Touchdesigner

Depth Scatter Rendering in TouchDesigner – Owen Hindley

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner London Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-london-summer-2025/72002

Immersive Retail : TouchDesigner and Unreal – David Yates

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner London Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-london-summer-2025/72002

Projection Simulator with TouchDesigner – Youngjun Chang

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner London Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-london-summer-2025/72002

Digital Craftsmanship and TouchDesigner at Bentley – Naomi Saka

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner London Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-london-summer-2025/72002

Lessons from the Classroom Teaching TouchDesigner – James Gibbons Macgregor

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner London Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-london-summer-2025/72002

TouchDesigner for Laser Designer and Show Control in Theater – Walter Nied

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Dublin Event 2025 on June 28th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-dublin-summer-2025/72015

Dynamic Controller for TouchDesigner – Michael O'Connell

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Dublin Event 2025 on June 28th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-dublin-summer-2025/72015

Integrating AI and TouchDesigner into Interactive Installations – Ainsling Phelan

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Dublin Event 2025 on June 28th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-dublin-summer-2025/72015

TouchDesigner Dublin Event 2025 — Highlights Reel

Mark Tutorial Completed! Massive thanks to everyone who came out to the TouchDesigner Dublin – Summer 2025 this summer. To organize an event like this in Dublin with Pauric Freeman and Concept Null was an unforgettable experience. It was an incredible full day of ideas, inspiration, and innovation powered by the amazing TouchDesigner community. Big […]

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 04 Vincent Sanjivy Mapping the Dust Using TouchDesigner for

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 02 Louk Amidou Exploring Hidden Poetic and Interactive Dimensi

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Diaries : Anatomy of an Installation – Sumeet Rohilla

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on July 9th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 06 Shandor Chury Beyond the Screen Integrating Physical Syst

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 10 Fabien Bouchard aka Parse Error TouchDesigner with POPs the

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 07 Florian Rouzaud Cornabas Orchestrating Modular Interactive

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 05 Philippe Dubost How to Make Ipad Style and Phone Apps with

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 09 Cecile LeBon Designing Real Time Tools and Assets for Live

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner Paris 2025 Meetup 08 Sebastien Mercier Neurotypique How Real Time Tools Changed

Mark Tutorial Completed! Recorded at TouchDesigner Paris Event 2025 on June 15th, 2025. https://derivative.ca/community-post/touchdesigner-event-paris-summer-2025/72007

TouchDesigner InSession with Daniel Molnar – July 21st 2023

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Daniel Molnar aka Function Store https://linktr.ee/function.str —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with Ana Herruzo – April 14th 2023

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Ana Herruzo https://anaherruzo.com https://vimeo.com/anitazk —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with Darien Brito – February 10th 2023

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Darien Brito Works https://www.instagram.com/darien.brito/ https://vimeo.com/darienbrito —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with Tommy Etkin – September 23rd 2022

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Tommy Etkin https://t3kt.net https://www.instagram.com/t3kt https://vimeo.com/tekt —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with Matthew Biederman – August 5th 2022

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Matthew Biederman https://mbiederman.com https://www.instagram.com/matthewbiederman https://vimeo.com/mbiederman —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with Sahar Homami – June 24th 2022

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Sahar Homami https://saharhomami.com https://sahar.bandcamp.com/music https://www.instagram.com/sahar.homami/ —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with David Braun and Ge Wang – February 4th 2022

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guests: David Braun https://dirt.design/portfolio/ GitHub: https://github.com/DBraun Ge Wang https://artful.design —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession with Josef Luis Pelz – December 17th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Josef Luis Pelz https://josefluispelz.com Instagram: josefluispelz —- derivative.ca derivative.ca/inSession

TouchDesigner InSession – November 5th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Rob Bairos https://derivative.ca https://github.com/lodefmode —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – July 30th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Noel Apitta HOME Instagram: @scarletmotiff https://www.instagram.com/scarletmotiff —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – June 25th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Crystal Jow https://www.crystaljow.com Instagram: @crystaljowart https://www.instagram.com/crystaljowart/ —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – June 4th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guests: Simone Franco Luca Ferro DragOn: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/2/folders/12F1DMxYTN9dnAJPM_VPggKkYEWLlN7wp —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – April 30th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Noah Norman https://hardwork.party https://instagram.com/hardworkparty —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – March 26th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Paola G. Olea https://www.paoolea.com https://www.instagram.com/pao.olea/ —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – March 26th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Paola G. Olea https://www.paoolea.com https://www.instagram.com/pao.olea/ —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – February 26th 2021

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Justin Dwyer & Dr Betty Sargeant IMMERSIVE + PUBLIC ART https://www.instagram.com/pluginhuman —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – January 29th 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Caroline Reize http://carolinereize.com https://www.instagram.com/digital.rain/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxURnm2t_twX8wvazpfWEDA —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – January 29th 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Caroline Reize http://carolinereize.com https://www.instagram.com/digital.rain/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxURnm2t_twX8wvazpfWEDA —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – December 18th 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Louise Lessel http://www.louiselessel.com —- derivative.ca

Creating Interactive Controls for Live Performance – Ginger Leigh

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Interactive Control for Live Performance Example files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019GingerLeigh 0:00 – Introduction 3:35 – Notes on sensors 6:40 – MIDI controllers 26:06 – Thinking excercise 30:10 – Leap Motion 50:45 – See note below on additional excerpt video at this point 50:45 – Kinect sensors 1:13:55 – Ableton Live using Live Grabber […]

TouchDesigner InSession – November 6th 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guests: Manuel Mitasch http://www.jonglissimo.com Ben Kuper http://benjamin.kuperberg.fr/chataigne/en —- derivative.ca

GLSL 102 Raymarching : Beyond Copy and Paste Shadertoy – VanTa

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: GLSL 102 Raymarching : Beyond Copy and Paste Shadertoy Recommended Prerequisite: https://youtu.be/QtrzuSFfsSo 0:00 – Introduction 3:45 – Raymarching theory 15:23 – Let’s start raymarching! 54:06 – Calculating Normals 1:16:50 – Combining shapes 1:29:55 – Adding interactive control with uniforms 1:35:05 – Inigo Quilez, Shadertoy, and using resources 1:43:37 – Displacement 1:59:14 […]

TouchDesigner Electronic Music Studio – Owen Kirby

Mark Tutorial Completed! * Video starts at 3:30 Workshop: TouchDesigner Electronic Music Studio Example Files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-OwenKirby 0:00 – Introduction 3:30 – Audio synthesis in TouchDesigner 17:50 – EQs, filters, and effects 22:30 – MIDI and sequencing 27:43 – Audio recording and playback 31:14 – Troubleshooting 34:10 – Synth Builder Components – available here: https://www.owenkirby.net/components 41:40 […]

Large Scale System Architecture in TouchDesigner – Lucas Morgan

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Large Scale System Architecture in TouchDesigner GeoPix Example File: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-LucasMorgan 0:00 – Introduction 6:02 – GeoPix demo 15:14 – Anatomy of GeoPix – An object oriented lighting design sandbox 39:50 – The Editor Tab – Dataflow, static to real-time 51:56 – The I/O Tab – Recreating TouchDesigner, in TouchDesigner 58:56 – […]

How the Bauhaus Would Have Loved TouchDesigner – Stefan Kraus

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: How the Bauhaus Would Have Loved TouchDesigner Example Files: https://github.com/MXZEHN/TD_WRSHP_BHS_Montral_8-19 1:37 – Stefan Kraus / The Node Institute Berlin 5:17 – Bauhaus 44:19 – TouchDesigner Basics 1:46:25 – 1 FarblichtSpiel 3:07:45 – 2 Clock 4:01:14 – 3 Replicator 5:07:07 – 4 LED When Walter Gropius founded the legendary design school Bauhaus […]

Widgets Part 10 – Advanced Binding

Mark Tutorial Completed! A deep dive into the MIDI mapping of a full controller using the Bind CHOP. Learn about channel management to make renaming, organizing and mapping of large controllers easier to manage and maintain. Starting Project: https://tinyurl.com/ycgz2763 Completed Project: https://tinyurl.com/y2r6jt7m TouchDesigner 2020.25380+ required TouchDesigner mapping tools mentioned at 00:42 Alphamoonbase’s Galileo Mapper Family […]

Intro to Custom CHOP C++ – Hugo Laliberte

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Introduction to Custom CHOP C++ Example Files: https://github.com/lachose1/wiimoteCHOP-cleanbase This workshop is an introduction to the world of C++ CHOP programmed specifically for TouchDesigner. At the beginning of this workshop participants will gain an understanding of the custom C++ CHOP example source code while reviewing its main accessible methods. Afterwards the group […]

Creating Generative Visuals with Complex Systems – Simon Alexander-Adams

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Creating Generative Visuals with Complex Systems Example Files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-SimonAlexanderAdams This workshop will walk participants through the process of creating real-time generative visuals using two types of systems: reaction-diffusion and cellular automata. Both methods yield a variety of complex and often non-repeating patterns. Reaction-diffusion systems model the changing of one or more […]

TouchDesigner InSession – August 21st 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Ginger Leigh https://www.synthestruct.com https://www.instagram.com/synthestruct/ —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – July 31st 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Elburz Sorkhabi (https://interactiveimmersive.io) Ori Ben-Shabat Dylan Roscover (https://theexperiential.com) —- derivative.ca

GLSL 101 Shaders for Everyone – Van Ta

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: GLSL 101: Shaders for Everyone In this workshop participants will acquire a basic understanding of how GLSL shaders operate within TouchDesigner. Additional information around their syntax and common use will be reviewed. This will be achieved through the creation of two real-life projects (an analog style synthesizer and a 2D pattern […]

Multi GPU System Design – Keith Lostracco

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Multi GPU System Design This workshop will focus on Multi GPU System Design, implementation and execution with a focus on stability, performance and simplicity. Participants will examine the inner workings of a custom multi-node playlist component (Fusion Player) that plays back a playlists of cues (either pre-rendered content files or real-time […]

Touching Sound: Building Interactive Music Installations – Dave & Gabe

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Touching Sound – Building Interactive Music Installations In a continued effort to collapse the gap between sonic, tactile, and visual systems, in this talk Dave & Gabe will present their approach to developing musical structures and environments. With a focus on leveraging a variety of sensor inputs, the presenters will show […]

Application of Kinetic Installation and Laser Control System in China – Ruokun Chen & Jimmz Zhang

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Application of Kinetic Installation and Laser Control System in China Application of Kinetic Installation and Laser Control System in China In this talk, Ruokun Chen and Jimmz Zhang will describe the technical development of various commercial projects using TouchDesigner, including kinetic installations and a laser control system. The first project that […]

Widgets Part 9 – Binding to channels with the Bind CHOP

Mark Tutorial Completed! A quick introduction to the Bind CHOP and how to bind parameters to CHOP channels. Starting Project: https://tinyurl.com/ycgz2763 TouchDesigner 2020.24520+ required MIDI, OSC, and other inputs often come into TouchDesigner as CHOP channels. This workflow shows how to bind these channels to parameters anywhere in your project.

TouchDesigner InSession – June12th 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guest: Somil Metha Instagram: @msomil —- derivative.ca

TouchDesigner InSession – May 22nd 2020

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team —- Guests: Akiko Yamashita www.akikoyamashita.com Aberration Lab launching May 27th Twitter: @AberrationLab www.twitch.tv/AberrationLab —- Torin Blankensmith & Peter Whidden www.torinblankensmith.com www.peterwhidden.com www.shaderpark.com Twitter: @tblankensmith Instagram: @blankensmithing —- derivative.ca

Art with a Purpose – Shandor Churry

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Art with a Purpose AUDIO: We lost part of the audio at the beginning and had to use a backup source, primary audio restored at 14:23 The ‘Prime Directive’ of art (shamelessly borrowing this term from Star Trek) is to inspire, to shock, to disrupt, and to create an emotional connection […]

Generative Interfaces with Widgets Part 2 – Wieland Hilker

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Generative Interfaces with Widgets Part 2 Example Files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-WielandHilker 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 […]

Generative Interfaces with Widgets Part 1 – Wieland Hilker

Mark Tutorial Completed! 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 […]

TouchDesigner InSession

Mark Tutorial Completed! A hands-on session with the Derivative team.

TouchDesigner in a Production Pipeline – Ronen Tanchum

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: TouchDesigner in a Production Pipeline In this talk Ronen Tanchum will demonstrate different ways to treat TouchDesigner as a 3D production package for the creation of high-end 360 content. He will focus on the different roles TouchDesigner can take in a traditional production pipeline, ranging from Previz, animation, on-set visualizations, 3D […]

Delicious Dome Mapping – Michael McKellar

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Delicious Dome Mapping WARNING! – The beginning of this workshop has bad audio issues, please adjust volume accordingly. After 24:30 the issues are resolved. Example files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-MichaelMcKellar This workshop is an exploration into projection warping with a focus on fulldome projection mapping. This session will benefit individuals with an interest in […]

Livecoding TouchDesigner in Javascript – Ulysses Popple

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Livecoding TouchDesigner Since the early 2000’s performers have been incorporating livecoding into their practices. In 2011, events that combined livecoding with dance and algorithmic music called algoraves emerged. Generally, livecoding involves improvising sound and video by programming on the fly. This practice has many practical applications in all sorts of creative […]

What Do We Want to Be (When We Grow Up)? – David Biancardi

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: What Do We Want to Be (When We Grow Up)? Our community’s approaches, tools, and techniques are increasingly valuable to clients connecting with their audiences through digital layers in physical places – from temporary experiential events & activations to permanent installations in architectural contexts. This session will explore the “emerging field” […]

System Design for Large Scale Installations – Colin Hoy

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: System Design for Large Scale Installations Example files: https://github.com/avc-choy/td-summit-2019 This workshop will focus on system design for large scale installations. Notably, the session will review the basics of setting up a standardized project environment in order to manage multi-machine installations. This includes config-based dynamic loading/protocols for development and production environments, file […]

GPU Implementation of SOP to TOP – Quentin Bleton

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: GPU Implementation of SOP to TOP This workshop aims to demonstrate a new way of manipulating SOPs in TOP space, while preserving optimized performances, by leveraging the GPU through geometry shaders to convert an SOP into, or from, a TOP. The geometry shader will be presented and explained first through a […]

How to Make a Living with TouchDesigner – Elburz Sorkhabi

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: How to Make a Living with TouchDesigner Have you ever asked yourself one of the following questions: How much should I charge clients when making a custom project using TouchDesigner? How should I communicate with bad clients? How do I develop contracts? How do I stop people from calling me for […]

TDNeuron – A Gradient Descent Into Madness – Darien Brito and Tim Gerritsen

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: TDNeuron – A Gradient Descent Into Madness Assets: TDNeuron is now available in the COMMUNITY section of Derivative’s website. https://derivative.ca/community-post/asset/tdneuron Machine Learning is taking over as a new means for creative and artistic practice. Many platforms already exist that make it relatively easy for programmers to use and integrate in projects. […]

SOP on GPU v 2.0 – Stanislav Glazov

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: SOP on GPU v 2.0 This workshop is based on the presenter’s long and intensive experience trying to improve the complexity and quality of the real-time graphics he creates in TouchDesigner. This session is oriented towards intermediate TouchDesigner users who have an understanding of Surface Operators and a handle on the […]

Advanced Techniques in Media Management, Sequencing and Playback – Peter Sistrom

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Advanced Techniques in Media Management, Sequencing and Playback In this workshop Peter Sistrom will share his experience devising a flexible system for media sequencing and playback in many different and demanding scenarios over the last six years. Over time he has become familiar with the evolving set of features in TouchDesigner […]

Adding Human Input: 3D Scenes in TouchDesigner – Ronen Tanchum

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Adding Human Input: 3D Scenes in TouchDesigner Example Files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-RonenTanchum In this workshop Ronen Tanchum will present a variety of devices that can be connected to TouchDesigner and will outline different ways to use their incoming data. The workshop will begin with an overview of the mechanical ways to let TouchDesigner […]

3D Projection Mapping Workflow – Richard Burns

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: 3D Projection Mapping Workflow Example Files: https://github.com/Richard-Burns/ProjectionMappingWorkflows NOTE: This workshop on projection mapping is somewhat difficult to present in video format as the projector and mapping output is not visible. However, we’ve posted it in the hope that you find the information and workflows presented by Richard interesting and useful. Additionally, […]

Pixel Mapping and Performing with LEDs – Karl Skene

Mark Tutorial Completed! Workshop: Pixel Mapping and Performing with LEDs Example Files: https://tinyurl.com/Summit2019-KarlSkene This half-day workshop for is meant for users who have a general understanding of the TD interface and its operators. Building on the concepts and techniques presented in the 2018 Berlin Summit Pixel Mapping Workshop, we will construct a flexible system for […]

MAMI – TouchDesigner Bridge – Javier Álvarez Bailen

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: MAMI – TouchDesigner Bridge In this talk Javier Alvarez Bailen will tackle a problem that he kept encountering – clients requesting interactive installations that would require multiple devices (i.e. radas, cameras, various sensors). Due to the number and variation of devices designers would be forced to build and configure a new […]

Lost in Space – Jakob Povel

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Lost in Space GRANTECAN is currently looking in to new ways of showcasing their research to the public.They scout the never ending universe for what lies beyond. Timing is fortunate and this project is set to be completed at the start of the summit. What a great way to share this […]

Quantitative Easing – David Braun

Mark Tutorial Completed! Phaser CHOP Github: https://github.com/DBraun/PhaserCHOP-TD-Summit-Talk Talk: Quantitative Easing This talk is for intermediate TouchDesigner users and will focus on generative animation techniques. One of the 12 principles of animation is “overlapping action.” Multiple objects should move at the same time and in slightly different ways. When using only a handful of objects, this […]

Network System Control – Gil Castro

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Network System Control This session will provide a basic introduction to networks systems control in TouchDesigner. One of the most powerful features of TouchDesigner is that it contains the default tools to create control servers through local or public networks, for the development of professional and high-end interactive systems. It allows […]

Interactive Flowers Projection with particleSOP – Akiko Yamashita

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Interactive Flowers Projection with particleSOP Akiko will present her most recent work ‘Hana Fubuki’, an interactive flowers projection for Artechouse DC. The presentation will cover both artistic and technical aspects of creating an art installation. From concept and prototyping to pre-visualizing the project using using TouchDesigner, Akiko will discuss the technical […]

Widgets Part 8: Why use Custom Parameters and Binding with Widgets?

Mark Tutorial Completed! Exploring the advantages of using Custom Parameters and Binding in your Widgets workflow. Example File: https://tinyurl.com/y5asqpbs TouchDesigner 2019.19160+ required

Widgets Part 7: Using Binding to Connect Your Widgets to Parameters

Mark Tutorial Completed! In this video we go over how to connect your UI Widgets to all the parameters of your system by using Binding. Example File: https://tinyurl.com/yyl3gt7o TouchDesigner 2019.19160+ required

Widgets Part 6: Updating Widgets

Mark Tutorial Completed! This video describes how to use the Widget Update System. We will update the Widget package used in Part 5 to a more current set of Widgets to use over the next few videos. Example File: https://tinyurl.com/y5r29v6l TouchDesigner 2019.19160+ required

Novel Approaches to UI and Content Management – Corey Schneider

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Novel Approaches to UI and Content Management This talk will help you get the most out of TouchDesigner’s built-in features and teach you how to develop your application without reinventing the wheel. Participants will learn how to rapidly develop a UI for managing portable and reusable generative content as well as […]

Case Studies of FullDome Storytelling Projects – Yan Breuleux and Rémi Lapierre

Mark Tutorial Completed! Note: We lost some of the audio recording so we used the audio from a second camera feed, sorry for the audio quality. Talk: Case Studies of FullDome Storytelling Projects This presentation will address the challenge of creating real-time content while using particle tools for fulldome display formats. The discussion will focus […]

Dynamic Simulations for Large Scale Interactive Installations and Performance – Vincent Houzé

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Dynamic Simulations for Large Scale Interactive Installations and Performances Human beings are used to living in a world ruled by the laws of physics, which is why using controlled digital dynamic simulations is a particularly effective way to create relatable digital worlds that people can engage with. The combined ability to […]

Universal Project Template – Bertrand de Becque

Mark Tutorial Completed! Note: We lost some of the recording near the beginning so we used the audio from a second camera feed, sorry for the audio quality for the first 6:00 Talk : “Universal” Project Template How can we automate certain tasks when producing interactive projects? How can we avoid having to reconfigure the […]

Inside “Genome of Luck” – Eugene Afonin and Yan Kalnberzin

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Inside “Genome of luck” In this talk, Eugene Afonin and Yan Kalnberzin will describe how they integrated Python between the genetic simulator, Framsticks, and TouchDesigner for their multimedia installation Genome of Luck, which was produced for the exhibition Orient Express, featured as a special project at the 2015 Moscow Biennale. For […]

The Art of Probability – Mathieu Le Sourd

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: The Art of Probability Digital media offers a wide range of possibilities that can draw out the relationship between sound and image. With a variety of digital techniques music can be experienced as a total audiovisual phenomenon. This masterclass will teach participants how to use randomness and probability in order to […]

New Interactions at Exhibits and Museums – Josue Ibañez

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: New Interactions at Exhibitions and Museums Cocolab is a Mexico City-based firm and one of the largest laboratories of art and technology in Latin America that uses TouchDesigner as their primary tool. The firm has been featured in festivals that include Day Night, Mutek MX, Today’s Art, and recently SXSW as […]

Parametric Thinking – Roy and Tim Gerritsen

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Parametric Thinking The newly formed Dutch studio, yfx lab explores the overlap between design, science, and technology. Focusing on a data-driven approach, yfx lab investigates the possibilities of building and controlling complex systems and algorithms without losing the ability to manage, adapt, and design. Using a parametric approach, a bridge is […]

Building A Nodal Show Control System – Matthew Haber

Mark Tutorial Completed! Talk: Building A Nodal Show Control System with TouchDesigner BeSide has developed a user-friendly control environment called Xperience that can be used for prototyping sound, lighting, video, and automation control throughout the automotive design process. This suite of tools, which includes an authoring environment and a JSON-defined modular playback engine architecture, is […]

Widgets Part 5: Adding Widgets to Your Panel Layout

Mark Tutorial Completed! Finally we add functional widgets into the panel layout we created, filling in the interface with knobs, sliders, and buttons. Furthermore we examine how to setup the look and features of widgets through their parameters. Example file: http://tinyurl.com/y4mzb3xn TouchDesigner 2019.13330+ required 0:00 – Knob widgets 7:00 – Slider widgets 8:00 – Button […]