Screen Tracking, Replacement and Animation in After Effects 

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Dudeee. I didn’t have a plan to use this type of effect, but now seeing that’s it’s possible, I can think of a few ways I can use it. You’re the best. Thank you, as always!

I do really appreciate all of your tutorials, so thanks for that. If I did have one minor complaint, it would be that for some of us (old dinosaur post guys) you go through them so fast! I find that I have to keep stopping and going back over and over and over..... Not the worst problem to have in the world, but sometimes it causes me to tap out early. But please, don't let that stop you from doing the amazing job that you're doing! You've managed to teach this old dog, plenty of new tricks and for that I'm very grateful!

This is one of the best After Effects / Mocha tutorials ever - it's quick, clear and it frick'n works! How many times do you follow a tutorial only to find that yours didn't come out anywhere near the same as in the video. Thank you!

This got me through a major jam, thank you. I had to replace a phone screen, but a previous video was already on the phone! Which meant I had to track the phone, without tracking the moving video baked into it. I struggled for a long time before finding a solution. So for any in that same situation, I made the first spline around the entirety of the phone, exactly like this video, then added a SECOND spline JUST around the moving video on the phone, which then subtracts the baked-in moving video from the overall track, then followed this tutorial and voila. THANK YOU.

OMG thanks so much! Been trying to figure out the Mocha tool for 2 days now and your tutorial is the first that actually works the way it says it does!

By far the most helpful and straight to the point video I've found on this topic. Thank you so much!

It had been awhile since we needed to do this kind of screen replace, and our main mograph guy was out. This video saved the day, thank you!

this was awesome!! Thank you for this!! quick, easy and I learned to use Mocha vs AE Tracker!! Thank you and much love!

This is amazing, best and easiest tracking tutorial out there, THANKS!

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Thank you for this tutorial that actually works! Loved how quickly you went through it too

I literally was just about to type in how to set up screen and tracking in After Effects and THEN THIS video SHOWED on my feed. AMAZING!!

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Incredible tutorial! Thank you so much.

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Thank you so much!!! It did work and took less than 5 minutes!

It Worked perfectly after trying other methods this one was the best one, Thanks.

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Worked a charm. Thanks. Subbed.

Thank you so much dude.... Helped me a lot

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I love this tutorial and because of it, got you a subscriber. Quick question. Can you do a quick video on how to go back to your mocha tracking, make a slight adjustment to the blue line section and save it out again back into your main video file?

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Hi I'm new in your channel, I will start to watch your videos to learn more about video editing...

Would love to see a tutorial on how to remove those annoying tracking markers that people add to the screens. I find that no matter what I do during the keying phase there's always some of it lingering. Thanks for the great content btw!

Thanks man!!

Great video. I am new to After Effect Green screen tracking, if there is a hand on top of the screen, for example, will the same step works? Or there is additional keying needs to be done?

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Everything works perfectly

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Good tutorial. Tks

I think an important step to this is before you track in mocha, make sure you scrub to the beginning of your video clip!

The was EXTREMELY HELPFUL, so thank you so much for sharing this knowledge with us! I'm just wondering if more than one object can be tracked, and if all you need to do is replicate this process. THANK YOU!!!

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NIce vid! but it would really help to show us how to edit individual frames when the tracking is off please? Although I have moved the corners on each frame, the tracking and new screen it is still moving when something is moving over the monitor?

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What do you do differently if you want to add a screen recording instead of a typed comp?

Great tutorial, thanks! But how to replace green screen having a fingers moving over the phone? How to track tha finger mask i Mocha?

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I followed the steps over and over but I keep having the green screen and not the footage I want on my screen. it is working when I film my phone but not when I film the TV with the green screen on it. Does the intensity/contrast of the color have something to do with it?

Do you have a tut on how to use Red Giant or Mocha to track subjects to stay center frame? I have some fast car fpv footage and sometimes the cars move out of center frame (due to my piloting or circumstances with the car on the race track).

So perfect

Thank YOU! Question: When i tried this everything worked great! But, the applied clip does not track/move to stay over my screen in after effects. Any suggestions? It formats to honor the perspective and mask, but does not move with the camera.

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My layout is different when I go to adjust track. The "set master all" is no where to be found.

Question, say I have a cylindrical object (like a vase) with a rectangular chroma-sticker that wraps halfway around. And I record a video panning from left to right. Will this same technique work for that scenario, where the chroma surface isn't perfectly flat but curved?

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When i clicked on "apply export" my pre-made video on corner pin comp became enormous. I can see it is following the motion tracking, but it's very out of scale. I double checked that the resolutions are the same. I don't know what to do :(

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Hello .. thank you very much for your effort and knowledge .. I have a question .. When I export data from Mocha to my comp .. angles and mouvement are tracked perfectly But the comp is positioned far from the actual phone .. I have every time to take the layer and put it on the phone screen manualy Have I make a mistake somewhere ? Thank you

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Dude I’m gonna be honest you need to be more clear on which composition your on and what settings to use when recreating things. I had to rewind this video like 17 times to figure out what you meant

I'm 60 secs in & fully sick bro pumped man! Let's do this! :( No has Mocha... hang on.. free in AE! :) Yay!

when i do this nothign shows up but if I choose the phone video then it masks the phone video on the screen lmao wtf

What do you do if you have more then 4 corners when applying the master reference frame. I have quite a unique shot that has a slight rotation

How do you add scrolling text, pics?

Is the same process with adding a video ? I’m having trouble tracking a video to a moving phone ! I used 3D layer to adjust and key light 1.2 but the video moves off the screen

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So "Set Master All" (@ 3:08) must not be in the current version of AE. I assume it has been renamed to "Set Primary All"???

I did as instructed and it always ends with the phone screen mask being offset to the left. Not sure if it's that your AE version is older???

bro how do you make dolly zoom in this video I liked it plz make a tutorial

hi, thanks for tut. Can anyone suggest any idea cuz i have a little problem, i did Mocha tracking fine, but i was replacing footage on PC screen instead of iphone. Then after i impose the image on my PC screen the green light is gushing out from underneath the imposed footage. i can provide ss if needed

In my case, I have footage of the phone with track marks and the actor swiping the screen with their thumb. How does the workflow change for that setup? Using the steps in this video, the replaced screen would cover the actor's hand.

I don't know what I did wrong but it doesn't adjust the corner pin composition to the original size, so it applies the motion but the size and placing is off :( Gonna start again and try one more time.

anyone know what to do if there's a lot of motion in the shot and the green phone screen is showing through the fake tracked screen image once motion blur is enabled?

How to made screen tracking on a cylinder ?

I have a problem.. when i click "apply export".. the comp stay away from mobile screen ??!!! I need to learn this tutorial 😔

Where did u get the fast Box blur?

my footage is not stretched but rather squeezed... how can i fix this?

Hi bro please make video on element 3d

@3:06 "SET-MASTER FOR CORNER PIN DATA IS NOT AN OPTION, I FOLLOWED ALL STEPS" - ALL IT SAYS IS: "Set Primary All"