Make House Projection Mapping Outlines (QUICK Technique)

UPDATE: Do all these steps in ONE free software (scroll down to where it says Free Tool) ✅ www.lumabox.com/lumamap/
A quick and easy way to create house outlines for holiday projection mapping. Takes less than 15 mins with free/demo software. Minimal time required outside.
This method uses GIMP (free) and MadMapper software (free demo) and contains instructions for both Mac & Windows users.
Download GIMP www.gimp.org/downloads/
Download MadMapper madmapper.com/madmapper/software
Timecodes:
00:00 Introduction
00:30 The Purpose of Outlines
00:47 Advantages Over Other Methods
01:08 Fixed Projector Position
01:26 Display Settings
04:03 Taking a Photo
04:55 Edges Filter in GIMP
06:06 Glowing Edges in Photoshop
06:50 Corner Pinning in MadMapper
10:29 Mesh Warping
11:19 Exporting MadMapper Output
12:12 Screenshot
The most commonly used method for projection mapping digital decorations on your house for holidays like Halloween or Christmas involves making outlines of your house. Many of the methods for creating these outlines involve sitting outside while you draw out the lines.
The method in this tutorial is extremely quick and drastically reduces the time spent outside.
Your projector must be in its final, fixed position for this method to work. If you move your projector, your outlines will no longer match up to the house and you will have to make them again.
First you will take a photo of your house from close to your projector’s point of view.
Then you will apply an Edges filter to create an outline image (instruction for GIMP and Photoshop).
The next step is to adjust the outline image using projection mapping software (MadMapper) until we are left with an image of the house from the projector’s point of view.
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If you would prefer a house mapping workflow that doesn’t require your projector to be in a fixed position, watch my HOUSE PROJECTION MAPPING TUTORIAL SERIES:
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These tutorials cover one house mapping method from start to finish. Whether it’s your aim to create digital decorations for Halloween or you want to design Christmas video mapping and other holiday projections, these tutorials will give you a beginner's knowledge of how to get started 3d projection mapping a house or building.
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[@LumaBox]

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[@pascalcreativedesign8790]

Brilliant thank you. Aside from after effects, what other apps would work well? Black magic?

[@LumaBox]

For designing a show? DaVinci resolve (free)

[@saahildesai2039]

Amazing and straight forward video but just one question (sorry this might be a stupid question) now that I have mapped out my house and I have the end picture saved. how do I add the animations to it? Do you have another video explaining how to do this? Thanks again

[@LumaBox]

Well, that's a whole process of learning the video editing/animation software and just going for it. As I said in the video, popular choices are DaVinci Resolve and After Effects and there are lots of tutorials online. I have this tutorial for After Effects kzbin.info/www/bejne/h160pGp3h9x4rJY. My house outlines don't have any perspective in them because I'm using the other method of mapping (Orthographic) which makes designing easier. The extra step you would need to take if you're using the Outline Method (shown in the video we're commenting on) you'll need to use the Corner Pin or Power Pin effect to warp the footage to the distorted surfaces of the house. But just do a search - there are tutorials out there

[@marielponce7870]

For 13:20, you need to make the outline from the image or the program will automatically recognize the outlines fron the image? Sorry if is a dumb question, I'm really new at this😅

[@LumaBox]

I don’t fully get your question, but other than when GIMP ‘detects edges’, none of the other software automatically recognises the outlines

[@venusbleeds]

Do i need to physically present to be able to supply someone with a projection map? I already have the outline on autocad, but I want to be able to create a video from it. How can I do that? If i dont know exactly the place of the projector where is gonna be ( i have a rough estimate) and there is no way for me to go on site and test the mapping. Is it enough with a dwg file from autocad to create the video? Thanks.

[@mikekopstain9642]

Can you tell me what part of the process this step is designed for? I assumed this was to pull into after effects and use as a guide but in your other tutorial videos you mentioned wanting to use a flat photo of the front of your house to accomplish that. I did this and have it perfectly lined up with the house. Do you sell a service where someone like me could send you that highlight picture and a day time picture of my house to see the features and you can run a basic show on it? That would be awesome if you could.

[@LumaBox]

Hi Mike - that's a great question. If you've watched my house mapping tutorial series (5 videos) then you might remember in video 1 I say that there are 2 main methods for mapping the house. Method 1 is making outlines where the projector position is baked in. Method 2 is making an orthographic guide (without perspective) which you can map for any projector position. The video series follows Method 2. But this video is the first step of Method 1. I don't offer a show design service but you could check out Fitz Studio, Digital Pressworks, Hauntworks, Jester Laughs or FX Projections - they do that type of thing.

[@ThatBestChristmasGuy]

Fantastic. I hate sitting out in the cold. Question since you are using mad mapper, does it need to be in its final position or can there be adjust made in mad mapper afterwards??

[@LumaBox]

It's best if it's in its final position. If it's not, you could always design your show and then run it through this same tutorial process - basically use MadMapper to tweak your show content into alignment like I did to the house edges image in this tutorial. A couple of things to note: You'd either have to 1) Run your show through a (paid) version of MadMapper (to avoid the watermark) via a laptop, OR pay for a MiniMad (MadMapper's proprietary version of a media player), OR use something like OBS to capture your mapped show and export it to a media player (not straightforward). Or 2) Apply your mapping adjustment to a single frame of your show using the free demo (as shown in the tutorial), then take it into a video editing application like DaVinci or After Effects, apply corner pinning so that your whole show matches the single adjusted frame and re-export. I might make a tutorial showing this - do you think that would be helpful?

[@ThatBestChristmasGuy]

@@LumaBox How do take it from a picture and mask it into mad mapper?? OMG I need help. I missing something here.

[@LumaBox]

@@ThatBestChristmasGuy Where is it going wrong for you?

[@nates8075]

Have you done anything with the luxedo house mapping software? and do you know if you can use the gimp outline in the luxedo mapping software?

[@LumaBox]

I personally haven't used Luxedo. My understanding is that you wouldn't need the gimp outlines because the Luxedo hardware creates it's own point-of-view snapshot?

[@ash50009]

I saw your response to mike and saw that this video is for method 1. Is there any video you know that follows this method? Thanks

[@LumaBox]

Do you mean tutorials that follow method 1? Once you have your outlines, there's not much else to it - design your show (tutorial 3 of my mapping series is 100% relevant for this), save it out and then play it from the projector (tutorial 5 covers this).

[@markanderson7326]

Great tutorial! I can get everything to work properly, but when I go to full screen and do my print screen, I can still see the MadMapper tool bars and border. Is that how it should be? If not, I don't know what I am doing wrong. Thanks.

[@LumaBox]

Do you see your toolbars when you go full screen on your laptop display or only in the image? I don't immediately know what might be going on there if you've followed the steps exactly...

[@williamallen2503]

so quick question; after I get my finished outline out of madmapper, there is a slight fisheye feel. I am concerned that it may problematic to create a show over it as I will always be tweaking the angles. Couldn't I create a show using the original edged jpg and then import that video into Madmapper and then match it to the projector?

[@LumaBox]

Yes if you prefer. Some mapping needs to take place - you're just changing when in the workflow you do it. But you'll have to buy MadMapper to not have the watermark across your whole show. I doubt Madmapper is creating a fisheye effect unless you've done a lot of subdivided mesh warping?

[@robertmcclean1335]

Did a simple wall test between this and drawing the lines by hand and they are both very similar when all said and done. I really had trouble with the black color and seeing where everything is landing. I blame my eyes not this method but any tips on how to perhaps see a little bit better when throwing this up against the house? Just mess with the GIMP settings I guess, but wonder what thoughts you might have?

[@LumaBox]

Thanks for doing a test and sharing your findings 🙂 I know you used a simple wall set up. Of course, it's worth saying that if you'd done the test on a full house there would have been more lines to draw by hand, but the time taken to use this method would stay the same. I still maintain its faster for more complex scenes. I think playing with the glowing edges effect parameters to produce a thicker line might help you 👍

[@robertmcclean1335]

@@LumaBox That's a good idea I'll try that. When it warms up next month it will finally be time to do the house.

[@MilkChocolate05]

This may be a very dumb question, but I am not as tech savy as some and will be trying this for the 1st time for Halloween. When you said connect your projector to your computer, does that mean having a long enough cord to run outside from your projector all the way into the house to your computer or am I missing something?

[@LumaBox]

It's more practical to have your laptop (or conceivably a desktop computer) outside with you and the projector

[@Grandkidsmovies]

Respected Miss! I am your fan and trying to learn projection mapping. Despite hectic efforts I failed to receive projector display in madmapper. Kindly guide me plz

[@LumaBox]

I would recommend this tutorial for a complete intro to MadMapper but I know you found it a little fast kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4XcoaltgN11iK8 so maybe read through the MadMapper documentation or watch some of MadMapper's own tutorials

[@Noldy34]

Can you make a video and show how to make masks using the gimp house outline, please?

[@LumaBox]

I will try

[@Noldy34]

@@LumaBox thank you!

[@Grandkidsmovies]

Is Video projection mapping possible by using gimp and filmoria 11 ?

[@LumaBox]

Yes, sort of. If you follow the steps of this tutorial you'll get your outlines using GIMP (and MadMapper demo). Then you could design your show on top of the outlines. I've not used Filmora but I'm assuming it's a video editing application like DaVinci so, yes, you could use that to design your show.

[@andresruilova6772]

Please, what projector did you use.?

[@LumaBox]

Optoma GT1080HDR

[@duduzanemqaba9718]

Hi Luma. Can't I do the process of corner pinning you did on mad mapper on After Effects directly?

[@LumaBox]

Yes you can do corner pinning in both. It’s just which one you prefer

[@duduzanemqaba9718]

@@LumaBox After designing in after effects. How do I then play the content on the house without using the media player device? Because when I just play it on the computer with windows media player software, it does not accurately fit the house, its totally small.

[@LumaBox]

@@duduzanemqaba9718 You need to play it full screen in whatever player you use. Or you can play it out of After Effects although I wouldn't really recommend that.

[@duduzanemqaba9718]

@@LumaBox yes after effects lags as you know. Also, i played it Full screen but still too small. Maybe I should buy a media player, do you think that will work?

[@LumaBox]

@@duduzanemqaba9718 It will work. Then you can follow the tutorial steps exactly

[@debradubose6055]

can this procedure be used with mapmap instead of madmapper

[@LumaBox]

In principle yes but MapMap is very glitchy these days and often can't be relied upon

[@Grandkidsmovies]

Which version of window and Quick Time Playey do you use?

[@LumaBox]

Well I'm using a Mac mainly in this tutorial but I run Windows 10. Quicktime Player... I don't think I use it in this video but I run v10.5

[@Grandkidsmovies]

@@LumaBox Honorable Miss! I am bigginer so request you kindly upload similar video step by step from restart pc window 10 please

[@LumaBox]

@@Grandkidsmovies The steps are the same even if the interface looks different. Where the steps are different for windows I've shown how to do them. I don't plan to go into more details in future videos. Have confidence! You can follow it! 🙂

[@pwfost]

When trying to use the free version of Madmapper, it doesn't seem to play on my projector as an extended desktop, and no audio neither. Any thoughts? Mapmap seems to work but I sometimes find that cuts out :(

[@LumaBox]

For audio, you need to check the Audio box under Position, Speed, Loop etc in the file properties in the bottom right. You can see the checkbox just above his cursor here kzbin.info/www/bejne/gneZf2uqeJ53iqc. Yeah, MapMap has got very buggy... If you're confident 1) your projector is connected properly 2) your laptop display settings are in extended 3) you've set your projector as your output destination in MadMapper and 4) you've gone into Output>Full Screen Mode... then I can't be sure what's wrong. Sorry!

[@pwfost]

Thanks for the reply and got it to work, awesome tutorials by the way, I always signpost them to others who ask where to get information on projection mapping.

[@LumaBox]

@@pwfost I really appreciate that. Hopefully they can help others too 👍

[@LumaBox]

Please could you tell me what you did to get your projector outputting as an extended display from MadMapper? Someone else has commented that they had a similar problem and I'm wondering if it's a bug etc.

[@pwfost]

@@LumaBox I will have to remind myself 😁 but I'm sure it was my error not a bug 😊 Followed your steps and set the output to full screen.

[@pauloleao2914]

I'm trying to open it up as I type tNice tutoria

[@harshitkhandelwal9900]

Well, you can also map the house on after effects, no need of madmapper

[@LumaBox]

That's true. This method gives people the option of doing it all with free/demo software. Plus I much prefer corner pinning in MM with it's simplicity and clean UI

[@rustysilversurfer3175]

I dont see a output option for destination of my projection in madmapper software, please help

[@LumaBox]

I can only assume your projector isn’t being detected and potentially isn’t connected successfully. Worth double checking

[@rustysilversurfer3175]

@@LumaBox hi, thank you for the reply and it was because I forgot to switch display setting you showed in the Photoshop timeframe!

[@LumaBox]

@@rustysilversurfer3175 Very glad to hear you found a solution. And thanks for posting it so it might help others having the same issue 👍

[@rustysilversurfer3175]

@@LumaBox thank you for making such thorough tutorials and sharing your process !

[@stevencedeno9451]

Turned mirroring off but it never shows the image anywhere but on my machine. I’ve followed the steps exactly multiple times ensuring the destination is accurate. 😢

[@LumaBox]

Hmm, that's weird. Sorry that's not working for you

[@tripas421]

My output is not outputting. It keeps going full screen on my main display while the projector stays on the Mac desktop window ;(

[@LumaBox]

Please could you confirm for me that 1) your projector is set up as an extended display in your system display settings, 2) in MadMapper, your projector is set as the destination in the video output settings, and 3) You're in Fullscreen Mode in MadMapper.

[@tripas421]

@@LumaBox Thanks for the reply. Yes, projector is extended that's how I'm able to see the desktop window on it while I'm on MadMapper on my laptop. And yes projector is the output source on the program. And yes I'm doing full screen mode. It worked earlier yesterday when I was testing before going out at night to try it. But then it stopped working when I messaged you.

[@LumaBox]

@@tripas421 Well then I'm not sure what's going on. It might be worth emailing the developers and asking for help - in my experience, they are very helpful and responsive. If you figure out the problem, would you be willing to post it here please?

[@Grandkidsmovies]

I appolagize for intruding into your busy schedule. I have demo version of madmapper 5.2.1. I attempted many times to connect my 4 projectors of 1920x1080 resolution with my laptop and Desktop window 10 followed by your instructions but ironically I failed to find my any projector in madmapper. Kindly dont mind.... Let me guide properly please.

[@LumaBox]

I think you probably don't have your projector/s connected properly if they are not showing up out output displays in MadMapper

[@Grandkidsmovies]

@@LumaBox Thnx Miss.... Projector resolution 1920x1080 does not match to pc resolution .... This msg appears

[@LumaBox]

@@Grandkidsmovies Then you need to change your PC display output settings to 1920 x 1080. How to get to the display settings is shown in this tutorial which I know you're aware of kzbin.info/www/bejne/fqCmeXmgeLmLhLs But if you're using the projector as an extended screen it shouldn't really matter that the resolutions are not the same

[@Grandkidsmovies]

@@LumaBox Both displays appear on EXTENDED Screen mode. Honorable Miss....my issue is that how can I set effects animations etc; on an object without seeing projector video preview?

[@LumaBox]

@@Grandkidsmovies I'm assuming 1) you are with your projector and it is pointed at an object, 2) your projector is correctly connected to your laptop and you are sending video out of the projector. In that case, you should be able to see the light coming out of the projector and falling on your object. Is that the case?

[@BRVideoandGraphics]

Couldn't you use photoshop to do the same process? It has all the tools to create perspective.

[@LumaBox]

Perhaps yes. You’d have to go full screen (like, properly full screen not just vaguely “fit to screen”) and potentially only use hotkeys to access the tools because you won’t be able to see your toolbar very well out of the projector. I think it’s better in MadMapper because it’s set up to do exactly that kind of corner pinning.

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@@kimnelson8058 Unfortunately no, sorry