Generative Interfaces with Widgets Part 1 – Wieland Hilker

Workshop: Generative Interfaces with Widgets Part 1

Widgets are a new and exciting way to create highly customizable interfaces. Even though widgets can effectively reduce a creator’s workload it can still be hard to build big and complex interfaces by hand. In this workshop we will take a deeper look at ways of automating interface creation for the users themselves and for quick prototyping.

This workshop will outline widgets and binding and will address network organization using custom comps, external tox files, and OPShortcuts. Additionally, we will review network analysis and comps, learn how to create new functionality with the use of extensions, outline how to use drag and drop, take a deeper look into complex Python scripting with class-extension and error-handling, and master creating and recalling presets.

Instructor: Wieland Hilker
Born in Potsdam, Germany, Wieland Hilker (aka ‘Jonas Schmitt’) at one time found himself looking for an easy to use, free video playback software. After brushing off TouchDesigner, believing it to be too complicated, he kept returning to the platform, and finally realized the potential it holds. Nowadays he uses TouchDesigner as a base for MediaServer setups in a theatre-environment to combine videoplayback and interactive elements. After moving to Berlin, he was drawn to the fields of electronic music and from there Belka was born bringing a fast performance tool built on the same freedom and modularity already used in theatre setups.