I touched something called Touch Designer

When I participated in DotFes 2019 the other day, I heard the story of Ben Voigt, one of the developers of ** Touch Designer **. I was really curious, so I touched it a little! It is an article of.

What is TouchDesigner?

With TouchDesigner, you can create very advanced images, A node-based visual programming environment. Simply put, it is a programming tool that creates programs by connecting lines to boxes.

As a simple feature --No need to draw non-coding code --No need to compile or build. ――Therefore, you can create programs at high speed. --Strong in real time and interactively --3DCG is easy to handle ――Easy to link with various devices and tools

However, as a supplement, about non-coding ** You can do it without using it! ** That means that you can make more complicated movements by actually using it. By the way, the main script is Python.

What can you do with TouchDesigner?

The range of things you can do is insanely wide. You can also make projection mapping and VR images!

For reference, the following video is a work projected in the wall of the museum. This work uses more than 50 projectors, but it seems that it is controlled by only one PC. TouchDesigner is stable and is used in many of these large permanent projects. https://youtu.be/GpRksCaf2SI

What is the introduction cost?

You can choose from four plans.

--PRO: The highest grade version of $ 2,200 / year. Meet the needs of any professional designer. --COMMERCIAL: A general-purpose version for $ 600 / year. It can be used for commercial purposes. --EDUCATIONAL: $ 300 / year for education. It is for schools and students and cannot be used for commercial purposes. --NON-COMMERCIAL: Free for individuals. It cannot be used for commercial purposes.

Try it out

Create and install an account from the official page (https://derivative.ca/).

After the installation is complete, open it and it looks like this. I will create a new one from here and make a video!

This video was made in less than an hour! (* Before that, read the tutorial etc.)

What I felt after using it is that it is insanely good to be able to use this quality tool for free, and I think that one of the attractions is that it can be operated intuitively. After that, I personally felt that Touch Designer is easier to create 3D images than Ae. I'd like to explain the functions, but it will be very long, so this time it's over!

Recommended reference site

--The site of Derivative, the developer of TouchDesigner https://docs.derivative.ca/Main_Page

--ohkawara ayato's Workshop Workshop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5_LWZqzAi8

--Site summary that will be helpful when studying Touch Designer https://qiita.com/ToyoshiMorioka/items/763f425bc3381209a29f