WEBVTT 00:00:00.380 --> 00:00:07.220 Hello, this is Mocha product manager Martin Brennand, and, welcome to this overview of what's new in Mocha Pro 2026.5. 00:00:07.780 --> 00:00:10.160 This release adds some powerful new ways to generate 00:00:10.180 --> 00:00:12.060 mattes, export some more versatile 00:00:12.120 --> 00:00:17.340 formats, and a new way to track Power Meshes that may even help your planar track. 00:00:18.040 --> 00:00:18.180 Let's 00:00:18.220 --> 00:00:26.180 take a look. First up in Mocha Pro 2026.5, we have made every step of the matte 00:00:26.240 --> 00:00:31.000 module better. Starting with the object brush, you can now preview what' is going to be masked 00:00:31.380 --> 00:00:33.280 simply by hovering over any object 00:00:33.340 --> 00:00:39.140 in the shot. This preview automatically adjusts resolution based on the speed of your machine to give fast results. 00:00:39.960 --> 00:00:42.949 Clicking with the object brush now provides an automatic region of 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.060 interest defined by a dashed box around the area you're focusing on. 00:00:47.860 --> 00:00:51.160 This helps create tighter mattes, with less gaps or anomalies. 00:00:52.580 --> 00:00:56.240 For example, here we can see a shot with and without auto ROI 00:00:56.300 --> 00:01:00.040 enabled. The region of interest approach shows tighter fits around the 00:01:00.120 --> 00:01:02.200 legs, clothing, and hands. 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.240 If you turn off auto ROI, you can define a region 00:01:06.280 --> 00:01:08.300 yourself by holding down the command 00:01:08.340 --> 00:01:11.280 or control key, then dragging around the target area, 00:01:11.700 --> 00:01:13.240 focusing the result even 00:01:13.280 --> 00:01:19.260 further. For Matte Assist ML, we've introduced a similar region of interest approach called search area. 00:01:19.980 --> 00:01:24.040 This set of fields allows you to define how far around the current matte you want to search 00:01:24.060 --> 00:01:25.160 for the object in the next 00:01:25.220 --> 00:01:29.080 frame rather than searching a reduced version of the whole image. 00:01:29.600 --> 00:01:34.990 This makes the final result more accurate because you can work with more detail in the surrounding areas rather 00:01:35.020 --> 00:01:37.040 than a low-resolution version of the same 00:01:37.080 --> 00:01:44.020 frame. Finally, a similar region of interest has been added to refine mattes to clip how far outside your object 00:01:44.080 --> 00:01:45.100 you want to look. for soft 00:01:45.160 --> 00:01:49.060 edges. This keeps focus on the immediate areas 00:01:49.180 --> 00:01:53.180 around the object and crops out any rogue areas outside that range. 00:01:54.380 --> 00:01:57.980 Refine mattes has also been updated with vastly improved memory handling 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:05.200 when rendering. One of Power Mesh's greatest strengths is capturing subtle warping in surfaces such as skin 00:02:05.240 --> 00:02:10.229 and cloth. This subtleness comes at a cost of being very sensitive to obstructions, 00:02:10.560 --> 00:02:10.870 light, 00:02:11.020 --> 00:02:14.190 and shadow. With Mocha Pro 2026.5, 00:02:14.580 --> 00:02:17.140 we now have a new way to tackle difficult Power Mesh 00:02:17.180 --> 00:02:19.080 tracks: Point Track 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:19.720 ML. 00:02:21.160 --> 00:02:27.220 This approach to tracking mesh points is great at locking onto features you actually want to track while ignoring everything 00:02:27.300 --> 00:02:33.300 else. For example, in this shot, the regular subplanar mesh track will get thrown badly by the hand shadow. 00:02:33.960 --> 00:02:36.080 With Point Track ML, the shadow is completely 00:02:36.140 --> 00:02:38.260 ignored and only the face movement 00:02:38.380 --> 00:02:45.090 is tracked. Point Track ML is also great at ignoring obstructions that would usually push Power Mesh vertices out 00:02:45.120 --> 00:02:46.870 of the way. Here, 00:02:47.020 --> 00:02:51.040 tracking the hand scar, the mesh glides under the fingers without being crushed. 00:02:52.000 --> 00:02:55.980 It can even handle turning corners and recover the mesh if a surface turns back 00:02:56.040 --> 00:03:00.160 again, something that was simply not possible before, even with the planar track. 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:02.980 Point Track ML is so good at handling some 00:03:03.020 --> 00:03:08.020 tracking situations, we've even added a new feature to convert the mesh track back to planar 00:03:08.060 --> 00:03:14.120 data again. In shifting shots like this one, the planar track would have a hard time locking onto the building. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:16.980 Using planar from mesh track in the motion 00:03:17.040 --> 00:03:21.080 options, we can track the surface with a grid of Point Track ML mesh points 00:03:21.120 --> 00:03:26.200 instead. Mocha will then convert the mesh data to planar data, 00:03:26.520 --> 00:03:29.180 making it easier to adjust and complete the shot. 00:03:30.420 --> 00:03:33.090 Because Point Track ML has been so useful in helping 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:37.660 Power Mesh tracks, we've also added this approach to help with the Adjust Track module. 00:03:38.600 --> 00:03:43.260 In general, Adjust Track helps fixing drifting tracks by adding a layer of user-driven 00:03:43.320 --> 00:03:46.060 adjustments on top of the existing tracking data. 00:03:47.080 --> 00:03:55.280 In Mocha Pro 2026.5, you can use the auto-nudge feature combined with Point Track ML to automatically find drifting points 00:03:55.320 --> 00:03:56.720 and correct them. 00:03:57.400 --> 00:03:57.500 To 00:03:57.520 --> 00:04:02.060 do this, turn on auto step and define how many keyframes apart you want to 00:04:02.070 --> 00:04:07.660 add adjustments. Then choose Point Track ML from the nudge type dropdown. 00:04:08.820 --> 00:04:12.240 The Point Track ML option has a range of features to assist the nudging 00:04:12.300 --> 00:04:21.620 process. You can refine the nudge position further using per-point adjustments or looking at the full-resolution image for extra details. 00:04:21.660 --> 00:04:25.960 You can also use a range of support grids that add extra points to the shot for 00:04:26.040 --> 00:04:31.120 more accuracy. This is all designed to make it easier to follow the existing points through 00:04:31.140 --> 00:04:33.220 the shot so they line up with the reference 00:04:33.300 --> 00:04:38.230 frames. This can help even if your point goes out of shot or is obscured, 00:04:38.580 --> 00:04:40.260 so you can reduce the amount of manual 00:04:40.300 --> 00:04:47.460 adjustments. Getting matte data out of Mocha has had several updates to support a range of studio workflows. 00:04:47.960 --> 00:04:51.180 The export rendered shapes dialog can now export mattes as alpha 00:04:51.200 --> 00:04:54.040 with the source clip instead of just straight RGB 00:04:54.080 --> 00:05:01.000 matte data. EXR now supports multi-layer mattes, allowing you to export each layer to a different 00:05:01.020 --> 00:05:08.020 channel instead of a single combined matte. We can also export matte color to a transparent RGB overlay 00:05:08.480 --> 00:05:14.440 so individual mattes can be split into color channels. This is assisted by a new option in the layer controls 00:05:14.520 --> 00:05:18.100 to quickly set selected matte colors to pure red, green, 00:05:18.160 --> 00:05:22.220 or blue. Matte data in the export dialog has also had an update, 00:05:22.550 --> 00:05:24.900 allowing users to turn off layer range opacity 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:28.220 keyframing for After Effects, Fusion, and Flame. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:33.240 But that's not all. We have a range of smaller updates to make a smoother Mocha experience. 00:05:33.800 --> 00:05:38.960 The curve editor can now display Power Mesh vertex positions, making it easier to see problems 00:05:39.020 --> 00:05:45.320 in the track. The Python API has more granular access to Power Mesh properties and Matte Assist contours. 00:05:45.660 --> 00:05:51.120 The default project output folder and file cache can now be overridden by environment variables, making 00:05:51.180 --> 00:05:53.220 it easier to set up studio pipelines. 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:59.080 Mocha will now show a more helpful progress indicator when a tool is initializing or needs to take 00:05:59.140 --> 00:06:00.040 a while processing 00:06:00.080 --> 00:06:00.440 something. 00:06:01.420 --> 00:06:08.580 And finally, Mocha Pro now supports Windows on ARM systems for Mocha Pro standalone and Adobe plugins. With these new 00:06:08.620 --> 00:06:14.560 tools, Mocha Pro 2026.5, adds yet another layer of flexibility for challenging VFX workflows. 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.000 For more tutorials, documentation, and the wide range of Boris 00:06:18.080 --> 00:06:18.640 FX products, 00:06:19.080 --> 00:06:21.880 check out the website at borisfx.com.