Touchdesigner: for beginners (online) — by Davide Santini
From 15/01/2025 to 31/01/2025
The workshop will be divided into six interconnected lessons, participation every day is strongly recommended. The workshop days will be on 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31 January 2025, 7.30-9.30 pm in online mode.
Each lesson will be recorded and provided to participants within 24 hours together with the recorded projects, to allow them to make up for any missed lessons.
All materials will remain available to participants.
Activities
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Day 1 - 15 January
- What is TouchDesigner: Description and examples of real-world projects.
- Information on download, installation, licenses, and basic setup.
- Introduction to the user interface.
- Operators: Nodes, families, and connections.
- Help! Where to find it.
- 2D Graphics: Movies, images, ramps, models, live input, compositing, and effects. -
Day 2 - 17 January
- Output on screens and projectors
- Interactivity (with mouse and keyboard)
- Audio: importing and playing files or live input
- Extracting usable data from audio sources: audio-reactive visuals -
Day 3 - 22 January
- Other audio analysis techniques and audio-reactive visuals
- Sensors! Kinect Azure and LeapMotion for real-time interaction -
Day 4 - 24 January
- Midpoint: let's recap what we've done and open the floor to questions
- New 2D techniques and effects
- Introduction to 3D: modeling, rendering, lights, materials, and textures -
Day 5 - 29 January
- Continuing with 3D
- Particles on CPU
- Instancing: the most important technique -
Day 6 - 31 January
- Practical examples
- What did we cover yesterday? Review and more examples
- New 2D techniques and effects
- Introduction to 3D: modeling, rendering, lights, materials, and textures
- Particles on CPU
- Instancing
- Particles on GPU
- Your questions
Infos and costs
Days: 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31 January 2025
Hours: 7.30 - 9.30pm
Tipology: online
Level: beginners
Language: Italian
Maximum participants: 16
Cost: 220€
Book your place!
write us at info@recontemporary.com
Deltacut
An art developer and an expert in TouchDesigner. His scientific background and his focus on the world of art ensure an interactive approach to the design and development of interactive systems and technical infrastructures. A teacher, writer, and translator of manuals, he collaborates with many artists and developers worldwide and is at the heart of the European TouchDesigner scene, the main software development platform for every new media artist.
