TouchDesigner 101: Extreme
TouchDesigner Extreme is an Intensive video course aimed at artists interested in generative and media art, VJing, audiovisual performances and interactive technologies
Stanislav Glazov
Course author
3D and audiovisual artist with over 22 years of experience in computer graphics and 20 years of teaching experience
Worked in the production of the computer game Killer Tank, Pilot TV, on the first Russian animation projects in the Classic Studio, on the largest film projects in the German studios Trixter Film and Scanline CA as a technical director for pipeline, Character Animation, Cloth Simulation TD, RnD for VFX.
After 2010 - creation of an automated infographic visualization system for Kommersant TV, cooperation with the largest Russian companies - SilaSveta, Stereotaktik, Invisible, Raduga Design - on VideoMapping projects.
In 2013, he created his own generative design studio Licht.Pfad.
Cooperation with WhiteVoid.
Creation of AV Performances in partnership with Dasha Rush, Robert Lippok
Performances at all the iconic festivals of the planet: Berlin Atonal, Mutek Montreal, Ars Electronica Linz, Unsound Festival in Krakow, Raster-Noton night in Berghain, Barbican London, Resonance Festival in Tokyo, Mira Festival Barcelona, L.E.V. Festival, Light Festival Lyon
Since 2016 - working on theater projects with Maxim Didenko, including the creation of media servers for various performances.
2001
Creation by Stanislav of the first author's course. It was a course on character animation in Maya, prepared for Realtime School in collaboration with Maria Stepanova (Animation director and teacher at VGIK)
> 40 performances
at major international festivals and conferences such as CGEvent (lectures on Houdini), Signal Festival in Prague, LPM Rome, Touchdesigner Summit in Montreal, etc.
> 2,000 people
have attended various trainings and courses by Stanislav - both organized by him personally and conducted jointly with various schools and institutes (among the latter - "Realtime", "SAE Academy", "Screamschool", "Houdini-Howto + RRM", "Bilgi University")
TouchDesigner 101
is aimed to make super fast introduction to node based workflow, UI & data flow in TD, and bring a practical knowledge of making the generative and sound reactive animation, control content playback, basics of modular architecture, and importing/ exploring animation data as well as offline rendering
Outcomes
after this course you will be able to confidently work with TouchDesigner environment, create any kind of animation, create custom media players, generate and analyze sound, render the basic 3D scenes
This course
not going deep into more complex topics of working with the 3D Rendering and geometry which will be covered in the TouchDesigner 102: Extreme
The course's primary goal is to quickly immerse students into the concepts and practices of working with TouchDesigner. We delve deep into the technical and practical aspects of TouchDesigner, providing students with a comprehensive understanding of how to work with this software and cover a wide range of topics
We believe that our course's approach to teaching TouchDesigner is unique and effective in that we provide our students with a hands-on learning experience that allows them to experiment and create freely. Our course material is structured in a way that is easy to understand
Enrolling in TouchDesigner Extreme is the perfect opportunity to take your creativity to the next level and master the media art with TouchDesigner
We are confident that our course will provide you with the knowledge and skills needed to create stunning generative and media art, mesmerizing VJ performances, and interactive installations that will leave a lasting impression
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 7 - Building the Sound Analysis Tool (1 hour)
Part 8 - Building a Basic Synthesizer (48 min)
- Building a Basic Synthesizer
- Nodes for Audio Generation / Processing
Part 9 - Content Playback (55 min)
- Advanced control of Video and Sound playback
- Absolute and Relative timelines
- Speed CHOP
- Getting node Information. Feedback CHOP
Part 10 - Advanced Content Playback (42 min)
- Introducing Timer CHOP
Part 11 - 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 12 - Synchronization, OSC and Timecode (25 min)
Part 13 - Keyframe Animation (39 min)
- Playing, Recording, Importing and Exporting the Animation
- Movie Editing and compositing. Exporting Video to HDD
TouchDesigner 101: Extreme
255 €
The most popular course for beginners
11 hours of video content for crash start
Incl. VAT: 40.71 €
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TouchDesigner: Extreme Bundle
530€ 450€
TouchDesigner 101: Extreme
and
TouchDesigner 102: Extreme
in one bundle with 15% discount!
The most popular course for beginners
22 hours of video content for crash start
Incl. VAT: 71.85 €
If you have EU VAT ID, please
contact us to avoid double tax