Projection Mapping in MadMapper

Why should you use MadMapper?

While MadMapper is a popularpowerful alternative to Touchdesignertool for projection mapping, theespecially mainwhen disadvantageworking isat thatlarge scales — like projecting onto a building facade. Unlike TouchDesigner, MadMapper isisn't notfree, free. Students can download and usebut a free30-day demo version foris upavailable. toThe 30 days however thisdemo is only usefulgreat for testing,testing as this version is limited and youbut won't belet able toyou save yourprojects. project.

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If throughyou're all of this? Well if you want to projectworking on a large-scale projection (anything biggerover than3 3m,meters), say the facade of a building, MadMapper allows for really high resolution! If that'MadMapper’s thehigh-resolution caseoutput gois aheadideal. andStart installby installing the DEMO version to begin with:here: https://madmapper.com/madmapper/software.

Software Setup 

Before youlaunching actually start mapping, a few more steps are necessary; In the Monitors section of your System Preferences (Mac) or in the Displays section of your System (Win), you need toMadMapper, make sure thatyour the screensdisplays are not mirroredmirrored:

(mirror

or
• mirrored

  macOS: screen).Go Onto macOS,System Preferences > Displays, and uncheck the «"Mirror Displays»Displays".

  option.
  On
Windows,

• Windows: Go to Display Settings, and choose «"Extend these displays»displays".

Import your content in MadMapper

MadMapper offercomes with a couplefew ofbuilt-in interestingvisuals, graphicsbut to play around with but if you want to loadadd your ownown:

content

head
1. to the right end side of the software and click on

   Click the + icon on the right side to add anyimport images or videos.

   MadMapper

2. You can also supportsuse Syphon and andor webcams as live inputs.

   Once
you
3. have uploaded

   Drag your content,imported dragcontent and drop it ininto the empty area toon the left.left to start working with it.

Adjusting and Transforming

TheMadMapper’s interface is dividedsplit into two mainkey areas;areas:

The

left
• hand

  Left sideside: allowsEdit youcontent—resize, tocrop, editrotate, etc.

• Right side: Map the content itself, you can rotate it, resize it to crop anything out etc,. The right end side allows you to MAP your content onto an area. This is where you can content—adjust the shape of your projection, map to corners of an object,corners, apply masks, etc,.and shape your projection surface.

Project your output

• 
  Click the projector icon (top left).

  Once 

  

   

• Choose your content is ready, click on the projector icon at the top left area of your interface. If you have already connected your projector, here you should be able to select from the projectorlist list.under Once your projector has been correctly selected in Output Destination,Destination.

  you
will
• be

  Adjust ablethe to see its information below and you can also edit its Output Size -if Next to the Output Size, two buttons allow you to lock/unlock the output sizeneeded, or automatically adaptlet it toauto-adapt.

  the
resolution
• of

  Enter the projector selected in Destination. Switch to Fullscreen mode, eithermode via the Output/Output > Fullscreen Mode menu or by using the keyboard shortcut cmdpressing
  Cmd +u U (cmduse Cmd +t T to exit FullscreenFullscreen).

  mode)
to

project your content.