Introduction to TouchDesigner 099

Introduction

1. Foreword
2. Foreword by Author
3. What is TouchDesigner?
4. Accessing the book
5. Compiling the book
6. Attribution and Licensing

1 Basics

1. 1.1 Signal Flow and Wiring
2. 1.2 Creating Operators
3. 1.3 Mouse and Keyboard Navigation
4. 1.4 Networks and Paths
5. 1.5 Using an External Text Editor
6. 1.6 Help

2 User Interface

1. 2.1 Parameter Window
2. 2.2 Parameters
3. 2.3 Transport Controls
4. 2.4 Timeline Settings
5. 2.5 Panes
6. 2.6 Palette Browser
7. 2.7 Search Dialog
8. 2.8 Realtime Flag
9. 2.9 Useful Shortcuts

3 TOPs

1. 3.1 Introduction
2. 3.2 Movie In TOP
3. 3.3 Preloading Movies
4. 3.4 Null TOPs and Select TOPs
5. 3.5 Codecs

4 CHOPs

1. 4.1 Introduction
2. 4.2 Communication Methods
3. 4.3 Audio Inputs and Outputs
4. 4.4 Sample Rates
5. 4.5 Time Slicing
6. 4.6 Common Channel Operators

5 DATs

1. 5.1 Introduction
2. 5.2 Communication Methods

6 SOPs

1. 6.1 Introduction
2. 6.2 Rendering

7 COMPs

1. 7.1 Introduction
2. 7.2 Window COMP
3. 7.3 User Interface Components

8 MATs

1. 8.1 Introduction
2. 8.2 Phong, GLSL, and Point Sprite Materials
3. 8.3 UV Maps

9 Python

1. 9.1 Introduction
2. 9.2 Textport

10 Outputting Content for Deployment and Performance

1. 10.1 Perform Mode
2. 10.2 Performing with the Network Editor
3. 10.3 Creating an Output Raster
4. 10.4 Displays, Tearing, and Stuttering
5. 10.5 Edge Blending

11 Optimization

1. 11.1 Introduction
2. 11.2 Finding the Bottleneck
3. 11.3 Using Performance Monitor
4. 11.4 Operator Cooking
5. 11.5 Resolution
6. 11.6 GPU Memory Fragmentation
7. 11.7 Windows System Processes

12 GLSL

1. 12.1 Introduction
2. 12.2 Types of Shaders and Rendering Pipeline
3. 12.3 Debugging
4. 12.4 Shaders in 3D
5. 12.5 Shaders in 2D
6. 12.6 Importing Shaders from Shadertoy
7. 12.7 GPU Particle Systems
8. 12.7 What Next?

Credits