Mocha for AE not importing footage correctly
by Thatcher Kelley
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Oct 23, 2009 at 4:00:06 pm
Hello, I just got mocha for AEcs4. I am trying it for the first time. I am trying to import some footage from an HVX200 in 720p. When I select the clip and get to the main screen, the footage is messed up. Frame 0 and 1 are blank, then frame 2 shows the image upside down. Then from frame 3 and on there is no image again.
Re: Mocha for AE not importing footage correctly by Ross Shain on Oct 23, 2009 at 5:08:02 pm
Yes, possibly Snow Leopard is the cause. Try exporting the frames as sequential images. The problem is most likely due to a bug in QT that Apple is looking into.
-R
Ross Shain
Imagineer Systems
www.imagineersystems.com
Re: Mocha for AE not importing footage correctly by Thatcher Kelley on Oct 23, 2009 at 5:16:44 pm
I tried it on my other system with leopard and had similar results. I converted the file to animation and it worked fine. but i don't want to have to convert my files just to do tracking.
I then downloaded the demo of mocha 2 for AE and it worked fine on leopard and snow leopard. The version that came with my AE was 1.2.2 I believe.
with 1.2.2 in addition to DVCPRO, ProRes didn't work either.
So if anyone has any thoughts, that would be great.
Re: Mocha for AE not importing footage correctly by John-Paul Smith on Oct 30, 2009 at 3:17:58 pm
There's an update to the version that came with AE, it should come down with the usual updates from Adobe as Mocha for After Effects CS4 1.2.3. It should fix any QuickTime problems you might be getting on Leopard, but not the problem on Snow Leopard.
Re: Mocha for AE not importing footage correctly by Kyle Ronald on Nov 5, 2009 at 6:20:39 pm
I don't know why anyone else isn't mad about this situation. SInce paying to upgrade to Snow Leopard my Mocha completely stopped working so now I have to pay again to buy V2 so that Mocha will be compatible again?? It's frustrating!!
Re: Mocha for AE not importing footage correctly by Ross Shain on Nov 5, 2009 at 7:06:08 pm
Sorry that this is so frustrating. We do have a point release available that does fix this, but can't post this publicly due to our agreement with Adobe (if you catch my drift).
If you email me off the list with the following description:
subject: CS4 owner requests mochaAEv1 for Snow Leopard patch
I will send you an FTP link to download the point release.
Beyond this, if you aren't upgrading your v1 to v2 and mocha shape plug-in, you are missing out on some great advanced roto functionality at a very low cost point.
Best,
Ross
rosss@imagineersystems.com
Ross Shain
Imagineer Systems
www.imagineersystems.com
