Use of Photoshop file with layers in mapping tool

[tomthebom]

Hej folks, I am well on my way to project video on our school/castle. In order to understand the whole procedure I glued some A3 copies together to try it out.

I took a picture of our school/castle and made a few masks I want to use in Izzy.  Do I remember right, that there was a way to use Photoshop-files within the mapping tool? Or was that wishful thinking?  Best regards, Thomas

[Michel]

@tomthebom

Not that I know. You can open .PSD files but don't have access to the layers.

Best Michel

[tomthebom]

Here is what I did: 1. I took a picture of the building I want to use as background for my projection. I created a bunch of masks in Photoshop, which fit nicely into each other.  

In Izzy I used the AlphaMask element between the movie player and the projector, in order to cut my video footage into different shapes. Within the mapping tool I can map my INPUT and OUTPUT, but it feels not very precise and actually double the work, since I have to map along the masks, that are already created... 

Is there another way to import masks into the mapping tool?

[tomthebom]

Is there any easier way to do this?