Free Projection Mapping Tutorial: What will You learn in this Video Mapping Course?

The tutorial starts with the building itself. You prepare a facade texture in Photoshop, bring it into After Effects and lay the first Video Mapping Loops → over the architecture. Need a ready base for practice? See Projection Mapping Textures →

You import Video Mapping Toolkits →, facade elements with an alpha channel such as columns, arches and ornaments, and set them up on top of the texture so they follow the real architecture.

The decorative elements start to move. You set their timing and animation so the facade comes alive in a planned sequence rather than all at once.

More advanced animation techniques, plus color management for the whole composition, so the show reads clearly once it’s projected onto a real surface.

You add new toolkits to the existing composition and expand the show with fresh elements without rebuilding what You’ve already done.

All elements come together in the final composite, and You render the outputs that will later play on the projector.

You mix video compositions and explore color variations, turning one composition into several looks for the same building.

The finishing pass: effects that polish the composition and give the show its final, professional look. Useful plugins are covered in our After Effects plugins guide →

The show goes live. You load the rendered compositions into Resolume Arena, configure the projection and map the content onto the building. For a deeper look at the software, read our Resolume Arena guide →