Learning TouchDesigner
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Getting Started
Read all topics covering the basics in First Things to Know about TouchDesigner, including the transcript of the following First Things videos.
Sample Components
- .tox Component forum - click the .tox links and see what they do.
- Palettes of Components - Dialogs -> Palette Library
Tutorial Videos
- Inside TouchDesigner Vimeo Group - This collection of all video tutorials will teach you various techniques, tips and tricks to using TouchDesigner. There is a range of beginner, intermediate, and advanced tutorials to help any TouchDesigner user.
- TouchDesigner Vimeo Channel - See the MUTEK 2009 Lecture and videos of the work of other TouchDesigner users.
- TouchDesigner Vimeo Group - This are videos posted by the entire TouchDesigner community, some more instructional than others.
Forums
- general forums - what the TouchDesigner community is talking about
- Gallery forum - what people have done with TouchDesigner
- .tox Component forum - online collection of helpful user contributed components
TouchDesigner Documentation
- Wiki - here. explore the strip on the left, type in your search terms.
- Operator Help pages - all the node types of TouchDesigner
- 3D
- Building Control Panels
- TouchDesigner Tips -
- Scripting - how to use the Tscript scripting language
- White Papers - forthcoming
- courses on TouchDesigner - coming soon
- Search documentation using the search field in the strip on the left
Tutorials
- Course Curriculum - a brief outline for a course curriculum for new TouchDesigner users
- Tutorials - a list of all tutorials posted
Help in TouchDesigner
- TouchDesigner menu bar - Help -> Commands and Expressions
- popup help on gadgets
Other
- FAQ - commonly asked questions about Touchdesigner.
- Resources - textures, devices, movies, audio and more
Independent Forums - Learning and supporting TouchDesigner FTE is community-driven. Create your own forums, logs, discussion lists and let us know about it.
- Previous TouchDesigner 017 users see Migrating from TouchDesigner 017.
