Create X-Map manually

To warp the 3 shapes independently, we need X-Maps.

What is a X-Map ?

*Enabling X-Map option on an Output allows us to make several content map and warp each of it independently. A “content map” is called a X-Map

• Click on the Output
• Enable X-Map on this Output
• Add 3 X-Maps, 1 per shape

!If you are using a real V-Node machine : remember that adding a V-Node, a Render Surface, an Output, X-maps, or adding Media could need to operate a Online on the V-Node(s) concerned.

Edit the MAP of each X-Map

• Go to the Warp tab, on the top right you can switch to MAP mode (you see the media you are playing right now)
• Move the points to the egdges of the shape as precise as possible (you can zoom in the window to achieve that)
• Repeat these steps for the two other shapes

*For the semi circle shape and the modulo letter, just make a rectangle map for the moment. We will see in the next tutorial page how to improve it.

Warp each X-Map

• Once the three X-Maps are ready, click on MAP to switch back to WARP
• On each X-Map, go to Shape and turn the Curve type to Keystone

• To see better what we are doing we activate the S(olo) mode on the X-Map
• Now move the control points to fit the projection on the shape.
• Repeat it for the two other shapes
• Disable all the Solo modes

Now you’ve experienced that it is possible to easily and independently warp all the shapes.

• Turn off the pattern Softedge on the Output we put.
• Display the white pattern1 and check your fine warping