TouchDesigner for Live Visuals with Yasushi Harada
A beginner workshop on real-time video manipulation for live performance and interactive installations, with artist Yasushi Harada.
12 hours total over 3 sessions // $125, or $90 with any VIVO Producer Membership (+GST),
Session 1: Wed, Feb 12, 6pm - 10pm
Session 2: Wed, Feb 19, 6pm - 10pm
Session 3: Wed, Feb 26, 6pm - 10pm
Two extended subsidies available for this workshop:
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Prerequisite: General computer literacy (e.g., saving files, facility with a mouse and keyboard) is required.
This workshop introduces you to live video manipulation for performance and interactive installations using TouchDesigner (http://derivative.ca/).
If you're dizzy after reading the extensive list of features TouchDesigner offers -- realtime 3D rendering & compositing, projection mapping, lighting & audio for live shows, VR tools -- this intro workshop is a good place to start familiarizing yourself with the software and meet other beginners too!
The instructor will encourage participants to keep in touch through Slack and the TouchDesigner Study Group he organizes in Vancouver.
Topics covered:
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Video playback
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Various inputs and effects
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Various operators and ouputs
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User interface
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3D rendering
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Audio reactive
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Projection mapping
Open lab time will be given to participants, with instructor available for questions.
Participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own video files to work with; instructor will also have a small selection of video files on hand.
latest free version of TouchDesigner (downloadable here: https://derivative.ca/download) before arriving to the workshop, and bring a mouse with 3 buttons.
Yasushi Harada is an interactive developer, technical director and visual artist born in Tokyo, Japan, currently living in Vancouver. With a background in psychology, he later found his passion for creating visuals with programming languages while he was working at a creative agency. He has worked for brand activation events, museum exhibitions, night club events and music festivals and has focused on creating live visuals and interactive installations mainly with TouchDesigner in recent years. He is a founder and co-organizer of the TouchDesigner Study Group Vancouver.