connorhughes

Hi, I've made some visuals for projection mapping. Currently no idea how to connect Max to a projector. Could someone cast some light on how to do it?

connecting-max-to-a-projector

It depends on how you're connecting the projector to your computer. For instance, you could be mirroring your main display, or connecting the projector as a second display; this will ultimately change the position you want your jit.window. Take a look at Tutorial 38 for a clear example of how to place windows, go fullscreen, etc.

1- (that i use) I just send the video out via syphon to madmapper, madmapper can deal with a huge amount of surfaces, can create custom masks on the fly and is very efficient. Costs more money but all your headaches are gone ;-)

2- Send your video output to a jit.window object. Plug in your beamer. Move the jit.window over to the beamer screen and then activate fullscreen. This will only do fullscreen. In max you can then use jit.gl.cornerpin to map planes, circles and triangles and usch will require a lot of manual work with masks.

Just remember that plugging a beamer into your computer means its seen as a second screen.

Theres two to three options.
1- (that i use) I just send the video out via syphon to madmapper, madmapper can deal with a huge amount of surfaces, can create custom masks on the fly and is very efficient. Costs more money but all your headaches are gone ;-)
2- Send your video output to a jit.window object. Plug in your beamer. Move the jit.window over to the beamer screen and then activate fullscreen. This will only do fullscreen. In max you can then use jit.gl.cornerpin to map planes, circles and triangles and usch will require a lot of manual work with masks.

Just remember that plugging a beamer into your computer means its seen as a second screen.


Connecting Max to a projector