Tutorials

In this video, Christian Kastner walks you through setting up WLED with a pixel matrix, showcasing how you can send over camera and audio visual effects to your LED matrix.

Experience the power of real-time AI video generation with Stream Diffusion, a high-performance implementation of Stable Diffusion.

Learn about how you take a collection of TouchDesigner projects and turn them into a setup for live VJ performances.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2mgyZV49rRc

TouchDesigner is great for building interactive art projects with a variety of sensors. In this video, artist Lake Heckaman covers aspects of his workflow focused on interactivity, using different sensors at the same time, and using a beautiful particle emitter scene as an example.

In this video, Jack DiLaura will walk you through the process of adapting GLSL shaders to function in TouchDesigner by converting “Mouse Spinner”, a fantastic interactive GLSL effect by Dave Hoskins, to run in the program.

Philosophical Tools: History of Video Instruments Artists & Toolmakers lecture presented during the Critical Flow Workshop Series curated by Marcos Serafim at the Photography, Video And Imaging - School of Art @ the University of Arizona, on May 9th, 2025.

Philosophical Tools TD for Video Artists A series of tutorials that focuses on utilizing TouchDesigner from the perspective of a video artist: Part 1: Video Playback, Switching, Recording, & FullScreen Part 2: Video Feedback + Luma & Chromakey Part 3: Adding Performative Controls Part 4: Cr

Learn about how to create reusable components in TouchDesigner and why they're useful. We'll cover i/o, custom parameters, cloning, and best practices.   https://youtu.be/NkCJTte9Fiw

Visual Artist Jen Stark has a very colourful style, and often her artworks are based around colour drips. In this tutorial, inspired by Jen Stark, we recreate a colour drip effect in TouchDesigner by using feedback and displacement techniques.

In this two-part tutorial, we’ll explore the creation of a reaction-diffusion system — a process inspired by natural patterns, chemical interactions, and biological forms.

https://youtu.be/LogiJdn2D1c     https://youtu.be/LogiJdn2D1c     I see developers and tutorial makers of all skill levels make the mistake of treating Constant CHOPs as parameters, when in fact we have Custom Parameters built into TouchDesigner and they pack a lot of punch for little effort!

In this tutorial we will learn: Using "PostShot" to create 3D gaussian splatting model from a video Cleaning and refining the created model in PostShot Visualizing exported model using pointClouds and gaussian splats in TouchDesigner Basics of manipulating pointClouds and splats in TouchDesigner   R

Learn about the types of OP shortcuts in TouchDesigner and how to use them to simplify development and keep your projects clean.   https://youtu.be/oH5cFMYexow

The TouchDesigner MediaPipe plugin (created by Torin Blankensmith and Dom Scott) makes it easier than ever to create interactive artwork! In this tutorial, you'll create a TouchDesigner network leveraging hand tracking to create an awesome custom instancing setup.