{"id":3720,"date":"2026-05-14T22:56:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.magicandlove.com\/blog\/?p=3720"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T15:23:00","slug":"touchdesigner-tutorial-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.magicandlove.com\/blog\/2026\/05\/14\/touchdesigner-tutorial-video\/","title":{"rendered":"TouchDesigner Tutorial Video"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It is a collection of the tutorial videos for the teaching of TouchDesigner<\/a> and Python usage in the media art\/design context.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Brief explanation of TouchDesigner AR<\/h2> \n \n It is a brief explanation of the approach to implement the plane_ar.py OpenCV sample in TouchDesigner as a markerless augmented reality application.<\/ayg-description>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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Brief explanation of TouchDesigner AR<\/div>\n \n \n
It is a brief explanation of the approach to implement the plane_ar.py OpenCV sample in TouchDesigner as a markerless augmented reality application.<\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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TouchDesigner implementation of markerless augmented reality<\/div>\n \n \n
It is a @TouchDesignerOfficial implementation of the OpenCV plane AR sample with custom Python code.
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Bullet Physics and MediaPipe finger interaction in TouchDesigner<\/div>\n \n \n
The video is a brief demonstration of the implementation of MediaPipe finger tracking to interact with a number of virtual objects (balls) with Bullet Physics simulation. Details and project download …<\/span><\/span>can be found in my Patreon at https:\/\/patreon.com\/chungbwc\/<\/a><\/span>Show More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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TouchDesigner Render Pick CHOP with Optical Flow<\/div>\n \n \n
This is a demonstration video to use optical flow as interaction mechanism to select an virtual object (3D sphere) from a Render TOP window. It changes the size of the …<\/span><\/span>selected sphere (geometry instance) upon interaction.
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\nDetails and download can be found in my Patreon at https:\/\/patreon.com\/BryanChung<\/a><\/span>Show More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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OpenCV Tracker in TouchDesigner, Part 2 (final implementation)<\/div>\n \n \n
This is the part 2 of implementing OpenCV Tracker in TouchDesigner, with the mouse interaction that developed in the part 1. More details and download are available in my Patreon …<\/span><\/span>at https:\/\/patreon.com\/BryanChung<\/a><\/span>Show More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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OpenCV Tracker in TouchDesigner, Part 1 (mouse pick implementation)<\/div>\n \n \n
This video is the part 1 of the tutorial to use OpenCV Tracker in TouchDesigner. It will illustrate how we can use the mouse to select\/crop a region from a …<\/span><\/span>screen image for subsequent tracking in part 2.
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\nDetails and project download are available in my Patreon at https:\/\/patreon.com\/BryanChung<\/a><\/span>Show More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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OpenCV Tracking in TouchDesigner tutorial preview<\/div>\n \n \n
This video is a short demonstration of using the OpenCV Tracker in TouchDesigner with an arbitrary 2D pattern captured by the mouse interaction.<\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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Moving and rotating virtual object with optical flow in TouchDesigner<\/div>\n \n \n
It is a continuation of the last tutorial (https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GHTmr592-Cw<\/a>) to add the rotational effect to manipulate a virtual object on screen, using optical flow in TouchDesigner. Details can be found …<\/span><\/span>in my Patreon at https:\/\/patreon.com\/BryanChung<\/a><\/span>Show More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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Optical Flow interaction in TouchDesigner tutorial<\/div>\n \n \n
This video is a tutorial to demonstrate the use of optical flow as an interaction mechanism to move a virtual ball in the screen.<\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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Movement in Time redone in TouchDesigner<\/div>\n \n \n
Use of sparse optical flow in TouchDesigner to recreate my original Movement in Time artwork.<\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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Optical flow interaction demo in TouchDesigner<\/div>\n \n \n
It is a preview of the coming TouchDesigner tutorials on using optical flow as interaction vehicle.
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\nThe first one is a pong like game interaction. The second one is a virtual …<\/span><\/span>rotation dial.<\/span>Show More<\/a><\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n
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Interactive mirror with optical flow in TouchDesigner<\/div>\n \n \n
This video is a tutorial to use optical flow as an interactive vehicle to create a responsive mirror composed of a number of spinning circles.<\/div>\n <\/div> \n<\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n
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