TouchDesigner Tutorial: Blob Tracking + Time Warping * Dance Performance and Interactive Experiences

🚀 Join Okamirufu Skool: Level Up Your Skills Here 👉 https://okamirufu.link/skool 💾 Project Files Here 👉 https://okamirufu.link/project_files_collections 📌 Summary I've just released a new TouchDesigner tutorial! 🚀 This one’s all about Blob Tracking—detecting motion and turning it into instancing magic. Perfect for interactive & generative visuals! Let me know what you think! 💎 *FREE* - Free VJ Pack Collections: https://okamirufu.link/frees_collections - Over 180 *FREE* Videos: https://okamirufu.link/free_vj_pack_y 🛒 *SHOP* - Conceptual VJ Packs: https://okamirufu.link/conceptual_vj_packs - Project Files : https://okamirufu.link/project_files_collections - General: https://okamirufu.link/patreon_shop 🔗 *LINKS & TOOLS* - AI Voice: https://okamirufu.link/eleven_labs 👋 *CONNECT WITH ME* - YouTube: https://okamirufu.link/youtube - Patreon: https://okamirufu.link/patreon - Instagram: https://okamirufu.link/instagram - TikTok: https://okamirufu.link/tiktok - Pinterest: https://okamirufu.link/pinterest 👋 *OTHER CHANNELS* - Okamirufu Spectra: https://okamirufu.link/spectra - Okamirufu Atmos: https://okamirufu.link/atoms ♫ *MY MUSIC* - Listen here: https://okamirufu.link/my_music ● - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ● 🕒 *TIMECODE* 00:00 *Intro* 00:28 *Prerequisites & Setup Learn:* About the network setup and parameter adjustments needed to follow long effectively. 01:00 *Network Overview:* A brief review of the different sections within the TouchDesigner network, including video input, time machine, control, and blob sections. 01:32 *Blob Creation & Data Extraction:* Focuses on creating blobs and extracting their information for instancing 3D objects or text.   02:31 *Key Concept: Data Extraction:* Understanding how to extract coordinates from blob tracking to create instances or apply to text operators.   02:58 *Blob Track Top Inputs Explanation:* Of the two main inputs of the blob track top: the color image and the background reference frame.   03:57 *Extracting & Using Tracking Data:* How to extract and utilize the blob tracking data stored in a table data, including UV coordinates, width, height, and age.   04:57 *Applying Blob Tracking Data to 3D Instances:* Processing blob tracking data using chop operators to manage and manipulate information for creating 3D instances.   07:24 *Understanding Aspect Ratio Calculations:* Learn why adjusting for aspect ratio is crucial to prevent distortion of instance positions when changing resolutions.   09:35 *Positioning Text Using Blob:* Tracking Data Using absolute pixel coordinates in top operators like the text top to position text based on blob tracking data.   12:03 *Time Warping Explained:* Introduction to the texture 3D and time machine operators and how they are used to select and display specific video frames.   14:39 *Verifying Time Machine:* Frame Selection How to verify which frame the time machine is showing based on the color of the source image by checking pixel values.   15:09 *Creating the Pattern:* Animation for Time Warping Learn how the grid SOP and ramp operators are used to create the tiling animation for manipulating the video with the time machine.   ● - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ● I hope you liked this tutorial! If you have any questions, feel free to ask in the comments below. *Subscribe to stay updated on future tutorials* Stay Strong & Make Art 🤍 With Love Okamirufu #touchdesigner #creativeposter #posterdesign #realtime #generativeart