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Hand Tracking in TouchDesigner – Master Class Part 2
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Hand Tracking in TouchDesigner – Master Class Part 2

In this 2nd tutorial in a 3 part series, we’re taking a deep dive into hand tracking using the MediaPipe plugin for TouchDesigner. I’ll walk you through setting up hand tracking, smoothing data, building a custom clamp math component, and extending functionality with distance calculations for more accurate and interactive experiences. This is Part 2 […]
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Hand Tracking in TouchDesigner – Master Class Part 1
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Hand Tracking in TouchDesigner – Master Class Part 1

In this first tutorial in a 3 part series, we’re taking a deep dive into hand tracking using the MediaPipe plugin for TouchDesigner. I’ll walk you through setting up hand tracking, smoothing data, building a custom clamp math component, and extending functionality with distance calculations for more accurate and interactive experiences. This is Part 1 […]
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Hand Tracking in TouchDesigner – Master Class Part 3
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Hand Tracking in TouchDesigner – Master Class Part 3

In this final tutorial in a 3 part series, we’re taking a deep dive into hand tracking using the MediaPipe plugin for TouchDesigner. I’ll walk you through setting up hand tracking, smoothing data, building a custom clamp math component, and extending functionality with distance calculations for more accurate and interactive experiences. 📌 Resources & Links: […]
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#Genuary Day 31 Prompt: Pixel sorting. #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 31 Prompt: Pixel sorting. #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 30 Prompt: Abstract map. #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 30 Prompt: Abstract map. #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 29 Prompt: Grid-based graphic design. #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 29 Prompt: Grid-based graphic design. #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 28 Prompt: Infinite Scroll. #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 28 Prompt: Infinite Scroll. #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 27 Prompt: no randomness or noise or trig. #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 27 Prompt: no randomness or noise or trig. #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 26 Prompt: Symmetry #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 26 Prompt: Symmetry #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 24 Prompt: Geometric art – circles #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 24 Prompt: Geometric art – circles #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 23 Prompt: Inspired by brutalism. #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 23 Prompt: Inspired by brutalism. #touchdesigner

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Genuary Day 22 Prompt: Gradients. #touchdesigner
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Genuary Day 22 Prompt: Gradients. #touchdesigner

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Day 21 Prompt: Create a collision detection system (no libraries allowed). #touchdesigner #glsl
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Day 21 Prompt: Create a collision detection system (no libraries allowed). #touchdesigner #glsl

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MediaPipe plugin for #TouchDesigner supports ControlNet OpenPose for Stream Diffusion
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MediaPipe plugin for #TouchDesigner supports ControlNet OpenPose for Stream Diffusion

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Genuary Day 19 Prompt: Op Art #touchdesigner
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Genuary Day 19 Prompt: Op Art #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 17 Prompt: What happens if pi=4? #touchdesigner
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#Genuary Day 17 Prompt: What happens if pi=4? #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 16 Prompt: Generative palette. #touchdesigner #ai
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#Genuary Day 16 Prompt: Generative palette. #touchdesigner #ai

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Genuary Day 15 Prompt: Design a rug #touchdesigner #ai
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Genuary Day 15 Prompt: Design a rug #touchdesigner #ai

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#genuary Day 14 Prompt: Pure black and white. No gray. #touchdesigner #shaders
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#genuary Day 14 Prompt: Pure black and white. No gray. #touchdesigner #shaders

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#genuary Day 12 Prompt: Triangles and nothing else. #touchdesigner
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#genuary Day 12 Prompt: Triangles and nothing else. #touchdesigner

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#genuary Day 8 Prompt: Draw one million of something. #touchdesigner #owenwilson
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#genuary Day 8 Prompt: Draw one million of something. #touchdesigner #owenwilson

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#genuary Day 6 Prompt: Make a landscape using only primitive shapes. #touchdesigner
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#genuary Day 6 Prompt: Make a landscape using only primitive shapes. #touchdesigner

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#genuary day 5: isometric. #touchdesigner
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#genuary day 5: isometric. #touchdesigner

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#Genuary day 4: black on black #touchdesigner
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#Genuary day 4: black on black #touchdesigner

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#genuary Day 2 Prompt: Layers upon layers upon layers #touchdesigner
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#genuary Day 2 Prompt: Layers upon layers upon layers #touchdesigner

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#Genuary Day 1 Prompt: Vertical or horizontal lines only. #TouchDesigner
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#Genuary Day 1 Prompt: Vertical or horizontal lines only. #TouchDesigner

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Live controlling video with Ableton and TouchDesigner
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Live controlling video with Ableton and TouchDesigner

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Immersive Memory with TouchDesigner and Ableton
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Immersive Memory with TouchDesigner and Ableton

I’m excited to share Immersive Memory, an interactive experience set in AlUla’s Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site with a rich history in incense trade. This installation spans three distinct spaces, tied together by a spatial audio score by @mattfaddymusic. Each chapter invites visitors to engage with unique visuals inspired by incense, brought to […]
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Growing pixels like cells #touchdesigner
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Growing pixels like cells #touchdesigner

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Playing with POPs in TouchDesigner
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Playing with POPs in TouchDesigner

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New Shader Park plugin for TouchDesigner
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New Shader Park plugin for TouchDesigner

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Easily Make Shaders in TouchDesigner: New Shader Park Plugin for TouchDesigner with T3D Support
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Easily Make Shaders in TouchDesigner: New Shader Park Plugin for TouchDesigner with T3D Support

In this tutorial we’ll go over the new Shader Park plugin for TouchDesigner. It allows you to easily take your raymarched shaders that run in the browser and bring them natively into TouchDesigner to introduce things like audio reactivity, hook them up to sensors, or render out high quality video. The plugin now supports occluding […]
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Visuals for @epicycle’s new track with Shader Park and TouchDesigner
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Visuals for @epicycle’s new track with Shader Park and TouchDesigner

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New TouchDesigner Plugin
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New TouchDesigner Plugin

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Easily Train Pose, Image, & Audio Detection AI in TouchDesigner (No Code): Teachable Machine Plugin
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Easily Train Pose, Image, & Audio Detection AI in TouchDesigner (No Code): Teachable Machine Plugin

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the Teachable Machine plugin for TouchDesigner. It lets you quickly train lightweight Pose Detection, Image Recognition, and Audio Classification models and embed them into TouchDesigner to run offline without an internet connection. Link to project file + Plugin on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tblankensmith Link to Teachable Machine: https://teachablemachine.withgoogle.com/ 0:00 […]
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ElevenLabs Plugin for TouchDesigner
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ElevenLabs Plugin for TouchDesigner

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the new ElevenLabs text-to-speech plugin for TouchDesigner. We’ll also walk through a project creating a voice-activated 3D talking character by integrating Whisper for speech-to-text, ChatGPT for generating dialogue, ElevenLabs for text-to-speech, and MediaPipe for motion tracking to create an interactive experience. Link to project file + Plugin […]
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Text-to-Speech ElevenLabs Plugin for TouchDesigner + Whisper, ChatGPT, and MediaPipe Integration
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Text-to-Speech ElevenLabs Plugin for TouchDesigner + Whisper, ChatGPT, and MediaPipe Integration

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the new ElevenLabs text-to-speech plugin for TouchDesigner. We’ll also walk through a project creating a voice-activated 3D talking character by integrating Whisper for speech-to-text, ChatGPT for generating dialogue, ElevenLabs for text-to-speech, and MediaPipe for motion tracking to create an interactive experience. Link to project file + Plugin […]
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Picture in Picture Hand Tracking Effect – TouchDesigner Tutorial
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Picture in Picture Hand Tracking Effect – TouchDesigner Tutorial

This tutorial is inspired from the Genuary (generative art month in January) prompt from day 3 to create something in the style of a Droste effect / a Picture in a Picture. I use the MediaPipe hand tracking plugin created by Dom Scott and myself to controll the motion. This also features a bonus Reaction […]
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New Body Tracking Plugin for TouchDesigner – No Kinect Needed
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New Body Tracking Plugin for TouchDesigner – No Kinect Needed

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over my new body-tracking plugin for TouchDesigner. It runs off the webcam and works on both Mac and PC without any setup. In this video I’ll show you an overview of the component and how to start using it in your TouchDesigner Projects. I’ve refined this plugin based on […]
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Custom ChatGPT and Whisper(speech to text) Plugins for TouchDesigner
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Custom ChatGPT and Whisper(speech to text) Plugins for TouchDesigner

Hey! In this tutorial we’ll go over 2 new components I developed to run OpenAI’s Whisper (speech to text) and ChatGPT within TouchDesigner. The components work without any setup needed, just add your OpenAI API key. I also show how to extend the functionality of the components so you can use these models in your […]
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Video to Video AI Style Transfer with Stable Diffusion and Keyframing in TouchDesigner – Tutorial
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Video to Video AI Style Transfer with Stable Diffusion and Keyframing in TouchDesigner – Tutorial

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to do video to video style transfer with Stable Diffusion using a custom component in TouchDesigner. We’ll cover how to keyframe animations so you can drive your AI style generation and swap out your prompts and model parameters at exact times in your video to sync up with your […]
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Audio Reactive Animations with Stable Diffusion and TouchDesigner – Tutorial 3
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Audio Reactive Animations with Stable Diffusion and TouchDesigner – Tutorial 3

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to use Stable Diffusion with a custom component to generate audio-reactive animations in TouchDesigner. Project File: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1mUU5ApNJXAQPCrKVuc-8sUNkizdVH7JP?usp=sharing Link to The first Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRXTR9vcHAs Link to the API: https://computerender.com/ Link to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/tblankensmith Prompt Engineering with Lexica: https://lexica.art/ Opt out of Ai Training: https://haveibeentrained.com/ Huge thank you […]
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Web GUI for TouchDesigner – Component & Beginner Tutorial
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Web GUI for TouchDesigner – Component & Beginner Tutorial

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to use a new custom component that allows you to instantly create a web GUI for any TouchDesigner container and control TD in real time over the web. The website will also live-update when changes in TD are made. We’ll also dive into behind the scenes how […]
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TouchDesigner Tutorial – Generate AI Images with Stable Diffusion using Image-to-Image Generation
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TouchDesigner Tutorial – Generate AI Images with Stable Diffusion using Image-to-Image Generation

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to use Stable Diffusion with a custom component I created to generate images in TouchDesigner. The project supports 2 forms of input using prompt generation and image to image so you can use any TOP in TouchDesigner as a starting point. Project File: https://drive.google.com/file/d/166nPMUmtuhhm4iiMdKMY1Qnzv1GYXBRt/view?usp=share_link Link to the […]
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Generate AI Images with Stable Diffusion + Audio Reactive Particle Effects – TouchDesigner Tutorial
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Generate AI Images with Stable Diffusion + Audio Reactive Particle Effects – TouchDesigner Tutorial

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to use Stable Diffusion in TouchDesigner to turn AI-generated images into a video and add audio-reactive particles for a blending effect. The project file is available on my Patreon: https://patreon.com/tblankensmith Part 1 of this tutorial is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRXTR9vcHAs Huge thank you to Peter Whidden for his […]
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Tutorial 6 – Send & Receive Messages from a Website. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 6 – Send & Receive Messages from a Website. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to […]
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Tutorial 5.1 BONUS – Use the Table DAT with Python. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 5.1 BONUS – Use the Table DAT with Python. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this Bonus tutorial, we’ll go over how […]
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Tutorial 5 – Receiving a WebSocket Message in TD. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 5 – Receiving a WebSocket Message in TD. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to […]
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Tutorial 4 – Send Data from TD to a Website. Control TouchDesigner with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 4 – Send Data from TD to a Website. Control TouchDesigner with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to […]
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Tutorial 3 – Testing with WebSocket King. Control TouchDesigner with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 3 – Testing with WebSocket King. Control TouchDesigner with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to […]
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Tutorial 2 – Host a Free WebSocket Server on Heroku. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 2 – Host a Free WebSocket Server on Heroku. Control TD with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to […]
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Tutorial 1 – Intro & Overview of WebSockets. Control TouchDesigner with a Website using WebSockets
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Tutorial 1 – Intro & Overview of WebSockets. Control TouchDesigner with a Website using WebSockets

Hey! In this beginner series, we’ll go over how to use WebSockets to control TouchDesigner with a website in real-time and vice versa. We’ll cover step by step how to implement everything from scratch. We’ll also cover some programming concepts assuming little to no experience with programming. In this tutorial, we’ll go over high-level how […]
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Body Tracking with No Kinect in TouchDesigner 2022
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Body Tracking with No Kinect in TouchDesigner 2022

Hey! In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to use the real-time body tracking component for TouchDesigner that I’ve released on my Patreon: https://patreon.com/tblankensmith Link to the No Kinect Website: https://no-kinect.netlify.app/ [Note] you can tack in a query parameter to your socket server by using ?wsURL= eg. https://no-kinect.netlify.app/?wsURL=wss://our-socket-server.herokuapp.com:443 This makes it easy to share a […]
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Shader Park Plugin for TouchDesigner & A Rendering Workflow
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Shader Park Plugin for TouchDesigner & A Rendering Workflow

In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to take the shaders you create in Shader Park and render them into high-quality videos using TouchDesigner. We’ll also go over the core features of the Shader Park plugin for TouchDesigner so you can incorporate any of your creations from Shader Park into your TouchDesigner project. For more […]
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Background Removal and Custom Webcam Effects: TouchDesigner Tutorial. Mac + PC
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Background Removal and Custom Webcam Effects: TouchDesigner Tutorial. Mac + PC

In this TouchDesigner tutorial, we’ll go over how to remove the background from your webcam on Mac, or PC and pipe your custom visuals + webcam effects made in TouchDesigner into Zoom, or Google Meet using OBS. We’ll also look at feedback loops in TD. Link to Download Mmhmm app: https://www.mmhmm.app/downloads Link to Download Open […]
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Audio-Reactive Visuals in TouchDesigner
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Audio-Reactive Visuals in TouchDesigner

In this tutorial, we explore how to drive your visuals in TouchDesigner that normally use time with audio analysis/beat detection. Link to Double Feedback component: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KQmPUCxcdaIM-qVxQZHkBcDEpFGfJM19/view?usp=sharing Markus Heckmann’s tutorial on feedback techniques: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-XwzEzYhUU If you’re interested in other techniques on making things audio-reactive, Bileam has a great tutorial on this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGoCbVmGtPE 0:00 Overview 0:22 Audio […]
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