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
on-set for Box
Richie Hawtin - Plastikman
TouchDesigner network for Plastikman
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
Kinect tracking hands driving DMX moving head lights - Phil Renyeri
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
what TouchDesigner talks to.
75 short videos with examples for leaning the basics
just type “touchdesigner how …” and see what you get
just ask a question - users around the world respond!