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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.
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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.
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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.
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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).