What’s in this course?
A full-day immersive workshop dedicated to discovering TouchDesigner, a leading software for real-time generative visuals, interactive installations, and audiovisual performance.
This workshop is designed for participants who want to understand node-based programming logic and build their first interactive visual system from scratch.
Intensive – 6 Hours
Course Curriculum: TOUCHDESIGNER WORKSHOP
• What is TouchDesigner and where it is used
• Interface overview
• The Network Editor
• What is an operator
• Real-time data flow concept
• Difference between TOP, CHOP, and DAT
Objective: provide the conceptual foundations to navigate the software confidently.
• Constant, Ramp, Noise
• Transform and Composite
• Level adjustments and visual feedback
• Introduction to visual pipeline logic
Mini exercise: building a simple generative visual system.
Objective: understand how to construct a visual processing flow.• What is a signal
• LFO
• Noise CHOP
• Audio CHOP (basic analysis)
• Exporting CHOP channels to parameters
Mini exercise: animating the previously built visual system.
Objective: understand parameter control and modulation.• Mouse input
• Keyboard input
• Introduction to MIDI (if time allows)
• Mapping controls to visual parameters
Building a small interactive audiovisual system.
Objective: make the project responsive and performative.• Geometry COMP
• Camera and Light
• Render TOP
• Basic materials
Creating a simple 3D scene controlled via CHOPs.
Objective: demonstrate TouchDesigner’s 3D capabilities without going too technical.
Collaborative construction of a complete small-scale system including:
• Visual generation
• CHOP-based animation
• Interactive control
• Final output ready for live performance
• Network organization
• Clean structure
• Modular thinking
• Understanding of TouchDesigner’s node-based architecture
• Ability to build a basic visual system
• Ability to control parameters in real time
• Foundational skills for audiovisual performance and interactive art
Événements à venir
Tritha: A Journey Through Tradition and Transcendenceven. 01 maiRESET NETWORKS STUDIOS
Meet Your Mentor :
Andrea Dipa (Italy)
Senior Mentor
Andrea Dipa is a multimedia artist, director, and visual
researcher, and a core member of RKH Studio. His work investigates generative visual systems, real-time image processing, and live visual composition, often drawing from cinematic language and computational aesthetics. Through the development of custom tools and automated structures, he explores perception, transformation, and temporal progression. In Gosse Ipotesis, he is responsible for the visual direction and live visual performance, defining the project’s visual language and spatial presence.
