Dean Cheesman

Slope Displacement in TouchDesigner

In this quick TouchDesigner tutorial I show how to warp your videos and animations by combining the Slope TOP and Displacement TOP. To get the project file for this, along with all my other tutorial project files and custom-built tools, become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DeanCheesman

Blob Tracking Effect Tool for TouchDesigner

Get this popular blob-tracking effect as a drag-on operator. It is much more efficient than the Blob Tracker TOP and has unlimited blobs. Get access to this tool by supporting my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DeanCheesman Combine with the Dean’s Motion Tracer to get lines connecting your blob tracking boxes: https://youtu.be/FbILBVxFOR0 Want to learn how to get this […]

Vintage Lens Effect Tool for TouchDesigner

This TouchDesigner tool takes any video input and dirties it up a bit. With creative options, including chromatic aberration, lens blur, film grain, RGB delay, and vignette, this tool lets you infuse any input with a dose of old-school cool. If you want to learn how to make the chromatic aberration effect from scratch you […]

Chromatic Aberration in TouchDesigner

In this Touchdesigner tutorial, I explain how I make the chromatic aberration effect in my vintage lens tool. Download this project file and get access to Dean’s Vintage Lens tool by joining my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/DeanCheesman Topics covered in this video: * Slope Displacement * Reorder TOP * Normalized Value Viewer

Motion Trace Effect tool for TouchDesigner

Are you too lazy to follow a tutorial to get this popular motion trace effect? Why not just get it with drag-and-drop simplicity? Get it through my Pateron: patreon.com/DeanCheesman If you’re in the learning mood though you can figure out how to build this effect from scratch watching this tutorial here:

Interactive Particles in 3D with TouchDesigner

Making 3D particle systems is pretty easy, and making interactive particle systems in 2D is pretty straightforward, but how can we make 3d particle systems that are still interactive? In this tutorial, I explore a simple method for 3d particle interaction using render picking on a single piece of geometry that I then use to […]

Flow Field Particles in TouchDesigner – All TOPs!

Have you wanted to make complex particle systems but are too scared to get into GLSL programming? This TouchDesigner tutorial explains how to build these systems using all TOPs. Using this method, you can switch out the flow field with any black-and-white source you might come up with. Topics covered in this tutorial: RGB math […]

No Code Fluid Dynamics in TouchDesigner

Want to create fluid effects without code in TouchDesigner? In this video I show how I use optical flow feedback for quickly creating fluid like effects. I also include how you can add interactive mouse or multi-touch input. Great for beginners or intermediate designers looking to create fun interactive content. #TouchDesigner #Tutorial #MotionGraphics #FluidSimulation #DigitalArt […]

Trace and Blob Tracking Effect with TouchDesigner

I’ve been seeing this effect a lot lately and thought I’d figure out how its done and share it. This tutorial covers lots of other fun little techniques using a Cache TOP and Difference TOP to make a cheap motion detection TOP. If there’s an effect out there that you’d like to learn. Send it […]

Pixel Mapping with Touchdesigner

Making basic chasing LED strip light fixtures is lame. This is how I make custom pixel mapped LED outputs for my TouchDesigner projects. #touchdesigner #generativeart #pixelmapping #ledlights #lightingdesign #creativecoding