Generative Camera Paths in TouchDesigner - Tutorial

[@hinduspl]

Great video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I'm not replying on every video from you but I'm big fan of your videos as well as touchdesigner and I really appreciate work you do by uploading those for community for free.

[@tib.lsr.3780]

hey thanks for the tuto, i started 3D 2 years ago, and your explaination of circle path, null track and camera view while working made me feel at home on touchdesigner, now i will be able to really try the touchdesigner potential ;)

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

So glad to hear that! It can be a bit tricky translating the usual 3D concepts/techniques into the TouchDesigner workflow at first, but it's not too bad once you get used to it. Thanks for watching :)

[@_stition9777]

Thanks for this tutorial mate, super useful and easy to follow

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Glad you found it helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@kellywarner3748]

Phenomenal technique, thank you Elburz!

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

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[@postdaigo]

Fantastic tip! Elburz never disappoints

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

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[@dydyalal]

your video is a great helpful for me!!! Thanks a lottttt >

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

So glad to hear it was helpful! Thanks for watching :)

[@fanarshatal2692]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge maaaaan

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

You bet! Thanks for watching :)

[@Mr.Meowgical]

Love to see it! Will definitely use this.

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Glad to hear it! Thanks for watching :)

[@heatheryuan5261]

Great tutorial! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Our pleasure! Thanks for watching :)

[@rgrant]

Thank you, exactly what I was looking for 😀

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[@gregderivative2647]

a good technique to have in your back pocket

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching :)

[@krisztamusnoi22]

Hello. I have an issue, my camera doesnt go smooth in the path, it struggles sometimes in a position for few seconds than continue the path. I tryed to mach the orient up vector with orientation, i changed orientation but still dont go smooth. Somebody can give me a hint?

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Try setting the Auto-Bank Factor parameter to 0 and see if that helps!

[@florenciabruck]

my camera turns upside down at half circle path and my x y are exchanged, where you have x i have z. how to align my point cloud object

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Double check that you've set the _Orientation_ parameter of the Circle SOP to *ZX Plane* . If it's left at the default XY Plane setting you might end up with the camera orientation behaving like you've described. Hope that helps!

[@michapau7354]

You can also change the "Orient Up Vector" in the Camera settings. If the Circle is in the X/Y Plane you want this vector set to 0 - 0 - 1.

[@ri9z.]

Exact problem I was having, but on a different project. Couldn't figure out why it was working fine when I followed your tutorial, but wouldn't work when I tried to use the technique in another project. Spent so much time looking through everything. Can't believe I missed that!

[@grahamconsidine8229]

THANK YOU ELBURZ!!!

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Thanks for watching! :)

[@cokehorse1]

hi i keep switching allegiance between Touch and Unreal...the biggest conceptual annoyance in TD, which otherwise is so responsive and quick in comparison, is blocking out and moving between camera positions , which is a breeze in Unreal's sequencer. I never worked out how to use " Save cam pos" in this way....how would i do that? and thanks !!

[@cokehorse1]

and my second bugbear is volumetrics, or at least ambience...

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Great question! A simple approach to this could be using two different cameras, set to the two positions that you want “move” the camera between, and then use a camera blend to transition between the two camera views. For some other approaches Matthew Ragan has some additional suggestions on the forum: forum.derivative.ca/t/palettes-camera-comp-transform-matrix/183960/4. Hope that helps!

[@aeonvoid_]

this was amazing. thank you!

[@TheInteractiveImmersiveHQ]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers :)

[@moonmountain]

cheers !

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[@07forgot2]

thank you :)

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Our pleasure! :)

[@UsmanKhan-tb7ll]

Came here from Facebook

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