2024
TouchDesigner Basics: Exploring Feedback for Generating Visuals
Software: TouchDesigner
Instructor: Luis Sanz
Experience Level: Beginner
Duration: 6 hours to 5 days
Workshop Overview:
Learn to create engaging and dynamic visuals using feedback techniques in TouchDesigner through this interactive, hands-on workshop. Tailored for beginners, this in-person session will guide you through the process of crafting intricate abstract patterns and fluid visual systems.
What You'll Learn:
We’ll explore a range of feedback systems, starting from basic motion blur and trailing effects, and progressing into more complex, emergent systems. Using TouchDesigner’s intuitive, node-based interface, you’ll experiment with its built-in texture tools to produce exciting, visually captivating results.
Workshop Focus Areas:
- Setting up feedback loops with TOPs (Texture Operators)
- Modifying feedback signals to achieve various visual outcomes
- Implementing advanced operators to create complex, emergent systems
Requirements:
- A laptop or desktop computer with TouchDesigner 099 successfully installed
- A mouse (preferably a three-button mouse)
- Optional: additional input devices (e.g., MIDI controllers, Leap Motion, or game controllers)
Note: Before attending, please ensure that TouchDesigner runs smoothly on your computer after installation. If it does, your system is good to go for the workshop.
Contact us via email with any questions.