Mocha for After Effects V1.2.

2 Release Notes

Document Name: Mocha For After Effects V1.2.2 Release Notes

Document Number: RN 0044

Document History
Author Date Action Version
John-Paul Smith 13h August 2008 Created 1.0
John-Paul Smith 15th August 2008 Updated bug list 1.1
John-Paul Smith 18th August 2008 Updated bug list 1.2

Review History
Reviewed By Date Action Version

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Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 3
Fixed Issues ....................................................................................................................... 3
Known Issues ................................................................................................................... 4
Hardware Requirements ................................................................................................... 5
Software Requirements..................................................................................................... 6

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Introduction
This release note accompanies the release of Mocha for After Effects version 1.2.2. The
release is available for Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista) and Mac OS X. This is a bug fix
release for Adobe bundling only.

Users are strongly recommended to read the Known Issues section in this
document.

Fixed Issues
These issues found in previous versions of Mocha for After Effects have been resolved.

Issue: Crashing during tracking

Platform: All
Component Affected: Tracker
Bug Description: There is an issue concerned with memory build up, the
memory build up causes the application to crash at random
intervals.
Issue: Missing layers when re-opening a project
Platform: All
Component Affected: Save
Bug Description: Memory build-up causes the application to truncate a saved
file, causing the user to lose information.
Issue: Crash when deleting layers
Platform: All
Component Affected: Curve Editor
Bug Description: Various crash conditions in the Curve Editor when deleting
layers from anywhere in the software.
Issue: Registration dialogue appears too frequently
Platform: All
Component Affected: Registration
Bug Description: The registration dialogue appeared every time the software
was started if the user chose “Register Later”. Now the
dialogue will only appear every 14 days.
Issue: Double-clicking a .mocha file crashes Finder
Platform: Mac
Component Affected: Mac Finder
Bug Description: If a .mocha file was opened from the Finder, it would crash
and restart.
Issue: Copyright message garbled
Platform: All
Component Affected: Help
Bug Description: The copyright message in Help | About was garbled.
Issue: User guide does not open when pressing F1
Platform: All
Component Affected: Help

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Bug Description: The user guide did not appear when invoked by F1, the Help
menu or the guide button on the welcome screen.
Issue: Clipboard copy to After Effects inconsistent on Mac
Platform: Mac
Component Affected: Tracking Export
Bug Description: When tracking data from Mocha was copied to the clipboard,
it could not be pasted into After Effects, even though it could
be pasted into TextEdit.
Issue: Pixel aspect ratios do not match After Effects CS4
Platform: All
Component Affected: Clip
Bug Description: CS4 introduced new aspect ratios for standard video types.
Issue: Tracking scale option not available
Platform: All
Component Affected: Tracker
Bug Description: The “Scale” checkbox was not visible on the track page.
Issue: No alpha channel on Mocha document icon
Platform: Mac
Component Affected: Help
Bug Description: The background of the Mocha document icon appeared white
rather than transparent.
Issue: Overlapping soft edges not rendered correctly
Platform: All
Component Affected: Layer
Bug Description: Overlapping edges of shapes produced a dark area.
Issue: Errors working with accented or non-Latin characters
Platform: Mac
Component Affected: All
Bug Description: The user was unable to open files or projects containing non-
Latin characters, e.g. Japanese, or accented Latin characters.
This issue is resolved on Mac OS X 10.5 only.
Issue: Corner Pin data doesn’t work in non-English After Effects
Platform: All
Component Affected: Tracking Export
Bug Description: Users of localised non-English versions of After Effects could
not paste the corner pin data into After Effects, because the
keyframe data is localised.

Known Issues
These issues remain in this version of Mocha for After Effects.

Issue: Errors working with accented or non-Latin characters

Platform: Windows, Mac OS X 10.4
Component Affected: All
Bug Description: The user is unable to open files or projects containing non-
Latin characters, e.g. Japanese, or accented Latin characters.

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Issue: Incomplete range of supported project files displayed in File |

Open dialogue
Platform: All
Component Affected: Open Project
Bug Description: The dialogue shows “Mocha and Mocha Projects” should read
“Mocha and Motor Projects”.
Issue: After Effects CS4-compatible pixel aspect ratios are not chosen
by default
Platform: All
Component Affected: Clip, Tracking Export
Bug Description: CS4 introduces new pixel aspect ratios for common video
formats. Compatible ratios are available in Mocha, but are not
selected by default. Check the settings in Clip | Film to
ensure you are using a pixel aspect ratio that matches
your After Effects composition.
Issue: Incorrect colours when using v210 QuickTime codecs such as
Apple Uncompressed 4:2:2 10-bit
Platform: All
Component Affected: Import
Bug Description: Some systems working with 4:2:2 10-bit video will find that
the colours appear incorrect in Mocha; typically video will look
very noisy. This bug affects a significant number of systems
but not all. If your system exhibits this problem, the current
workaround is to render an 8-bit version of the clip for
tracking. You can still apply the tracking keyframes to the 10-
bit clip in After Effects as normal.
Issue: Default frame number offset is 1, which does not match After
Effects
Platform: All
Component Affected: Clip, Import
Bug Description: The default frame number offset in Mocha is 1, whereas in
After Effects it is 0. If you frequently need to jump to frame
numbers in Mocha that match the frame numbers in After
Effects, you may wish to set the default frame offset to 0. This
setting is in Preferences | Default Clip Settings. You can also
change this setting on a per-clip basis on the Clip page or in
the New Project Wizard.

Hardware Requirements
Recommended Hardware
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo or equivalent
Memory: 2GB +
Disk: High-speed disk array
Graphics Card: NVDIA Quadro FX 1500 or equivalent
Monitor: 1920 x 1200

Minimal Requirements

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Processor: At least 1 GHz Pentium IV or PowerPC G4

Disk: At least 1GB
Memory: At least 1 GB
Graphics card: Must support OpenGL
Monitor: Minimum resolution 1200x800 pixels

Working with high-resolution footage such as 2K or HD is very demanding on system

resources, a system with at least 2GB of system memory and 256MB of texture memory
should be used.

Software Requirements
Mac OS X 10.4.11 or higher, 10.5.0 or higher, on Intel or PowerPC.
Windows XP SP2 or higher, Windows Vista Business or Ultimate, on x86 or x64.
For tracking export: Adobe After Effects CS4.

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