Short Courses
Real-time Interaction — TouchDesigner
Create visuals that react to sound and movement using TouchDesigner
Learn how to create interactive visual experiences using TouchDesigner, exploring the relationship between image, sound and movement. You’ll get to know the software interface, create real-time visual compositions and use audio and body data to develop audio-reactive and interactive visuals. By the end, you’ll be able to create your own visual systems and apply what you’ve learnt to design projects, audiovisual performances and interactive installations.
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What would you like to create?
Are you a designer or artist looking to explore TouchDesigner as a tool for visual creation?
Are you a performer or musician looking to create generative visuals and interactive experiences for your projects?
Are you a student or a teacher looking to explore new creative possibilities with digital tools?
Are you curious to explore TouchDesigner and create visual compositions and interactive experiences, even without any prior experience in the field?
What will you learn to do?
Independently develop visual compositions, audiovisual systems and digital interaction systems using TouchDesigner
Apply principles of real-time visual creation, exploring the relationships between sound, image and body movement
Design interactive audiovisual experiences, combining visual components with different forms of interaction
Apply the knowledge acquired to the experimentation and development of artistic, design and audiovisual projects
Gain autonomy in using TouchDesigner, developing personal strategies for experimentation and the creation of interactive visual systems
What are you going to explore?
Introduction to TouchDesigner and the fundamental principles of real-time visual programming
Exploration of the interface, the node-based structure and the operational logic of the software
Exploration and manipulation of visual sources, including images, video and live image capture, for the creation of visual compositions
Introduction to audio analysis and processing techniques applied to the creation of audio-reactive visual systems
Introduction to interaction with everyday hardware and body movement through the integration of MediaPipe into TouchDesigner
Analysis and manipulation of body and audio data for the development of digital interaction systems
Integration of audio-reactive and interactive visual components into the development of real-time systems
Individual or group exploration in the creation of systems based on the training provided throughout the course
Trainer
Who will you be learning from
Bárbara Paixão (1994, Bombarral) is a digital artist and lecturer in the field of new media. She creates generative visuals, interactive installations and VJ sets.
Inspired by the synergy between art and technology, her work focuses on the interaction between the body and the computer. It is through the format of audiovisual installations that she makes the most of interactive experiences, frequently working with sensors that detect human presence and software that operates in real time. The use of real-time technology also enables her to create visuals that are responsive to sound, as well as being manipulated live, thereby creating synaesthetic experiences.
She lives in Porto and works as a freelancer. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design (2018) from the Caldas da Rainha School of Arts and Design and a master’s degree in Interactive Systems and Media (2021) from the School of Media, Arts and Design in Vila do Conde. As a lecturer in higher education, she teaches courses in Visual and Creative Programming, Interaction Design for Communication Design, and Digital Workshop.
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