Emerging Tech 2

Learning - TouchDesigner

Blender & TouchDesigner Example


VIDEO EXPORT SETTTINGS

for the video you need to put an "out TOP" and drag it into "TOP Video"

for the audio you need to have your "audiofilein CHOP" and drag it into "CHOP Audio"

Important Settings:
- Codec : MPEG4 (Part 2)
- Audio Codec: MP3
- Audio Bitrate: 192 kb/s
- Output-> Filename: Set File type to mp4 and name your file...

THEN Hit start :)

Demo

Video Tutorials

https://learn.derivative.ca/courses/100-fundamentals/

Operator Family Exercises

Operator family exercises are short prompts that encourage you to focus on a single family of operators for responding to a prompt. These exercises were not focused on learner assessment, but instead are open ended explorations for you to encourage the creative use of TouchDesigner.

Exercise 1:

TOP Prompt

Using what you’ve learned about TOPs, create an image that responds to the prompt:

A dark and stormy night filled with the unexpected

Include at least two of the following operators:

Exercise 2:

CHOP Prompt

Using what you’ve learned about CHOPs, animate a TOP that responds to the prompt:

The northern lights danced in the sky

Include at least two of the following operators:

Exercise 3:

DAT Prompt

Using what you’ve learned about DATs, create a Text TOP message or poem about:

Celebrations

Include at least one of the following operators:

Exercise 4:

SOP Prompt

Using what you’ve learned about SOPs, create a piece of geometry that responds to the prompt:

A bamboo forest

Include at least two of the following operators:

Exercise 5:

COMP Prompt

Using what you’ve learned about COMPs, make an interface that changes the parameters of something you made from the previous challenges.

Include at least one of the following operators: