TouchDesigner 101: Extreme Basic

On behalf of Licht.Pfad studio, we’re happy to announce that our updated course for TouchDesigner Beginners is already available.

Due to the new release of TouchDesigner 099, which added a number of additional functions and exciting new opportunities to work with a more diverse tool-set, Licht.Pfad developed an updated version of education materials.

We combine our traditional academic and deep approach of learning with a couple of practical examples in a full length of 11 hours of video recordings and TouchDesigner projects files for every lesson

Course Program:

Part 1 - Basic Concept ( 56 min)

• TD vs other media environments (vvvv, pd, max/msp)
• Paradigm and workflow in a node-based environment

Part 2 - Basic Concept ( 1 hour 15 min)

• Basics of the UI. Data Types, Contexts and the Lexicon
• Everything is an array
• Structure of default project
• Output to additional projectors/screens

Part 3 - Chops ( 55 min)

• Control of the node parameters by CHOPS and Expressions
• Advanced Chop Exporting

Part 4 - 3D Scene (25 min)

• Importing 3D Scenes from Houdini using new FBX pipeline
• The basic setup of the animated 3D scene

Part 5 - Sound Reactivity ( 50 min )

• Concept of Interactivity - Events and Continuous User interaction
• Working with real-time data. Triggers.
• How to build Sound-reactive Animation.
• Noise CHOP. Count, Limit, Logic and Math CHOPS

Part 6 - Basics of UI ( 1 hour )

• Structure of User Interface.
• Containers. In and Outs, Selects -
• Principles of the Modular projects

Part 6 - Building the Sound Analysis Tool ( 1 hour )

Part 7 - Building a Basic Synthesizer ( 48 min )

• Building a Basic Synthesizer
• Nodes for Audio Generation / Processing

Part 8 - Content Playback ( 55 min )

• Advanced control of Video and Sound playback
• Absolute and Relative timelines
• Speed CHOP
• Getting node Information. Feedback CHOP

Part 9 - Advanced Content Playback ( 42 min )

• Introducing Timer CHOP

Part 10 - Building a custom Movie Player Tox ( 1 hour 5 min )

• Building a custom Movie Player Tox with Advanced Control and interactive scroll bar
• Parameter Binding
• TouchDesigner Library
• *.tox and Cloning
• Folder DAT
• Basics of Scripting - CHOP Execute
• Making auto playing playlist from the folder content

Part 11 - Synchronisation, OSC and Timecode ( 25 min )

Part 12 - Keyframe Animation (39 min)

• Playing, Recording, Importing and Exporting the Animation
• Movie Editing and compositing. Exporting Video to HDD