POPs Experimental: Line MAT Trails in TouchDesigner

This TouchDesigner tutorial looks at adding color and line width to trails created using the Trail POP in conjunction with the Line MAT.

The project file can be found on my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131555868
The 3D tubes technique that branches from this Tutorial can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/131556138

This tutorial uses build 2025.30060, but fair warning that things will likely change between now and the official release! My hope is that the methodology can easily be recreated in the official release, but there may be differences if you’re watching in the far future.

TouchDesigner Experimental Downloads: https://derivative.ca/download/experimental
Looping Noise Tutorial mentioned in the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGYO1WcT5ys

Video Navigation / Topics:
00:00 – Intro
01:31 – Initial Points
02:15 – Timeline Loop Setup
04:27 – Transform and Trail POPs
05:09 – Render Setup
07:38 – SSAO and Bloom
09:15 – Animating Position with Noise
12:21 – Color
14:34 – Line Width
21:14 – Expanding the Color Texture Lookup
25:28 – Parting Thoughts