WORKSHOP: TOUCHDESIGNER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL | Derivative

Created in 2006 at the heart of the Society for Arts and Technology (SAT), Campus SAT offers an educational model at the crossroads between science, technology, society, and art. This branch of the organization allows the transfer of knowledge coming out of the SAT’s artistic activities and lines of research. By offering night classes and educational activities for adults, as well as a pedagogical program adapted for youths ages 9 to 17 in its spaces and in the school, municipal, community, and cultural networks, Campus SAT reaches over 8000 participants every year. Over time, artists have learned to appropriate technology to share their reflections on their time. Campus SAT supports artists (big and small) of all fields in their use of today’s technologies, in order to allow the greatest diversity possible of voices to express themselves in the digital discourse. Its activities encourage everyone to innovate, both on a technological level, as well as outdoing oneself artistically.

Date

04th - 11th Dec 2021

Add to Calendar12/04/2021 12:00am 12/11/2021 12:00am WORKSHOP: TOUCHDESIGNER INTERMEDIATE LEVEL TouchDesigner Intermediate Workshop: shaders, optimization & interaction In this intensive 12 hour intermediate workshop over one weekend, participants will start playing with different types of shaders (pixel, vertex, and, to a lesser extent, geometry) in order to understand and use several techniques, will learn how to optimize their work and will acquire the necessary skills for working with Kinect depth data. TouchDesigner is internationally known as a tool of choice when producing high level interactive visual experiences. Workshop objectives & course content Learn to configure a developer environment ; Learn how to use pixel shaders : general principles, GLSL, texture and samplers, generative design, blend modes, fractals, simulation, and more ; Learn how to use vertex shaders : tessellation, rasterization, applied mathematics for 3D, 3D reflections/refractions, texture baking, instancing, and more ; Use mathematics ; Discover geometry shaders and how they can be used for visualizing Kinect point cloud data in 3D ; Learn how to implement a Game of Life project using pixel shaders ; Learn how to create a generative landscape with vertex shaders ; Learn how to record and playback Kinect data and change the visuals of point cloud data ; Get a preview of advanced TouchDesigner tools and particularities. Société des Arts Technologiques America/Toronto public

Fee

from 210.00$

Capacity

12

Location

Société des arts technologiques [SAT]

1201 Boul. Saint-Laurent,

Montréal, Quebec

Canada

H2X 2S6

Workshop

TouchDesigner Intermediate Workshop: shaders, optimization & interaction

In this intensive 12 hour intermediate workshop over one weekend, participants will start playing with different types of shaders (pixel, vertex, and, to a lesser extent, geometry) in order to understand and use several techniques, will learn how to optimize their work and will acquire the necessary skills for working with Kinect depth data. TouchDesigner is internationally known as a tool of choice when producing high level interactive visual experiences.

Workshop objectives & course content

Learn to configure a developer environment ;
Learn how to use pixel shaders : general principles, GLSL, texture and samplers, generative design, blend modes, fractals, simulation, and more ;
Learn how to use vertex shaders : tessellation, rasterization, applied mathematics for 3D, 3D reflections/refractions, texture baking, instancing, and more ;
Use mathematics ;
Discover geometry shaders and how they can be used for visualizing Kinect point cloud data in 3D ;
Learn how to implement a Game of Life project using pixel shaders ;
Learn how to create a generative landscape with vertex shaders ;
Learn how to record and playback Kinect data and change the visuals of point cloud data ;
Get a preview of advanced TouchDesigner tools and particularities.

RSVP

Experience level

For Intermediate