We’ve been having a lot of fun with our new Twitch streams recently. We get to build interesting tools, learn new techniques, and work with the audience on their questions. One thing we thought could be interesting is building a native integration in TouchDesigner to stream in Twitch chat. Luckily, this isn’t hard to do…
TouchDesigner is well known for always having new features coming out. It’s what it makes it the go-to tool for interactive developers who want support for the latest tools and softwares. nVidia Flex integration has just been added to TouchDesigner and it’s an exciting way to do fluid simulations. But if you’re like most people,…
There are so many things TouchDesigner does out of the box that other softwares can’t do. Playing back dozens of layers of video, connecting to all kinds of hardware I/O, connecting to web APIs, and creating whole new sub-applications with Python are just a few examples. Some of the things that are still not out-of-the-box…
Who would have thought 10 years ago that the best camera most people would have would fit in their pocket and was also their phone? Not only is it the best camera most people have, but smartphones have objectively great cameras in them. Every year the new iPhones, OnePlus, Samsungs, and etc, all get upgraded…
It’s hard times right now for a lot of folks. The ripple effect of COVID-19 is being felt on everyone in ways that aren’t purely health related. Gigs are cancelled. Events and conferences postponed indefinitely. It’s tough times out there. This post isn’t about the health side of things, but tries to give you a…
I always love talking to Matthew Ragan. It’s really a pleasure of mine. When you’re just getting started in the industry, you have a laugh with friends about how you’re trying to do a project without spending money. In the intermediate stages of your career, you have a laugh with co-workers about the horror stories…
You’ve got a hold of the new 2020.20000 build of TouchDesigner and you’ve seen some amazing examples of all the new features to support point clouds in TouchDesigner… but how do you even get started? What’s a point cloud? What are these crazy file formats? How do I use this data in TouchDesigner? These are…
In my last post, I talked about how the Engine COMP is one of the features I was most excited about in the 2020 release of TouchDesigner. It has the power to revolutionize how we approach building projects of all sizes. A simple explanation: the Engine COMP allows you to choose what parts of your…
It’s that time of the year! It’s Christmas for TouchDesigner developers everywhere! The Experimental builds of TouchDesigner have now become the official stable builds. This means all the beta features we’ve been using and hearing about since the summer are now ready for prime-time productions. This is exciting as it comes to shiny new features…
Many TouchDesigner developers join our community wanting to create stunning audio-visual performances or installations. Ableton is the go-to application for audio performances being used by DJs, producers, installation makers, and everything in-between. It’s flexibility, ease of use, and reliability have made it one of my favourites. But how do you get Ableton to play nicely…