Getting Started with Mocha – 12 – Camera Solve – Pan Tilt Zoom

March 9, 2017


*** Updated for Version 5 and Adobe plug-in workflows. ***

Need to get up-and-running quickly with Mocha? Ben Brownlee, VFX artist and master trainer (Curious Turtle), guides Mocha users through the basics of Mocha’s powerful tools.

This tutorial for Mocha Pro focuses on creating a 3D Camera Solve using the planar tracker. We look at the pitfalls of tracking for longer panning shots and how to get the right result.

00:39 / Identifying the type of camera track we need

01:23 / Creating the correct type of shape for a PTZ solve

02:39 / Adjusting the Camera Solve parameters and exporting the camera data

06:09 / How to correctly track for longer PTZ camera movements

09:09 / Checking our camera solve in Adobe After Effects

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