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Real-Time Canvas is a live drawing app built for shows, workshops, and rapid creative prototyping. Every user gets a unique room (shareable URL) to collaborate with a team or integrate seamlessly with TouchDesigner.
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The 2025 Official build of TouchDesigner includes the official introduction of Point Operators (POPs) to the program. That being said, they’re not the only exciting addition found in this release!
What's New in the 2025 TouchDesigner Release
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We take a look at two different approaches of creating concert visuals in TouchDesigner, using MIDI as well as audio data to animate the visual content. To continue reading this post, click here.
Concert Visual Effects with TouchDesigner
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Niveau 1 – initiation Durée : 35 heures Lieu de la formation : Labo Flashback – 12 rue de la Fusterie 66000 Perpignan Effectif(s) formé(s): de 1 à 8 stagiaires A l’issue de la formation, les stagiaires pourront : Utiliser le logiciel TouchDesigner comme outil de création artistique et de diffus
WORKSHOP - TouchDesigner - France - Perpignan 5 au 9 janvier
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In this blog, we provide some simple guidance on what to look for when deciding on a TouchDesigner server. To continue reading this post, click here.
TouchDesigner Server 101
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Exited to announce that DotSimulate's StreamDiffusionTD component now supports the latest Stable Diffusion model, SDXL, along with IPAdapters so TD users can upload any reference image and guide your video's style - similar to LoRAs but with real-time control.
Latest StreamDiffusionTD Release: SDXL and IPAdapters
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Hi folks, I work at Daydream. Among other things, we've built a free hosted version of StreamDiffusionTD to allow TD users to plug AI-powered visuals into their existing TouchDesigner workflows without needing to manage complex GPU setups manually.
Showcase your TD work
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Lately, I’ve been trying to simulate a black hole, though, of course, in a more fantastical way. Physically, I can’t really say how a black hole works, in many ways, it still remains a mystery.
Gravity | Study
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Link to video-demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/O7Mg2poqXdE Featuring: - Text-to-video & Image-to-video - 16:9 & 9:16 (720p/1080p) - Negative prompt + optional seed - Async auto-download + auto-playback - PDF setup guide included Three one-prompt commercials, one heroic banana.
[Release] SORA-2 Video Generator
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We can use Python to get data, analyze it and use it in TouchDesigner for creative purposes. In this post, we have some fun and code some cool data visualization with Python in TouchDesigner. To continue reading this post, click here.
Data Visualization with Python
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My first contact with the instancing technique was through TouchDesigner. After some brief research, I found its implementation origins in the early 2000s with DirectX and OpenGL, as an effort to optimize the heavy performance demands placed on the CPU.
Instancing Technique
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We dive into some new ways to apply audio reactive techniques with the new TouchDesigner POP family. To continue reading this post, click here.
Using POPs to Drive Audio Reactive Visuals
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsU94xsnKqE A complex AI live-style performance, introducing Camille. In her performance, gestures control harmony; AI lip/hand transfer aligns the avatar to the music.
[Experiment] On-AI-R #1: Camille - Complex AI-Driven Musical Performance
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Hellooo! I like living life on the edge — so I uninstalled Windows, switched to Linux (Ubuntu, not Arch — I’m all for the edge, just not the free fall), and now I’m running TouchDesigner using Bottles. Spoiler alert: it's 100% worth it.
Experimental Setup: TouchDesigner on Linux via Bottles
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TouchDesigner excels at control systems, interactive logic, and compositing, but combining it with other software can significantly enhance creative and technical capabilities.
Integrating TouchDesigner with Other Software
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I’m excited to share two new TouchDesigner plugins, YOLO and DepthAnything, that bring real-time tracking and depth sensing to both Mac and PC, with no installation or specialized hardware required.
YOLO + Depth Anything Plugins: Real-Time Tracking & Depth Without Extra Hardware
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My true passion in TouchDesigner is toolbuilding. Over the years I’ve worked on everything from small exhibitions to massive arena shows, so I know the challenges and pitfalls artists face.
Tools You Didn’t Know You Needed
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Hey TouchDesigner Community! I'd like to let you know about an interactive project I built in TouchDesigner, along with a fun documentation video. I hope you enjoy it! U.S. Mail Computer System Employee Training Program: Module 3 - Mailbox Explorer What if the U.S.
An Interactive Exploration of U.S.P.S. Mailboxes (an archive, data visualization, and video game all in one)
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I initialised a Repo for my current Matplotlib Touchdesigner setup Matplotlib4TD Repo Initial Demo Post Is this the proper way to allow collaboration?
Matplotlib4TD Repo
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Intro I've been experimenting with StreamDiffusionTD inside TouchDesigner as a way to texture a live depth point‑cloud captured with a Kinect sensor.
