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How to run TouchDesigner in the cloud using Paperspace – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Elburz breaks the barriers and gives you a quick and easy guide to setting up TouchDesigner to run in the cloud on Paperspace’s native GPU instances. […]

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November 9, 2020

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Generative Visuals with Particles & Kinect in TouchDesigner

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Crystal Jow creates a fully generative scene that combines techniques like Rutt-Etra displacements, Kinect player index data, particles, noise, colour palettes, and more! It highlights how […]

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October 26, 2020

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Tracking QR Codes in TouchDesigner with OpenCV and Script TOP – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt QR codes are insanely helpful and underrated tools. They can be used for everything from tracking the position of objects in a scene, to helping your […]

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October 19, 2020

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Extracting Data from Featuring Tracking in TouchDesigner – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt A lot of folks are loving the new possibilities of the Script TOP, especially when it comes to implementing OpenCV workflows in realtime in TouchDesigner. After […]

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October 12, 2020

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Easy Feature Tracking with Script TOP and OpenCV in TouchDesigner – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt If you’ve ever tried to use OpenCV inside of TouchDesigner or do any kind of machine learning, you’ll have quickly hit a major bottleneck: the difficulty […]

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October 5, 2020

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Pro Python String Hacks – TouchDesigner Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt In this video, Elburz demonstrates the new string formatting techniques in Python that all the pros are using: f-strings. This powerful new feature makes working with […]

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September 28, 2020

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Audio Reactive Analog Content in TouchDesigner Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Getting that analog look in your content can be hard when you’re working in digital media. In this guest video, Crystal Jow walks you through building […]

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September 21, 2020

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Network Editing Notch Blocks in TouchDesigner – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Working with Notch Blocks in TouchDesigner is amazing…except when you need to make lots of small and quick changes to the original Notch project before re-exporting […]

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September 14, 2020

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Stylizing Content with Lookups in TouchDesigner – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Using a lookup, you can recolour photos, videos, and different data textures in really interesting ways based on the brightness and darkness of different parts of […]

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September 7, 2020

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Generative Geometric Design in TouchDesigner – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt In this video, Elburz guides your through creating beautiful and intricate geometric patterns and design in a generative and easy to manipulate way using some straightforward […]

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August 31, 2020

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Creating Projection Mapping Content with UVs – TouchDesigner Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Elburz shows you not only a high level overview of how UVs work, but also dives into creating UV maps directly in TouchDesigner for geometry you […]

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August 24, 2020

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Scaling Notch Content in TouchDesigner with Exposable Arrays – Tutorial

Get access to 60+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt With the new Exposable Array’s feature in Notch and TouchDesigner, you can simulate many of the features and benefits of TouchDesigner’s instancing while still using the […]

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August 17, 2020

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The Interactive & Immersive HQ Live Stream

We sit down with Landon Thomas to talk about fluid simulations in TouchDesigner and Unity, cross pollination of the game development and generative art industry, and his new Filter TOP that will be released soon.

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August 14, 2020

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TouchDesigner Text TOP Tutorial

Get access to 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt One of the most fun aspects of TouchDesigner is how deep you can go with even simple operators. Developers often have to overlay a lot […]

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August 12, 2020

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deadmau5 judges The Championship TouchDesigner Aesthetic Challenge – Highlights!

Get access to 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt The Interactive & Immersive Championship Aesthetic Challenge was guest judged by electronic music producer deadmau5 and it was a great time! Competitors were given the […]

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August 6, 2020

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The Winner of The First Interactive & Immersive Championship! Interview with Ori Ben-Shabat

Get access to 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt The Interactive & Immersive Champion came to a close this weekend and the winner of The Championship is Ori Ben-Shabat. I sit down with Ori […]

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July 30, 2020

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Benjamin Carrier – phone sensors, OSC – Championship TouchDesigner Project

For the Interactivity Challenge, Benjamin utilized his mobile phone as an interactive input for his TouchDesigner network. He used OSC messaging to get tons of different data points from all the sensors on his phone, including accelerometers, gyroscopes, GPS, orientation, and more. Using this data, he created a game that involved using his mobile phone […]

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July 28, 2020

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The Championship TouchDesigner INTEGRATION CHALLENGE Highlights!

Don’t miss DAY 2 of The Interactive & Immersive Championship LIVE on July 25th at 12pm ET – watch here: twitch.tv/interactiveimmersivehq Judged by none other than Notch Founder Matt Swoboda, the Integration Challenge sees competitors integrate TouchDesigner with one other application of their choice and connect to Twitch chat. They are provided with a TouchDesigner […]

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July 23, 2020

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Patchy (Christopher Hall) – Guitar Hero, Synth, OSC, AxiDraw – Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship Challenge 1: For the interactive challenge, I used a Guitar Hero controller & a ‘Blip Blox’ toy synthesizer. I received data from the Guitar Hero controller over OSC into TouchDesigner, and used the guitar to control a 3D scene, and used it as […]

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July 22, 2020

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Lucas Morgan (Enviral Design) – Kinect, Blender – Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was made as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. Interactive Challenge: This challenge turned into a game of 2.5D pong, where the user’s hands as the kinect saw them controlled the location of two paddles, and a particle system emitted a singular point when the match began, that would collide with the […]

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July 22, 2020

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Ben Benjamin (webglol) – Node.js, Rest, OSC – Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. From the artist: serving media to TouchDesigner via Node.js. Two-way communication between TouchDesigner and a web server using REST and OSC. Create a high-performance image-board in TouchDesigner driven by Twitch chat API.

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July 22, 2020

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mo ma – Oculus, Unity, OSC – Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. 1st work: Using an Oculus headset, the work receives controllers’ position. And it passes a line between two controllers points which is decorated so that it looks like thunder. *You can change the thunder strength with your left controller pushing forwards. 2nd work: […]

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July 22, 2020

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Dom Davis (Psychojelly) – Leap Motion – Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. From the artist: When given the prompt to make a game out of interactive hardware, participant Dom Davis of Psychojelly chose to use the leap motion, a hand tracking device, to make a “choose your own adventure” video player. In this breakdown, he […]

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July 22, 2020

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Rob McDonald – TDAbleton, Twitch – Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. Rob built a touchscreen interface that controlled the colours of a video switching system and animation switching system. TDAbleton was also integrated to have the videos and animations switch to the beat. Twitch integration idea was to change the colour of the video […]

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July 22, 2020

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Tekt – Leap Motion and Resolume – Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

These projects were created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. Round 1: Tekt’s piece for round 1 uses Leap Motion to control Nvidia Flow smoke emitters matching the user’s hand positions and a pinch gesture to control the emitter size. It also applies distortion that follows the user’s hands, pushing and pulling pixels […]

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July 22, 2020

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Interview with Simone Murtas, TouchDesigner Pro and Winner of The Interactivity Challenge

Watch day 2 of The Championship LIVE here: twitch.tv/interactiveimmersivehq Simone Murtas won The Interactivity Challenge on day 1 of The Interactive & Immersive Championship with a great Kinect-driven spray paint game made in less than 60 minutes in TouchDesigner. We caught up with him to talk about how it felt to win the challenge, how […]

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July 22, 2020

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Dan Kenny (2BaysProductions) Leap Motion Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

From the artist: This is a polished up version of my entry in the first challenge of the Interactive & Immersive HQ Championship. The prompt of game-ifying a sensor, with the example of Pong for 2020, made me think immediately of those old wooden box games, 2-axis tilt where you turn the knobs on the […]

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July 22, 2020

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Dom Davis (Psychojelly) – Leap Motion – Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. From the artist: When given the prompt to make a game out of interactive hardware, participant Dom Davis of Psychojelly chose to use the leap motion, a hand tracking device, to make a “choose your own adventure” video player. In this breakdown, he […]

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July 22, 2020

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Augmented reality in TouchDesigner tutorial with Dylan Roscover

This tutorial was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. It covers the fundamentals of Augmented Reality (AR) in TouchDesigner using an Oculus Rift, ZED Mini and Leap Motion. In it you will learn how to wire a network that renders both interactive 3D geometry from TouchDesigner and pass-through stereo video from ZED […]

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July 22, 2020

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Simone Murtas (AM Artist) Interactive & Immersive Championship TouchDesigner Project

This project was created as part of The Interactive & Immersive Championship. From the artist: SprayCan is a little game where the player tries to paint a virtual wall with a spray can. The idea was to involve the player with something very simple, but cheerful, with many colors and a “touch of magic”. The […]

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July 21, 2020

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The Championship TouchDesigner INTERACTIVITY CHALLENGE Highlights!

Don’t miss DAY 2 of The Interactive & Immersive Championship LIVE on July 25th at 12pm ET – watch here: twitch.tv/interactiveimmersivehq Judged by none other than Derivative Founder Greg Hermanovic, the Interactivity Challenge sees competitors race against the clock to create the most impressive TouchDesigner work of art possible while using a sensor (i.e. Microsoft […]

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July 20, 2020

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Interview with Ginger Leigh, TouchDesigner Pro and Winner of The Championship Integration Challenge

Watch Round 2 of The Interactive & Immersive Championship – the only live eSports event for TouchDesigner professionals – on July 25th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time here (you can also catch a replay of round 1!): https://iihq.tv/IIChampionship The Interactive & Immersive Championship has been amazing. We’ve seen competitors pull out all the stops and […]

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July 15, 2020

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Matthew and Elburz talk TouchDesigner and The Interactive & Immersive Championship

Watch The Interactive & Immersive Championship – the only live eSports event for TouchDesigner professionals – on July 11th and 25th at 12:00 PM Eastern Time here: https://iihq.tv/IIChampionship After nearly a decade in the business, Matthew and Elburz talk about their experiences and how they relate to the upcoming Interactive & Immersive Championship. They talk […]

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July 8, 2020

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How to Quickly Calibrate Sensor Data in TouchDesigner (Tutorial)

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Sensors output a lot of data. Kinects, Leap Motions, and touchscreens all output a wide range of data and […]

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July 1, 2020

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12:23

How to do a While Loop That Doesn’t Crash TouchDesigner (tutorial)

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Everyone has had the experience of learning Python and trying to implement their new techniques in TouchDesigner. A common […]

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June 25, 2020

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Create background content in TouchDesigner quickly and easily – tutorial

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt TouchDesigner is a rich platform. There are so many nodes and features that even seasoned pros don’t know them […]

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June 17, 2020

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Secret TouchDesigner Operator Tricks With paketa12 & Elburz

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt paketa12 shows a few techniques in TOPs, including the ways you can use the new pixelRepack tool in the […]

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June 10, 2020

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17:25

Unlocking TDAbleton in TouchDesigner

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt Elburz answers an HQ PRO member’s question on how to get up and running with TDAbleton. This video covers […]

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June 3, 2020

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12:15

How to Connect Node-red and TouchDesigner in Under 10 Minutes

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt In this video, Elburz provides a high-level and easy-to-follow guide for getting Node-red and TouchDesigner setup and working together. […]

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May 27, 2020

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18:45

How to Buy a TouchDesigner Computer

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt When buying a computer for TouchDesigner, there are so many parts, specs, sizes, compatibility options, protocols, and numbers flying […]

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May 20, 2020

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18:27

The Top 4 TouchDesigner Operators You Aren’t Using (but should be)

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt TouchDesigner has a lot of operators. While many are well known, there are a subset of operators that seem […]

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May 13, 2020

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14:44

The Benefits of Web Frontends for TouchDesigner Developers

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt User interfaces can be difficult to build. Control panels and extra monitors connected to your computer can drag down […]

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May 6, 2020

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29:46

The Ultimate Movie Loading Guide For TouchDesigner Projects

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group where Elburz and Matthew Ragan answer all your questions, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2zJ0lmt In this video, Elburz demonstrates the correct ways to load assets into a project, regardless of their size or […]

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April 29, 2020

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13:22

Python Optimization and Pro Tips For TouchDesigner

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/3bzShm4 Python in TouchDesigner is a very powerful tool but one that can also be difficult to approach and can introduce performance issues in larger projects. One of our […]

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April 22, 2020

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Choosing the Right Projector for Projection Mapping in TouchDesigner

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2RHcMVX In this video, Elburz provides the tools you need to choose the right projector for your project, on a budget you can afford. When looking at projectors for […]

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April 15, 2020

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17:37

Best Practices for TouchDesigner Collaboration

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/2JPYpdq Working with multiple developers and designers on a single TouchDesigner project can be tricky. Nevertheless, collaboration is a critical component of every TouchDesigner pro’s toolkit. That’s why we […]

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April 8, 2020

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11:13

Working From Home and Creating Online Content as a TouchDesigner Developer

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of TouchDesigner video training, a private Facebook group, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/3dJcPKf Elburz starts this video off with some advice for how to keep yourself productive and sane during the tough global situation and long hours spent indoors. His years […]

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April 1, 2020

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12:38

Performative Experiences With TouchDesigner

Get access to more content like this – including 50+ hours of video training, a private Facebook group, and twice-monthly group coaching/mastermind calls – here: https://bit.ly/3dpfTuZ In this video, Elburz sits down with Hal Lovement who is an amazing artist, entrepreneur, and TouchDesigner developer, to discuss his next generation performance-based interactive video installation system for […]

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March 25, 2020

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Why Notch is Exciting for TouchDesigner Developers

In this tutorial, Elburz introduces you to Notch and demonstrates why it’s the most exciting software to use alongside TouchDesigner. The combination of Notch’s high-quality dynamic content creation and TouchDesigner’s flexibility and power as a media server can elevate your projects to a new level, all while dramatically reducing development time. To join The Interactive […]

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March 18, 2020

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TouchDesigner Tips with Matthew Ragan

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March 11, 2020

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Engine COMP in TouchDesigner – An Introduction

In today’s video, ​​Elburz provides a need-to-know introduction to the new Engine COMP, a tool which is expected to fundamentally change the way TouchDesigner projects are built. ​​Engine Comp allows you to distribute the workload of a project across multiple CPU threads using the new TouchEngine. This means that if something heavy happens in one […]

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March 4, 2020

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Using Particle Lifetimes in TouchDesigner to Control the Visual Elements of a Particle System

One HQ PRO member asks how to use the particle lifetimes in TouchDesigner to control the visual elements of a particle system. Elburz builds an example while explaining how life attributes work on particles, how to use them, and the common tricks you can use to get the most out of them. To join The […]

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February 26, 2020

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How to Build Your Ideas in TouchDesigner

In this video, one of our HQ PRO members asks two great questions: 1) What are the must-learn operators in TouchDesigner? 2) How do you even begin to figure out how to build your ideas in TouchDesigner? Elburz dives deep into the idea of seeing everything in TouchDesigner as data, and how to approach using […]

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February 18, 2020

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How to Start Networking as a TouchDesigner Pro

One of the hardest things we have to do as Interactive tech and Immersive media professionals is network. In this video, Elburz workshops how to introduce yourself and navigate networking events and opportunities. Additionally, Elburz provides feedback for an HQ PRO member’s professional website. Want to get in on coaching calls just like this? Join […]

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February 12, 2020

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10:52

How to Prepare for a Permanent TouchDesigner Installation

During this group coaching call clip, a member of The Interactive & Immersive HQ PRO asks “How should I prepare my TouchDesigner system for a permanent installation? Are there certain things that you always do? Can you talk us through your process? Thanks!” I answer with a high level run down of all of my […]

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February 5, 2020

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