as well as some Nuke specific functions like creating nodes and adding animation data. This would force me to cover some Python basics such as importing files, parsing strings to generate arrays etc. My first project was to re-create my Mocha-AE import script, but have it run natively within Nuke.

Well I had a quiet spell over the last couple of days and thought I would use it to learn Python. Mocha Pro is the current supported way to get Mocha tracking data to Nuke – please don’t use my hacky script as a stand-in for this great piece of software.Ī while ago I wrote a PHP script that takes the tracking data generated by Mocha-AE (the version of Mocha that comes bundled with After Effects) and converts it to Shake and Nuke nodes. I have since been working at bigger facilities that use full Mocha Pro licences, so have not needed to use the script. As I stated in my original post, the PHP version of the script was a one-off fix for a small job where the facility I was working in did not have a full Mocha licence and I needed a quick solution. I must emphasise that this was a test project for me to learn Python for Nuke – what the script is doing is probably in violation of the Mocha end user agreement.

This is an update to my original post Convert “Mocha for AE” tracking data to Shake / Nuke nodes

Mocha pro vs mocha ae