Membership plan: Just Curious | Topics: Visual Arts
Course overview
In this workshop you will explore using SOPs in creative and technical ways in TD. You’ll look at how to create and manipulate 3D surfaces via a myriad of techniques. SOPs provide a unique way of creating geometry. The surface types include 3D points, polygons, lines, particles, surfaces, spheres and metaballs. The combination of procedural editing of surface data provides you with a wide range of creative techniques for visual experimentation. To attend this workshop it is recommended that you have taken the free on demand course Getting Started with TouchDesigner
What you'll learn
Workshop 1: Appraise the SOP family
Workshop 1: Utilize the SOPs in various ways
Workshop 1: Manipulate and render SOP content
Workshop 1: Explore practical examples using SOPs
Workshop 2: Explore the most useful and underrated SOPs
Workshop 2: Work and manipulate point data
Workshop 2: Utilise SOP operators to manipulate geometric data
Workshop 2: Explore practical examples using SOPs
Who is this course for?
Visual artists looking to enhance their use of SOPs in TD
Visual artists who wish to create visuals in TouchDesigner using SOPs
Course content
Workshop File
Part 1: Points, Vertices and Primitives
Addendum 1 : save your projects often and how to check if a polygon is closed
Part 2: How to Draw Curves in Geometry Modeller
Part 3: Working with Groups
Workshop File
1. Clip SOP
2. Answer to Exercise 1
3. Carve SOP
4. Boolean SOP
5. Hole SOP
6. Facet SOP
Solution to the Last Exercise
Additional Resources
Requirements
A computer and internet connection
A three button mouse
TouchDesigner latest version (non-commercial suffices)
Course schedule
Meet your instructor
Dancing Pixels (Masha Rozhnova) is a London based artist who creates audio-visual performances and videos for musicians. For the past three years she has been using TouchDesigner as the main tool for content creation, show control and as an engine to enable interaction with the audience. She performed at Live Performers Meeting in Rome, at New River studios and Crux events in London.
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