There’s no time like a pandemic to learn a new skill. Working with Touchdesigner has been a great way to pass the time. ...

Some Touchdesigner samples on my YouTube channel. These really just scratch the surface of what I’ve been doing.

TouchDesigner is a node based visual programming language for real time interactive multimedia content, developed by the Toronto-based company Derivative. It’s been used by artists, programmers, creative coders, software designers, and performers to create performances, installations, and fixed media works (from Derivative web site). Why Touchdesigner? After a few years ...

I came to Touchdesigner from timeline-based video editing in programs like iMovie, Adobe Premiere and Davinci Resolve. For a few years I also built patches in Magic Music Visualizer. I was always frustrated by the UI of iMovie and similar programs. I never found their UX very good coming from ...

Touch Designer Audio Reactive Proof of Concept

The latter part of 2020 was an intense period of Touchdesigner study. Treating my study like a college course, I dedicated up to 30 hours a week to working through lessons and tutorials, and experimenting on my own. The samples below are some of the initial experiments from this period ...