Holding space to learn about TouchDesigner and some cool things I can do with its interactive outputs.
Operator Families
TOP — Texture operators (handles images and pixel data)
CHOP — Channel operators (manipulating channels, or sequences of numbers)
SOP — Surface operators (reading, creating, modifying 3d points, polygons, particles lines, surfaces, spheres, metaballs)
MAT — Materials (applying shaders to 3d components, like PBR, phong, wireframes)
DAT — Data operators (holds text like strings or tables)
COMP — Components (operators that can hold networks inside of them (I guess like comps in AE); can build UI components
Operator
Operators are the “Nodes” in TouchDesigner networks, and they output data to other operators.
https://docs.derivative.ca/Operator
TIL
- Good way to debug: animated wires represent a connection that data is flowing through == cooking (data that’s processing in one of the operators)
- Links: dotted lines, can help build with operators of different families
- All operator families (except comps) have left/right inputs. Comps have top/bottom connectors (good for hierarchy
Shortcuts
p parameters window
Videos for Boom-related AV
Audio playback and visualization exercise with TouchDesigner 1
Username or Email Address
https://alltd.org/audio-playback-and-visualization-exercise-with-touchdesigner-1-2/
Info
Username or Email Address
https://alltd.org/touchdesigner-tutorial-音に反応するdmxライトの作り方・制御方法イ/
⭐️ This one might be the one
音に反応する映像
Touchdesignerでインタラクティブアート[体験型]を作っていきます。
https://youtu.be/FQbYQgJukO0?si=mlxjeD3TZ4fkwP1T
How I’ve created Audio-Reactive patterns with my electronic drums and Touchdesigner
Username or Email Address
https://alltd.org/how-ive-created-audio-reactive-patterns-with-my-electronic-drums-and-touchdesigner/
Making people DANCE with PUNCHY generative VISUALS – TOUCHDESIGNER TUTORIAL
Username or Email Address
https://alltd.org/making-people-dance-with-punchy-generative-visuals-touchdesigner-tutorial/
Resources
| Name | Description | URL | Tag |
|---|---|---|---|
| TouchDesigner Resources | A pool of all TouchDesigner resources from all over the world. | https://alltd.org | TouchDesigner |