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Make it with Data

Part 1 / 4​

Core Concepts​

  • Component Building
  • Real time rendering
  • TOP Networks
  • Feedback TOPs
  • Ramp TOP
  • Ramp Keys
  • Eval DAT
  • Python scripts to sample pixel values

Part 2 / 4​

Core Concepts​

  • Controls for Components
  • Horizontal Sliders
  • Tables to hold slider parameters
  • Clones
  • me.digits / me.parent().digits
  • Scaling slider values to drive parameters

Part 3 / 4​

Core Concepts​

  • Using Data to drive parameters
  • Rule based art making
  • Replication
  • Execute DAT
  • Keeping 60 FPS with multiple complex containers
  • Scripting the Lock Flag

Part 4 / 4​

Core Concepts​

  • The Select COMP
  • The Table COMP
  • The Panel Execute DAT
  • The Table COMP to load presets
  • The DAT Execute DAT
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This tutorial was recorded in 2015, while many elements in TouchDesigner have stayed the same, many have also changed. Use this video as a reference point only, but also be sure to read-up on the most recent features of the TouchDesigner environment.