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Learning Path: 

Media Engineer


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about the LEARNING PATH

This intensive 24-week journey takes you from TouchDesigner basics to professional-grade video engineer.

Target Audience:

- Aspiring video engineers and media server operators
- Live event technical directors
- Visual artists transitioning to technical roles
- Theater and concert technicians
- Broadcast engineering professionals
- Interactive installation developers
- Event production specialists

Prerequisites:

- Understanding of video and audio signal flow
- Basic knowledge of live event production
- Basic understanding of resolution, frame rates, and video formats

Learning Path Aims:

- Solid understanding of the TouchDesigner node-based workflow and procedural 3d
- Develop comprehensive understanding of media server architecture and real-time processing
- Implement robust performance setups and content management workflows
- Code the real-time image processing tools and generative graphics using GLSL

Get 200$ discount for TouchDesigner Commercial License

Once you enroll in the AV learning path, you have the opportunity to purchase a commercial TouchDesigner license at a $200 discount (for a total of $400)

Duration

24 weeks

Your skill level

Beginner, Intermediate

Software

TouchDesigner

Video Duration

1,5-2 hours per week

Format

Self-study

Who needs this

Motion Designers Media Artists 3D Artists VR / XR Producers NFT Artists Interactive Developers Musicians VJs AI/ML Enthusiasts Designers Video Engineers

Career Opportunities

After completing this learning path, you'll be qualified for positions such as:

- Media Server Operator/Programmer
- Video Engineer
- Technical Director
- AV Systems Engineer
- Live Event Programmer
- Visual Systems Designer
- Interactive Installation Engineer
- Virtual Production Technical Artist
- Streaming Technical Director

What is a learning path?

We have compiled this self-study program from materials of five short courses at different levels.

It will guide you seamlessly from mastering the basics of TouchDesigner to a skilled Media Engineer.

Each week you will be given a new lesson lasting from one and a half to two hours.

It will take you from 6 to 10 hours a week to complete each lesson.

Below are five videos covering different stages of the Media Engineer learning path:

Learning path format & materials

The program is completely prerecorded and includes  39 Hours  of video lessons.

TouchDesigner projects available to download.

For communication, we have a group chat.

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Study Topics

- TouchDesigner interface and workflow fundamentals
- Audio analysis basics
- Real-time compositing and color correction
- Basic 3D visualization

- Geometry fundamentals and advanced concepts
- Instancing and optimization techniques
- Dynamic simulations and particle system
- Direct modeling and rendering methodologies
- UI and Kinect basics

- Professional streaming setup
- NDI/SPOUT implementation
- OBS Studio integration
- Multi-camera management
- Audio routing

- Media server architecture and Content management
- Real-time effects and color correction
- Show control systems and Timecode synchronization
- Preset management and Custom UI development

- Intro to GLSL Top in TouchDesigner
- 2D Shader programming
- Real-time generative texture synthesis
- Programming the Post-processing effects

Team

We are a team of professionals ready to help you throughout the journey. Besides an ample technical expertise, each of us has an individual style and a unique vision to share with you.

Stanislav Glazov

Instructor for TouchDesigner integration

STANISLAV GLAZOV

MEDIA ARTIST, EDUCATOR, COURSE AUTHOR

 

3D AND AUDIOVISUAL ARTIST WITH OVER 22 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN COMPUTER GRAPHICS AND 20 YEARS OF TEACHING EXPERIENCE

For more than 20 years, he has worked in light and visual art, seeking innovative opportunities where art and technology intersect. His installations and AV performances explore themes such as inner and social freedom, consciousness, identity, and loneliness in the modern world, using high-tech techniques.

Driven by his desire to create unforgettable experiences that inspire, he takes an individualized approach to each work, creating unique algorithms and synchronizing sound with visuals and digital shapes. He is also known for producing music with modular synthesizers and analog devices, influenced by industrial music, which combines noise, disharmony, and shamanism to take listeners on an intense emotional journey.

In 2013, he created his own generative design studio Licht.Pfad.

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

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1690€  1301€*

online course


  • Access to all course sessions
  • Access to project sources
  • Access to the shared chat
  • Assistance with your final project

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Familiarity with visual programming concepts is beneficial but not required.
Prerequisites are flexible: the more you know, the more you get.

You'll need at least an NVIDIA GTX 1060 (6GB) with an Intel i5/AMD Ryzen 5 processor and 16GB RAM on Windows 10/11. For best results, we recommend an NVIDIA RTX 2070, Intel i7/Ryzen 7, and 32GB RAM with SSD storage.

The course won't work on integrated graphics, Apple M1/M2, or hybrid-graphics laptops. AMD GPUs may work but aren't fully tested with TouchDesigner. Your monitor should be at least 1920x1080 resolution.

TouchDesigner System Requirements

All practical topics have corresponding tasks to complete as homeworks. Most of them require to repeat the actions from the lectures on your own supply. We recommend to execute them even if everything is clear in theory - to ensure that you won’t face unexpected issues in your future work.

During final week you will have to develop and complete your own project> (with our assistance) as a kind of exam of the obtained knowledge.

3-6 hours per week should be sufficient to master necessary concepts and skills. You may want to invest more time for more exhaustve explorations though. Remember, the course program is somewhat open-ended: nearly all topics are not limited in scope, and have lots of options for extra developments.

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