TouchDesigner is a platform for realtime art. Known as the Swiss Army Knife of realtime interactive media authoring tools. For prototyping concepts to finished projects.

What TouchDesigner is used for:

<aside> đź’ˇ playing with images, sound and data: driving lots of pixels | ultra-fast video playback | interactive media systems | projection mapping | hooking up input and output devices | virtual reality | installation art | live show control and stage lighting | architectural projections | 3D rendering | effects and compositing | generative imagery | VJing | hooking into other software | communication protocols | data visualization | building UIs | teaching | prototyping ideas

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... for technical artists who want to build stuff with the least amount of coding. Some past uses:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX6JcybgDFo

live graphics on-set with robot arms - Bot n Dolly

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on-set for Box

Richie Hawtin - Plastikman

Richie Hawtin - Plastikman

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TouchDesigner network for Plastikman

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Deep Web - lasers on moving spheres - White Void and Robert Henke (Monolake)

Deep Web - lasers on moving spheres - White Void and Robert Henke (Monolake)

live puppeteered characters for Walt Disney Imagineering - Crush in Finding Nemo

https://youtu.be/REFOMwfdcbU

Kinect tracking hands driving DMX moving head lights - Phil Renyeri

Yan Kalnberzin_strings.mp4

hands moving 3D geometry - Yan Kalnberzin

https://youtu.be/Cx4Ellaj6kk?si=euPtdrm96LFw_yyS&t=276

you can download this for tracking of hands, face etc with webcam

finger tracking and generative image - infratonal

finger tracking and generative image - infratonal

InterOperability between Devices, Protocols, and Other Software Tools

what TouchDesigner talks to.

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How to Learn TouchDesigner

learn.derivative.ca

75 short videos with examples for leaning the basics

google - example - touchdesigner how hand track to sound

just type “touchdesigner how …” and see what you get

TouchDesigner Facebook Help Group

just ask a question - users around the world respond!