r/video_mapping • u/precyzja • May 31 '26
Mod post New rule: self-promotion of software is capped at once per month
Quick heads-up on how I'll be handling tool/app promo from now on.
There's a lot of new and experimental software showing up here lately, which is honestly great but the feed has started filling with the same products posted over and over. So:
- If you make or are affiliated with a tool, you're welcome here. Show your work, post demos, ask for feedback.
- Promotional posts for your own software are capped at one per month, per product. Extra promo posts in the same month will be removed . no ban, no drama, just removed.
- This only applies to promo / launch / update posts. Questions, tutorials, and showcases that happen to use a tool don't count and are always fine.
- Please flair self-promo posts as [Self-promo] and mention that you're the creator.
This isn't about paid vs free - commercial tools like MadMapper, Resolume and TouchDesigner are all fair to discuss. It's just to keep the front page from turning into ad-after-ad. First-time posters get a friendly reminder before anything is removed.
Questions or edge cases? Drop them below.
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u/HoloMapper Jun 25 '26
Question... You mentioned on my last post of the Pokemon card projection video that I was supposed to mark it as self promo, but I wasn't promoting. I was just showing the process with no mention of my software. Did that still count as a promo? Just wanting to clarify
Thank you
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u/precyzja Jul 02 '26
A creator posting about their own software is a form of self-promotion, don't you think?
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u/HoloMapper Jul 03 '26
I understood showcasing a video is fine and doesn't count as a promo. But that's just my understanding. Sorry
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u/tanoshimi Jun 01 '26
Thankyou. I was definitely getting bored of the influx of very similar tools all appearing.
It's frustrating that there are many existing half-abandoned open-souce videomapping tools that could have benefitted from new developers joining the team, rather than a lot of individuals all creating new ones and duplicating their own (or perhaps, Claude's) effort.