TouchDesigner Beginner Tutorial 1

[@hoshiko4876]

THANK U FOR THIS TUTORIAL!!! I love how instead of talking half of the time abt the program u just get to the point n show us how to do things. This video is super informative n I needed smthn like this cuz I skipped a class where they taught the basics for Touchdesigner. Again, thank u thank u thank u

[@ermedusa6828]

I'm just learninf TD, seen other videosthat were more theory oriented, and then this one. I'm glad I stumbled upon it, because it shows the workflow, while the other one was really good but for understanding what operators do and why. Good job!

[@daniiltsipilev]

One of the best tutorials I came across

[@Mystiskmusli]

Thank you, i now understand so much more of this amazing software

[@Adrischa]

Thanks. For a beginner tutorial it would probrbly be usefull to explain more often why you do smth

[@acrylicode]

Thank you for the feedback! This is a good point, we'll keep this in mind for the next tutorials we record!

[@katatuz9269]

@@acrylicode also, as a total noob, how would you export this?

[@acrylicode]

@@katatuz9269 Create a movie file out top. Then connect what you want to export to that Top. Then chose the output dir. Choose movie or image depending on what you want. Then, very important click the the record toggle button to on, and then to off. If you are rendering a movie, make sure to turn off the realtime flag. Let me know if that helps!

[@katatuz9269]

@@acrylicode thanks a lot! :)

[@matvfx6860]

The split window / clean background is by far the best tip for TD ever

[@Inlinesteve]

thank you very much. I thought the video was good, because you get a sense of achievement so quickly (as a beginner like me, that motivates). Other videos are often very long and complex and it is difficult to concentrate for so long when everything is so new and complicated

[@acrylicode]

Happy to hear that!

[@mattiassoderholm312]

Thanks a lot! Learned a lot in a short amount of time. Coming from Houdini the pace was perfect. Love it!

[@acrylicode]

Thank you so much for your feedback!

[@xxmadaraxx7189]

How to make react to audio

[@chunshingau5329]

Thanks a lot! This 6 mins video is amazing!

[@stonytheplatypus]

how can i change the color to a gradient and make this audio reactive??

[@luiscardenas-zx5nc]

Hello, I see a lot of your tutorials because in my language (Spanish) they are almost non-existent, I would like to apply this so that it reacts with the audio. would you help me?

[@chachabuu6548]

cool tutorial looking forward for more,

[@acrylicode]

Thank you for your support!

[@juliettehillll]

can you get it to move with music?

[@EgoDeather]

can you save a project template so you have the render screen on the right when opening a new project?

[@glowsloth]

My circles look different when first rendering, they are grey instead of black. not sure how you got them to be see through, also I had to add a light comp to see anything, and a phong mat to assign the const to the geometry material. any idea what I missed?

[@JackTorcello]

I'm hoping to make useful B+W Motion Maps for ipiv's Motion setup in ComfyUI! Thank you for the informative video.

[@channelmee995]

thank you so much !!! ❤❤❤

[@EderlefromtheSun]

Deep thanks

[@DigitalMediawithLydia]

Excellent, thank you!

[@PopovReports]

you are the best lector!

[@acrylicode]

Thank you! So glad you find the tutorials helpful

[@JackTorcello]

All my output is black when export to movie?!

[@mosscarpetart]

why are my parameters different to yours? I don't have arc type or divisions on mine.

[@mosscarpetart]

nvm i got it, you have to go into the SOP menu on the operator for anyone running into the same issue

[@eti313]

@@mosscarpetart I checked the docs and couldn't find the SOP menu. 🤔

[@eti313]

OK, I missed the "press tab again" part. In the OP CREATE dialog, I had the TOP tab selected instead of the SOP tab.

[@maricatuccia3602]

it's very easy, thank you a lot

[@acrylicode]

You're welcome ;) glad you liked it

[@uview920]

Thank you for great tutorial! Is there anyway that I can put my video into the middle of the circle?

[@renzoguasco4111]

Thnks! You are Amazing !😁

[@Tocayotv]

thank you so much

[@smilefenn4813]

2:20 u missed a step and cut to it straight - how did u get the double arrow thingies

[@isaiahstomp5684]

Hi! I love this but wanted to see if I can create this effect but in a square shape. How would that be possible?

[@acrylicode]

You can use a square sop instead of the circle sop right at the beginning.

[@gtomx7762]

I need help… my timeline doesn’t display the timeline settings, time code, beats or fps. I have no idea why they’re not showing or how to get them back???

[@jbdata]

Thank you. My question is can I add my own jpg's or .mov's?

[@acrylicode]

Yes, with a moviefileinTOP. You can also export them with a moviefileoutTOP

[@nasserahmad4653]

Great tutorial, thank you

[@acrylicode]

Thanks for the comment ;)

[@PhotoshopRoom]

Usefull! thx a lot!

[@dolboeb-tz4bw]

But it's not audio reactive😢

[@st.pv_h4164]

sorry but why i can not link between noise and geometry

[@nishimia431]

same, most likely it was because of the update

[@DhruvGhulatiG]

When I view the renderer, it looks really bad on Mac - are there display settings you suggest? For example I see a black dot in the middle of the circle and the black is kind of hazy.

[@graygoliszek6133]

I'm getting an issue where the lines of the circles are essentially dotted and have watched through the video a few times trying to figure out what's causing it. Have isolated it to if I bypass the comp but can't figure out how to make the lines solid with comp on

[@andreeailiescu2220]

Very good pace, thank you! Can you also please do a tutorial on making a ply pointcloud file audioreactive/ animated to sound? It would help a tonne 🙏 got yourself a new subscriber; thanks!

[@acrylicode]

on the list! thank you for your comment!

[@andreeailiescu2220]

@@acrylicode ♥️ thanks a million. Will be watching out for it

[@venjsystems]

Cool tutorial ❤

[@researchDarren]

That was amazing!! thanks so much!!! 🏆🏆🏆

[@acrylicode]

thanks ;)

[@gridnik]

There is just really nasty pixles- the resolution is broken for me. I dont know where it happened?

[@gridnik]

It was all set to 256x256 pixels for me automatically but not for you.... free version issue? i had to set all nodes manually to "fit resolution" 1280x1280 (max resolution for free version)

[@olly_]

@@gridnik How do you set the nodes manually?

[@richardserwadda1017]

i like it though i nid more lessons about it

[@shreyapatil6055]

How do I add radial gradient color?

[@acrylicode]

On the Ramp TOP change the Type parameter to radial. Hope that helps ;)

[@shreyapatil6055]

Oh! And where should I connect the ramp?

[@acrylicode]

I guess what you want is to connect between the out and the transform a Lookup Top. The lookup receives two inputs, one would be the transform and the second would be the Ramp with the radial gradient. Then connect the lookup to the out. Another thing you could try is instead of the lookup, you could use a Composite Top and play around with the composite operation. Again the transform would go to the composite as well as the Ramp and the composite to the out.

[@shreyapatil6055]

That's a real good help! I have many more doubts, so I'm planning to implement this same design in one of my projects, but I'm entirely new to this software and I want this exact result but it should animate from a start point and have an end point like animate in a clockwise format. If it's okay with you I would like to connect with you and take help from you. I have an image but I want to convert it in such clockwise animation on touch designer.

[@acrylicode]

@@shreyapatil6055 I'm at the moment very busy I could offer you a half an hour next year and see how I could help you, but I strongly recommend to first learn the basics and learn a few tops and master them, learn a few chops and master them and so on. Touchdesigner is a complex software and you should take time and patience to learn it. Don't focus so much on the end result, enjoy the ride. If you're consistent enough with learning it, you will be able to materialize all your ideas. We will launch a complete beginner tutorial soon and hopefully that gives you a good introduction to touchdesigner. You can contact me via Instagram.

[@kamel3d]

This could have been better if you showed the output from the beginning and how each node affect it, this looks more like working in a dark

[@legli7275]

cool

[@sebastiansilvarestrepo2292]

😎👏

[@pixelboy7654]

Great tutorial but I do miss the explanation of the operators. Ps: remove/dampen the music in the background, I want to hear you :)

[@Alexandremix]

Other tutorials explain to much this one explains to little 😂. Like you could add those squares one by one and show the output changing . And not just add them all and then connect the output 😅

[@infopablo]

: )

[@william_fairbrother]

This went a bit quick for a beginner tutorial and didn't really have much explanation about why the stuff is being done. sorry

[@mauricioaudiovisual]

why are you so mean and turn off the subtitles? :(

[@acrylicode]

sorry :( subtitles are back on!

[@mauricioaudiovisual]

@@acrylicode Te amo! Gracias! Suscrito!

[@svedjenaeva]

I can't understand how these things are called tutotials. It's "follow these exact steps and then you will have made exactly what I have done". No explanations. Nothing more than just do what I do...

[@crazyfactsandcoolvids]

this is a terrible tutorial