TouchDesigner is an extremely flexible piece of software. It can handle inputs and outputs better than almost any other software I can even think of. But it’s not perfect, and no software could be. There are constantly new pieces of hardware coming out, old pieces of hardware being discontinued, and everything in between. Especially with…
It’s not often that a software changes or introduces new licensing mechanics. It’s tough for the companies to introduce those changes and it can be tough for the communities to migrate to new licensing. But there’s some exciting news for TouchDesigner developers which is a new licensing mechanic: the Floating Cloud License. Let’s take a…
Getting comfortable with Python in TouchDesigner can feel like and stop-and-go process. You go through some tutorials, feel great, then you’re encountered with a project and end up overwhelmed. The problem here is that it’s hard to simulate the complexity of a project’s state machine at home, and it’s incredibly boring. One of the things…
There’s nothing worse than working on something for a really long time on something only to have it shot down by your client. Whether it’s content, the UX of an installation, interactive gestures, or music, it always feels like you wasted a bunch of time. Having been through this process for years on end, I…
Last week we had the pleasure of hosting Arminas Kazlauskas, Product Specialist at Notch, for a 3-day live streamed virtual event in collaboration with Notch. We covered a lot over the 3 live stream sessions and it flew by! We worked through building a virtual game show environment and exposing all of it’s properties from…
Over the past week, we’ve had a blast putting on our joint live stream with the Notch team! We’ve put together and explained building a virtual game show experience that is controllable through Twitch chat commands. Both Armin from Notch and I have shared a wealth of great tricks for TouchDesigner and Notch users. In…
Twitch is blowing up as a platform and more and more clients are wanting to shift their projects into some form of interactive live stream. If you’ve read our past posts, we’ve talked about how to get Twitch chat into TouchDesigner using WebSockets, but if you’re just getting started on your TouchDesigner Python journey, then…
Continuing our series of getting you dense release notes summarized in an easy to digest fashion, we’ve got a big Notch release today that just dropped! It’s the first release since the beginning of August and it’s packed with new features, new nodes, bug fixes, and lots of other updates. It’s an exciting one and…
Notch is a fantastic tool for content creation but that doesn’t mean you can get away without getting technical. When you’re working on large projects with high-resolutions and framerates, it’s important to make sure you technically prepare your Notch projects to run smoothly and consistently. If that wasn’t reason, Notch Blocks are often embedded in…
One the things I see often lacking in TouchDesigner work is natural camera movements. To be honest, I rarely see ANY camera movement! Lots of times this works, but many times, a ton of interest and depth can be added to a piece of work by adding camera motion. Developers and artists from all kinds…