From 8e805848e2d9ece4a728b5f7f9e3584a1a04b582 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CDhivyaBharathi Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:07:00 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Adding the documentation for using the kantan mapper in Touchdesigner --- KantanMapperDoc.md | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 51 insertions(+) create mode 100644 KantanMapperDoc.md diff --git a/KantanMapperDoc.md b/KantanMapperDoc.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..712a63c --- /dev/null +++ b/KantanMapperDoc.md @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +#Touch Designer +## Projection mapping using Kantan mapper + + + + +###Setting up: +* Movie-In top OP + - connect to the video you want to map + - Don't go beyond a resolution of 1280 x 1280 +* Null Top OP - acts as the output + + +Connect your laptop to the projector and make sure you set it as an 'Extended Display' and that it is not mirroring to your screen. + + +### Kantan Mapper: + +* In the panel section on the kantan mapper op, turn off `Display` +* Pulse the kantan mapper window from the kantan section. + + ![Kantan editor window](/Users/dhivyabharathichellakumar/Desktop/kantanMapper.png) +* In the newly opened window, click on window options + + ![window options window](/Users/dhivyabharathichellakumar/Desktop/kantan2.png) +* Do the following: + - Set `monitor` as 1, here 1 denotes the projector + - Set `Opening size` as fill + - Turn off `borders` + - Turn on `always on top` + - For testing purporses, you could click on `open as a seperate window` + +Now you should have the new window up in the projector and it should let you mark shapes using the kantan mapper window + +Now you can map using quadrilaterals or free form shapes. + + +### How to add the video + +* With the kantan mapper edit window open, drag and drop the texture/video on to the shape drawn. + +### Output +* Connect the kantan mapper to a NULL top this will act as the output instead of the kantan mapper op directly. Name this component as ' *bg* ' +* Now zoom out, you should see two components +* Click on the project1 components and go to the `look` category, under this change the `Background TOP` category from *./out* to *./bg* + +![zoomed out window](/Users/dhivyabharathichellakumar/Desktop/projectWin.png) + +* Click on the perform component and under the `window` category, go to the `monitor` category and set it to *1* (denoting the projector display') +* Finally click on the Perform icon, Picture looking icon at the top left of the window. This should open the projection mapping on the projector. + From a4c7964166a9c534564a7760f4aa81cde96fea50 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: CDhivyaBharathi Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2025 16:13:30 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Moving the file into the docs folder --- KantanMapperDoc.md => docs/KantanMapperDoc.md | 0 1 file changed, 0 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) rename KantanMapperDoc.md => docs/KantanMapperDoc.md (100%) diff --git a/KantanMapperDoc.md b/docs/KantanMapperDoc.md similarity index 100% rename from KantanMapperDoc.md rename to docs/KantanMapperDoc.md