effects CS5 for compositing, and with Mathias Mohl’s After Effects script mochaImport. It was a great workflow because After Effects was able to import not just mocha tracking data, but mocha shapes as well, which are essential for rotoscoping. mochaImport with option to create stabilized precomp helped me tremendously, especially when I needed to remove many stuck/hot pixels which is a known issue with DSLR cameras.

 

mocha Pro: Solving Problems, Saving Time

I do not think that I would have accepted the offer to work on this project if I did not have mocha Pro at my disposal -- it is hard for me to imagine any other way. Tracking handheld footage, shot in low light conditions where most of the objects we had to work on are coming in and out of the frame, would be impossible without mocha and its Planar Tracker. With so much material to work with and on such tight deadlines, you need to focus on compositing and solving shot problems. So just knowing that you do not need to worry about tracking is absolutely irreplaceable.

 

mocha Pro v3: Workflow Improvements and Integration with CS6

My only challenge with older versions of mocha really came when I was in a big rush, and I did not have much time to export files from After Effects and than import them into mocha. At the time, I thought that was the biggest problem in my mocha - AE workflow. But now with CS6, where you can open a clip directly from After Effects in mocha without first exporting it - well this improvement made mocha 100% perfect. In addition to this, the new mochaImport script also has an option to send clips, including masks, in- and out points from After Effects to mocha – with just one click, so even without CS6, your mocha AE workflow is significantly improved. 

 

I am just about to start work on the movie “Red Knot” directed by Scott Cohen and starring Vincent Kartheiser and Olivia Thirlby.  All these improvements in mocha v3, and additions like 3D camera solving, will streamline my workflow even more and make mocha absolutely one of the most valuable tools in my workflow.

 

Evolve IMG on mocha Pro: Powerful Tools to Tell a Powerful Story

Joel and Jesse Edwards of Evolve IMG talk about the power of mocha Pro to help tell a moving, difficult story.

 

 

 

How mocha Thinks

Imagineer Systems' product specialist, Mary Poplin, posted some very interesting perspectives on the Imagineer blog yesterday. She's well traveled, meets a lot of customers and prospective customers, and what she learns on the road is just as valuable as what she's teaching on the road.

Here's an excerpt:

Every time I meet artists in person, I get these ‘epiphany moments’ from our users - some of whom have been using mocha for years - about how our software works. And what I realized is that many people don’t fully understand how mocha’s Planar Tracker actually thinks. Some don’t quite jive with the spline-to-track relationship, and none of these artists realize that all of these issues can be fixed with a simple visit.

I thought to myself, “how do I get this message out to as many people as possible?” So I decided to make an in-depth tutorial on it with lots of visual aids and clear explanations. And so I am in that process. The tutorial is in the works and being polished as we speak, but I couldn’t hold back anymore and wanted to tide you over with a much needed blog update that covers off some of the common questions I run into and attempts to breakdown some of the answers. So here goes!

Read the entire post here.

Imagineer's mocha Key to 3D Conversion Pipeline for TRIXTER

Since 1998, TRIXTER has been creating outstanding visual effects and digital character animation for feature films, television and commercials. From the early days, TRIXTER established itself as a major player in the field of emotive character animation, both for fully computer generated animated features as well as live-action productions. Over the past few years, TRIXTER has expanded its expertise by branching out into visual effects and has recently accomplished some outstanding work for German and international projects such as Percy Jackson, Lilly The Witch, Iron Man 2, Narnia 3, X-Men: First Class, Journey 2, Captain America and many more.

 

Today, TRIXTER is unique in its ability to provide quality digital production for live action and animated features, in mono or 3D stereo. Whether it be key framed computer generated creatures or motion capture driven performances, matte paintings or FX work, TRIXTER has the experience and talent to deliver work of the highest standards. Its community of innovative digital artists and computer technologists collaborate creatively with filmmakers, helping them to bring their vision from the storyboard to the theater and delight audiences around the globe. TRIXTER has offices in Munich, Berlin, Los Angeles and Toronto.

 

Imagineer Systems’ Ross Shain recently spoke with Michael Habenicht, Compositing TD for TRIXTER, and talked extensively about their innovative and highly acclaimed stereo 3D and visual effects projects from this past year. They also talked about mocha and the role it played in their pipeline.

 

Imagineer: Can you tell us about recent projects TRIXTER has worked on, the challenges you faced and how you overcame them? We understand that you used mocha fairly extensively on many tough projects; what can you tell us about your experiences?

 

Michael: mocha has been used extensively on all projects at TRIXTER this year, ranging from stereo conversion for "Green Lantern" to VFX for "X-Men: First Class," "Captain America: The First Avenger," and "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island." mocha’s Planar Tracker and roto capabilities were heavily relied on for these films!

 

Imagineer: Tell me a little about your pipeline and the other software you use. How does mocha integrate into your workflow? 

 

Michael: We use Nuke for all the compositing here at TRIXTER. mocha integrates really well as it is only a matter of exporting to the clipboard and then pasting directly in Nuke. Also the new features since Nuke 6.2 was released that allows us to export only the keyframes for shapes, instead of having to “bake” every frame, really improves the workflow and speeds things up. So much can be done in mocha that, once we export to Nuke, there’s little back and forth for final adjustments - and that’s another huge time saver!

 

Imagineer: How many shots were tracked with mocha, and how did mocha assist the process? 

 

Michael: Well, I would say nearly every shot gets tracked with mocha at some point in the process - mocha touches everything, especially if a shot requires some cleanup, replacement or roto. It provides excellent results in no time. Simply load your clip, draw the shape, track it, paste it into Nuke. Our artists, some of whom have never used it before, learned it very fast and were instantly impressed by what can be achieved. The ability to add a grid to the tracking gives us very good, fast feedback and perspective about the quality. Also the magnifier that shows the keyframe before and after is an essential aid to good consistent roto.

 

Imagineer: Can you talk about any particular challenges or shots on which mocha was a significant help? Would these shots have been more difficult to achieve in another set of tools? 

 

Michael: On X-Men our task was to replace Mystique's eyes. Without mocha, it wouldn't have been possible in the given time while allowing us to keep to our quality standards. The shots provided several challenges. First we had to track the eyes or the face to get the general movement. mocha's robust algorithm significantly helped with this. It doesn't get distracted easily by small movements and variations in the pattern that differ from the overall movement. So blinks of the eyes were rarely a problem like they used to be when you tried to track a single feature in another software. The first round of tracking helped to roto the eyes and place the new ones. The second round tackled the movement of the pupil. Reproducing all subtle movements of the original performance was key to a successful shot. This way we could preserve all the character's emotions even with her new set of eyes!

 

On Journey 2 (a project in stereo 3D) we had to do a lot of cleanup. An animal that was used on set for filming had to be removed here and there so that a new CG creature could be inserted. mocha was a big help by providing reliable tracks for patches and roto.

 

mocha is an amazing tool that keeps getting better. We’re looking forward to new developments with mocha - features we know will benefit us even more, like a python api. This new feature will help us integrate pipelines and workflows even more effectively. 

 

mocha has truly changed the way we work here at TRIXTER and enables us to tackle the most complex VFX and stereo 3D conversion projects with the confidence that we can deliver flawless results, every time!