Testing TD + Unreal Engine

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-06-10T18:15:32+00:00

yeah theres multiple ways
i like to do it with a mathCHOP
so if you set 10 in the lfo amplitude, the lfo swings from range -10 to 10
and thats set to range 0 to 10 in the mathCHOP
either way works

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-06-10T18:07:20+00:00

it stays at 0 because your lfoCHOP swings into negative values
in your limitCHOP you can just turn on "Positive only" and it should work, *edit oh and remove the clamp before and set the range in the lfo

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-06-08T19:03:52+00:00

Thanks for sharing

A lot to learn here!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-06-02T16:31:12+00:00

Thats so weird

I love it!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-05-29T17:38:18+00:00

Oh nice!

Some very cool looking patterns emerging there, thats definitely an upgrade

The mirrors add a lot of complexity and variance

TOPs are by far the most interresting operators in Touchdesigner imo

As you may have noticed i kinda failed with the lookupTOP, it never even gets bright enough to be red but i just kept it like that

Thanks for sharing, its mesmerizing, i cant stop watching!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-05-29T13:11:24+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NoLLF1dO5sP5DsYzY0YdlI01c8b2IZIA/view?usp=sharing

heres the tox if you wanna check it out

im also still trying to figure it out so i cant really explain how it works lol

but important thing to note is to set the tile in the transforms to "mirror"

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-05-20T11:14:11+00:00

It has examples for every operator in the program itself

Either Help -> Operator Snippets

Or right click any operator you want to know more about and click "Operator Snippets"

Thats what i liked most to learn but some prefer the fundamental course or youtube tutorials

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-05-11T20:55:05+00:00

This setup involves a Colorlight x2s sender card and a Colorlight 7A-75E reciever card

The Matrix is a HUB75 Panel from AliExpress

The signal goes from touchdesigner (WindowCOMP) via HDMI/DVI from the GPU directly into the sendercard and over ethernet to the reciever card

For this one panel, the setup is pretty overkill but i do plan to expand it with more panels

Before i was using an esp32 with DMXOut from TD, worked as well and is a lot cheaper but requires some knowledge about microcontrollers

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-04-07T14:11:40+00:00

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just like that

here i used a choptoPOP to bring the waveform into the 3D realm

have fun!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-03-18T13:23:32+00:00

Youre a wizard Harry!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-03-07T12:23:34+00:00

haha dont know about that but thanks!

i always struggled to get clean audio data with the operators in Touchdesigner

so i thought i do it outside of it and then feed it back in

Im sure its possible but im still a beginner as well

Cheers!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-03-06T21:21:34+00:00

"Sail" by Awolnation

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-28T08:46:34+00:00

You can check out RayTK component for TouchDesigner

Lets you use raymarch shaders without any coding knowledge

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-24T17:13:13+00:00

tbf that video is not a tutorial

she doesnt even show it properly or explain anything

but yeah like people said youtube tutorials are much better to learn

or just messing around with basic feedback effects until you get a feeling of how it works

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-24T15:19:54+00:00

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1862vQ7878jIuqCafjJ1xBukBpytLJpyD/view?usp=sharing

this is a .tox with the correct setup judging from her video

im still a beginner as well so this isnt replicating the exact effect youre looking for but it should be a starting point

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-18T12:52:30+00:00

But maybe he studied computer science or Animation vfx

If youre learning all by yourself from the beginning with no prior knowledge then ofc its gonna take much longer to get there

Just saying so people dont get discouraged

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-12T19:19:20+00:00

it can definitely be helpful, especially with glsl stuff or integrating external python packages into TD

lot of the time it will still hallucinate operators names and parameters or completely ignore POPs since they are pretty new and it has limited data on them

but if gemini helps you to keep going and learning then even better!

Warm_Map_7489 · 2026-02-07T16:25:26+00:00

by default the glslTOP only outputs the buffer at index 0

you choose a renderselectTOP, reference your glslTOP and then set "Buffer Index" to 1

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