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By ianshelanskey February 1, 2016

Voxels and Volumetric Rendering

Here is an example of GLSL ray marching in TouchDesigner. The marching algorithm looks up the pixel value from a Texture3D and paints it in a GLSL TOP.

By ianshelanskey January 23, 2016February 21, 2019

Forgive the dust.

Hi All, I’ve switched my hosting around so my site is a bit more stable and in the process some of my tutorial content has been lost. I am doing … Continue reading Forgive the dust.

By ianshelanskey August 25, 2015January 23, 2016

Realistic Textures in Touchdesigner

Here is a video where I go over some basic methods of generating realistic textures from a single image. I go over the Phong MAT, normal map, and a basic … Continue reading Realistic Textures in Touchdesigner

By ianshelanskey July 30, 2015January 19, 2016

3D Content Part 3: Simulating Physics in Blender to TouchDesigner

This tutorial will help you leverage Blenders physics engine to create complex 3D animations quickly. It will also walk-through programmatic solutions to deal with texturing and playing back those animations. … Continue reading 3D Content Part 3: Simulating Physics in Blender to TouchDesigner

By ianshelanskey July 17, 2015January 23, 2016

3D Content Part 2: UV mapping and Importing Animations to TouchDesigner

Here is a useful workflow for creating complex/timeline based animations in Blender 2.7 and importing them into TouchDesigner. This tutorial will take you through UV mapping/editing to easily line up … Continue reading 3D Content Part 2: UV mapping and Importing Animations to TouchDesigner

By ianshelanskey July 13, 2015January 23, 2016

3D Content Part 1: Camera Mapping

Hey all. If you’re like me and don’t have enough money for a LIDAR scanner but need to make precision 3D models for projection mapping or content creation, here’s a … Continue reading 3D Content Part 1: Camera Mapping

By ianshelanskey April 1, 2015January 23, 2016

Animating Dictionaries in TouchDesigner

I came across the need to animate CHOPs based on a cued sequence. I have found that the animation chop is a little difficult to work with quickly in a … Continue reading Animating Dictionaries in TouchDesigner

By ianshelanskey April 1, 2015January 23, 2016

TouchDesigner Previs – The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other

Part of my work on ASU’s production of The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other involved making some Previs software. I wanted to be able to work with the … Continue reading TouchDesigner Previs – The Hour We Knew Nothing of Each Other

By ianshelanskey March 30, 2015July 29, 2016

Twitter in TouchDesigner

EDIT: This is now way easier to do from within TouchDesigner using the Threaded Web Comp here: http://derivative.ca/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=9164 . Tutorial to come soon. OH BOY! This one is going to be exciting! … Continue reading Twitter in TouchDesigner

By ianshelanskey March 30, 2015

Author: ianshelanskey