Projection Mapping

Final output

Software

Video

Adobe After Effects

Digital motion graphics and compositing software published by Adobe Systems, used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Its main uses are the origination of 2D and 2.5D animation, visual effects compositing and finishing (image adjustment, color correction etc.). After Effects can also be used as a basic non-linear editor and a media transcoder.

Mapping

There is few projection tools that I found  for Windows user.

Video Projection Tool

The software, built in max/msp with jitter from cycling74, is made to work for both max osX and windows xp/vista.It works with 8 layers of video which can be placed in a 3D space (openGL). Each layer can be scaled,positioned, rotated, distorted, tinted and masked individually, and accept quicktime video files, live camera feed and a live drawing tool as sources.

Resolume Avenue

Resolume Avenue can play multiple layers of full HD without skipping a beat and it can handle multiple live inputs to make it a virtual video mixing desk.

Resolume Arena **

Resolume 4 comes in 2 editions. Avenue is the VJ software you know and love, Arena has all the features of Avenue plus features you'd expect from a media server, soft edging, screen warping, DMX input and SMPTE timecode input.

** I use Resolume Arena for my projection mapping for my final project.

Progress

Sculpture 

Using box and old newspaper to build the sculpture.

Try to rearrange the box

The big box is wrap using white cloth and 4 other box using white paper.

Projector 

Testing projector 

 Software

  

Mapping using Resolume Arena 4.1.3

Project log final submission

Budget

Few items needed for my project

• Laptop/PC : Personal

Used to create the visual and control the webcam or kinect

• Cardboard : RM 50 - RM 80

Used to create a prop (building)

• Projector : ?

Used to projecting the visual on top of the prob.

• Webcam (if) : Personal

Used to detect the object

• Kinect (if) : RM 400 - RM 500

Used to detect the object

There might be few items will be added/reduce in the future.

Functional Specification Worksheet

Project Name: Virtual urban agriculture

Project Type: Installation/ Interactive art

Problem Issue: Based on my research, urban agriculture main problem is space. Throughout my research, many people don't know that we can use a small space to planted a plant.

Purpose of Project: Audience can virtually plant through the installation

User Interaction: Audience place the stone anywhere within the prop area to virtually planting. As the visual /effects will appear after they placed the stone.

Media Element/Content:

• Animation : A visual/effect of vegetables/fruit which will be simplifies into something simple.

Content Development

# Software

I will using this software & tools :

• Processing
• Adobe Flash
• Webcam / Kinect
• Projector

*  will be update if there any other software i will use while testing the project.

# Storyboard

Space is one of the problem from my topic, urban agriculture. My project is basically an interactive installation art. The installation is to create a virtual urban agriculture.

This is roughly my idea which based on the data i have gather to create an interactive installation. The idea might be changed/improvise in the future.

A white prop represent an urban city. The prop will be a few boxes(buildings). In upper of the prop there will be a projector and a webcam. Projector will be projecting a  video/animation  from the object detected through webcam.  The object will be small stone with different color. From the different stone color, a different video/animation will appear. The  video/animation   will be based on a few kinds of vegetables and fruit. The small stone is used to represent a seed

Floor plan of the installation

Flow of the installation

A projector and webcam is place above the prop so webcam can detect the stone and play the video/animation

Place the stone with different color on top of the prop

Webcam will detect the stone.

A projector will project the video/animation as the stone is detected.

 The idea of this installation is for audience to create their own space in creating a virtual urban agriculture.