Boris FX has released Mocha Pro 2024, a significant update to its planar tracking software. This release integrates the core solver from SynthEyes, Boris FX’s specialist 3D tracking app.
Other key changes include USD support, updates to the roto tools, and performance improvements, particularly when rendering inserts.
Key Features of Mocha Pro 2024:
The major new feature in Mocha Pro 2024 is a rewritten version of the Camera Solve module. This module integrates the core solver from SynthEyes, which Boris FX acquired last year.
This integration allows users to combine SynthEyes’ robust camera solves with the flexibility of Mocha Pro’s planar tracking tools. A practical application of this is using roto splines to exclude parts of a shot that could throw off a track, such as occlusions.
It is also possible to convert Mocha’s PowerMeshes to projected static 3D meshes in the scene.
The solver now has its own 3D viewer, allowing users to see the results of a solve directly within Mocha without exporting, and its own navigation controls.
Pipeline Integration: USD Support and FBX Export
Another significant feature of the rewritten Camera Solve module is USD support.
Users can now import 3D models from USD assets to visualize draft results overlaid on a scene or export USD data to software that supports Pixar’s Universal Scene Description format, including 3ds Max, Blender, Cinema 4D, Houdini, Maya, and Nuke.
It is also possible to export the results of a 3D solve to SynthEyes for more detailed match-moving; to export 3D data in FBX format; and to export nulls to After Effects.
Workflow and Performance Enhancements
Updates to the existing tracking and rotoscoping tools include new Linear and Constant keyframe options for stepped tracking, with the option to Skip or Step over frames.
A new Extrapolate Track feature continues tracking when a track goes off-screen or behind another object, by extrapolating from previous frames.
There are also performance improvements, with Insert rendering now “up to 15x faster” and Python scripts running “up to 6x faster” in the Script Editor.
Mocha Pro 2024 is available as a standalone application and as Adobe, Avid, and OFX plugins. The standalone is compatible with Windows 10+, RHEL/CentOS 7-9 Linux, and macOS 10.15+.
The plugins are compatible with After Effects and Premiere Pro CC 2014+, HitFilm Pro 2017+, Media Composer 8+, Nuke 8+, Flame 2020+, Fusion Studio 8+, Silhouette 2020+, and Vegas Pro 14-19.
A new license costs $695 for the Adobe, Avid, or OFX plugins, $995 for all the plugins, or $1,495 for the standalone edition plus all the plugins. Find subscription pricing here.
For more detailed information check the Boris FX’s blog or the online release notes.