Free Projection Mapping Software For Mac



Learning

This mapping application combines the power of Google Maps mapping services with the strength of the Mac OS X application. EMaps makes the Google Maps more interactive, responsive and more fun to use with the familiar and intuitive interface elements. Another great mapping software for Mac included in the list of the best is the. MadMapper is more of a mapping software and pixel manipulation software than it is a visual mixing or VJ software as it will take video inputs and warp pixels, convert to ArtNet (for video to control lighting instruments) or video map your surface.

Here you will find tutorials covering various aspects of projection mapping and cake mapping.

Use the headings below to filter the tutorials by area of interest.

DIY “Thank You” Window Projection Tutorial

Show your thanks to all the amazing heroes keeping us safe from coronavirus by projecting in your windows. Download free “thank you” video animations.

10 Minute Cake Mapping

10 minute crash course for beginners. Learn the simplest method for projection mapping a cake using free mapping software, MapMap on Mac or PC.

Create a Cake Mapping Guide Template

Make your own cake mapping guide in a free graphics editing application called GIMP and use it to map a cake in MapMap mapping software.

How to Add Custom Text to Cake Mapping

A basic and free way to incorporate text into your projection mapped cake project using Shotcut (free video editing software). Map it to a cake with MapMap.

(6/6) Resolume: Adding Text & Custom Messages

Add custom text to our cake projection mapping project. Write names, dates and messages for wedding cakes, birthday cakes and cakes for other celebrations.

(5/6) Resolume: Audio & Music

Set the BPM of your composition and sync your clips to the beat. Make clips audio reactive to external audio sources or to audio within the composition.

(4/6) Resolume: Automated Playback

Set the BPM of your composition and sync your clips to the beat. Make clips audio reactive to external audio sources or to audio within the composition.

(3/6) Resolume: Content & Effects

How to make a handful of dynamic clips purely using the free generators & effects bundled with Resolume Arena 6 software.

(2/6) Resolume: Projection Mapping

How to set up a projector as an output from Resolume, how to set up your input mapping and projection map the front 10 faces of a 5-tier wedding cake.

(1/6) Resolume: Introduction

This general introduction to Resolume software for beginners will explain the difference between compositions, layers and clips and take you round the user interface.

Scenes & Cues in MadMapper

How to use scenes and cues in MadMapper projection mapping software with three wedding cake mapping project examples.

Projection Mapping Thor’s Hammer

An overview of projection mapping, covering three approaches to mapping a model of Thor’s hammer using MadMapper projection mapping software.

Cake Mapping with Two Projectors

One method of projection mapping a cake using two projectors. It covers outputting from Qlab via Syphon and mapping using MadMapper software.

Cake Mapping for Beginners

Aimed at absolute beginners. A complete guide covering all areas of the process: from cake, to projectors & equipment, to free mapping software (MapMap).

Process Mapping Software Mac

This 10 minute crash course will show you how to use MapMap software to quickly projection map a cake.

00:00 Intro
01:18 Input in MapMap Software
05:45 Output Mapping
07:57 Source Switch (Mac)
08:19 Source Switch (Windows Workaround)

This video assumes you already have two things in place in order to complete this tutorial: 1) You have a 5-tier cake or something in the shape of a 5-tier cake to project on to, and 2) You have a projector correctly connected up to your laptop or computer.

The recommended dimensions of the cake are for square-based tiers, each 5 inches high. The tier sizes increase by 2 inch increments as you go down the cake: starting with 8 inches at the top, then 10 inches, 12 inches, 14 inches and 16 inches at the bottom.

Mapping

This video will show you the basics of using a free projection mapping software called MapMap. First we will import a guide into MapMap and use this to set up our input meshes. The video will then show you how to map the projector’s output to the physical cake.

Once the output mapping is complete, Mac users must change the mesh’s source in the inspector of the Layers tab from the guide to the video content you want displayed on the cake. Windows users have to follow a different workflow and instead, in the Paints tab, change the video file location from the guide to the video content.

Free Projection Mapping Software For Mac Operating System

MapMap can be downloaded here: https://mapmapteam.github.io