[v2023.11340, v2022.33600] TouchDesigner – A new generation of visual art design edge tool

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TouchDesigner is a node-based visual development platform for creating real-time and interactive multimedia content on Windows and Mac platforms, developed by Derivative from Canada. It’s been used by artists, programmers, creative coders, software designers, and performers to create performances, installations, and fixed media works.

Simply put, TouchDesigner is a creative programming tool that is very friendly to designers or visual creators with a whole new way of creating content. It provides a node-based visual programming environment, which allows us to create wonderful visual works through nodes and lines in a graphical interface without typing any code. The whole process is as easy to use as playing a game, so the user can focus all his attention and creativity on the creation itself.

As one of the world’s most popular tools for visual arts creation, prototype design and 3D interactive design, TouchDesigner has been trusted by many world-class artist teams and studios. It is especially worth mentioning that it can even be combined with music (called video jockey) to bring viewers visual and auditory immersion experience on the world-class music stage.

In short, TouchDesigner provides you with all tools you need to create stunning real-time projects and rich user experiences. Whether you’re creating interactive media systems, architectural projections, live music visuals, or simply rapid-prototyping your latest creative impulse, TouchDesigner can do it all.

// Key Features //

VR SUPPORT
  • Support for HTC Vive, OpenVR, and Oculus VR systems.
  • HTC Development Environment to get your projects up and running fast. Author from inside the VR environment!
  • Support for both HTC Vive Controllers and the new Vive Trackers, as well as Oculus controllers.
  • Real-time development with native high frame-rates (75-90Hz).
  • Multi-camera stitching solution in real-time and VR movie playback tools.
  • Leverages latest rendering technologies from Nvidia and AMD to get the most performance from your hardware.
REALTIME 3D AND COMPOSITING
  • Realtime GPU-accelerated compositing and rendering.
  • Physically Based Rendering (PBR) materials and load Substance Designer materials directly.
  • Environment lights to make PBR materials look more realistic.
  • Import and export geometry and scenes using FBX and OBJ file formats.
  • High-performance HD and 4K video inputs and outputs.
  • Create custom GLSL shaders, geometry shaders, compute shaders, and more (GLSL 4.5 on Windows, 3.3 on macOS).
  • Support for 3D textures and 2D texture arrays and multi-layer textures.
  • Wide range of pixel formats from 3D textures to 32-bit float, 16-bit fixed, and more. Support for 10-bit color displays.
  • Industry standard color correction via OpenColorIO.
  • Supports a wide variety of projection formats for mapping, dome, VR, stitching, and environment lights.
PROJECTION MAPPING
  • Tight integration with the real-time 3D engine allows for complete pre-visualization of projection setups.
  • Support for a wide variety of projection formats for mapping, dome, VR, stitching, and environment lights.
  • “Stoner” tool for keystoning, grid mesh warping, and masking.
  • “Kantan Mapper” tool for advanced 2D mapping and masking including freeform and bezier shapes.
  • “Camschnappr” tool for 3D model based projection alignment and calibration.
  • “SweetSpot” tool for trompe l’oeil effects that create an optical illusion of 3D from a 2D output.
  • Support for 3rd party solutions like Scalable Display’s and Vioso’s automatic mapping calibration tools.
APPLICATION BUILDING
  • Design modular and re-usable components with your choice of custom parameters. Makes it easy in encapsulate work.
  • Use sliders, buttons, text fields, containers, 3D objects with full customization of appearance and logic.
  • New Panel Anchors allow proportional, stretchable control panels to be created easily.
  • Any component can now be customized with custom parameters.
  • Use TouchDesigner built-in parameters in your own interfaces with the new Parameter COMP.
  • Ready-to-use UI gadgets included in the Palette let you build control panels using simply drag-n-drop.
  • Design a full range of interactions with any number of input and output devices together in one immersive environment.
  • Privacy controls for files and components let you control who can view and access your work.
INTEROPERABILITY
  • Interoperate with Ableton Live, Max/MSP, Substance Designer, Notch, vvvv, OpenFrameworks, Resolume, Unity and others.
  • Camera and depth sensor support from Microsoft Kinect Azure, Intel Realsense, Ouster LIDAR, Stereolabs ZED, and more.
  • Create interactions using little or no code with nodes for devices like Leap Motion, RealSense, ZED, and TUIO hardware.
  • Communicate via OSC, MIDI, UDP, TCP, LTC, ArtNet, DMX, webSockets, SocketIO, Serial, MQTT and more.
  • Interact with web servers, web applications, social APIs like Twitter and Instagram over the UDP and TCP protocols.
  • Render or interact with web pages inside TouchDesigner projects.
  • Mouse, tablet, or touch-screen inputs allow gestural inputs and multi-person interactions.
  • Communicate with lighting devices using DMX, ArtNet, or sACN protocols.
  • Support for AVB, EtherDream and Helios DAC devices for controlling lasers, Sollinger LaserAnimation, and Pangolin Beyond software.
  • Native tracking support from BlackTrax and OptiTrack tracking systems.
  • Flexible audio input and output options via ASIO and Dante support.
  • Integrate TouchDesigner as an element of larger creative pipelines and any workflow.
HIGH PERFORMANCE MEDIA SYSTEMS
  • Industry-leading high-performance video playback using HAP Q, Cineform, H.264, H.265/HEVC and many other formats.
  • High number of concurrently playing movies limited only by hardware.
  • High-performance HD and 4K video inputs and outputs. High-framerate 4K 120Hz playback.
  • Stream video across LAN networks using Newtek’s NDI technoloogy.
  • Stream video to and from other applications using Spout (Windows) or Syphon (macOS).
  • Stream video to and from the web using RTSP cleants and servers.
  • Outputs any combination of images to multiple displays in custom configurations.
  • Simultaneous playback, mixing, and triggering of multiple audio and video sources.
  • Create large multi-machine networked infrastructures using sync operators and hardware framelock.
LIGHTING AND LIVE SHOWS
  • Ableton Live sync provided via Ableton Link technology.
  • Communicate with lighting consoles such as ADB, MA Lighting, High End, Enttec, Avolites, Martin Professional, ChamSys.
  • Control lighting fixtures, LEDs, mechanical staging, computer systems and more using DMX, ArtNet, and sACN.
  • Convert audio, video, and images into laser and LED patterns using laser DACs, LED controllers, and Arduino.
  • New tools for dealing with samples-based workflows for LEDs and Lasers.
  • Project-proven stability that scales to any size. Thousands of LEDs, thousands of channels, unlimited controls.
EXTENSIBILITY AND CUSTOMIZATION
  • Python 3.5 is the default scripting language offering full control and customizability.
  • Utilize external libraries to interface with software, perform scientific computations, connect to web APIs and more.
  • Python extension classes give components unique behaviors through user-defined methods and properties.
  • Extend functionality by creating your own operators and integrate external SDK’s using C++ and CUDA.
  • GLSL 3.3 (up to 4.5 on Windows) for custom materials and 3D/2D shaders.
  • OpenFrameworks v0.9.3 and OpenCV 3.2 supported, examples projects for both to get you started.
  • Share and reuse components freely between projects, create asset libraries.
  • Replicator and cloning features enable quick, reliable, and massive project scale-up.

// Official Demo Video //

// System Requirements //

  • Microsoft Visual C++ 2013, 2015-2022 Redistributable Packages

// Edition Statement //

AppNee provides the TouchDesigner Pro Edition multilingual full installers and unlocked files for Windows 64-bit only, as well pre-activated versions for Mac.

// Installation Notes //

for v2021.16410+ on Windows:

  1. Download and install TouchDesigner
  2. Copy the unlocked file to installation folder and overwrite
  3. Done

// Related Links //

// Download URLs //

License Version Download Size
for Windows
Pro Edition v2023.11340 2.46 GB
Pro Edition v2022.33600 ARM | Intel 585 MB | 629 MB

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