TouchDesigner User Guide [ edit ]

What's New [ edit ]

To find out what's new in the latest Official builds, read our 2020 Official Announcement.

Release Notes [ edit ]

Head to the Release Notes for a full changelog and details on the current build.

For the latest in the Experimental builds, see Experimental Release Notes.

Downloads [ edit ]

Download Official Builds - A complete list of current and past official builds.

Download Experimental Builds - An archive of all experimental builds.

Licensing [ edit ]

Non-Commercial licenses are available at no charge for personal, educational, or evaluation purposes. If you or your organization are compensated for your work with TouchDesigner, you must have a Commercial or Pro license. For a comparison of licenses see Licensing.

Updating to the most recent build requires a key whose 'Update Date' is after the build's compile date. Check your license's 'Update Date' in the Keys section of your profile at derivative.ca. If your key is out of date, purchase '1 Year of Updates' from the store to update it for use with the most recent builds.

Forum and Support [ edit ]

Report your problems or ask questions in our Support Forum.





Getting Started [ edit ]

Tutorials and Workshop Videos [ edit ]

Start with the quick primer First Things to Know about TouchDesigner followed by the Introduction to TouchDesigner workshop.

TouchDesigner Official Youtube - A growing collection of Derivative tutorials and workshop recordings, as well as videos from previous TouchDesigner Summits.

TouchDesigner Community Tutorials - The tutorials section of our new community feed, an amazing resource growing everyday.

AllTD.org - An excellent resource that compiles learning materials in multi-languages from the broad TouchDesigner community, thanks to Jan Gryczan in Berlin.

Matthew Ragan's TouchDesigner Tutorials - An excellent resource for learning TouchDesigner covering over 100 topics from a great teacher.

Tutorials Page - A full list of tutorials available. Including user-contributed and older 088 legacy sections.

Online Courses (paid) [ edit ]

Documentation [ edit ]

Browse the Wiki Categories . Also explore the navigation bar on the left using the links or search field.

. Also explore the navigation bar on the left using the links or search field. Operator Help pages - All the node types of TouchDesigner.

- All the node types of TouchDesigner. Introduction to Python - An introduction to Python scripting in TouchDesigner. Python Reference is also available for a full list of python classes.

- An introduction to Python scripting in TouchDesigner. Python Reference is also available for a full list of python classes. TouchDesigner Tips - A collection of short how-to tutorials showing you how to accomplish certain tasks.

- A collection of short how-to tutorials showing you how to accomplish certain tasks. Search documentation using the wiki advanced search page.

documentation using the wiki advanced search page. Offline Help - Access the wiki when you are not connected to the internet by pre-downloading the offline documentation package.

OP Snippets - Hundreds of examples found via (1) the Help -> Operator Snippets menu, or (2) right-click on any operator in any network, or (3) right-click on any operator in the OP Create menu.

- Hundreds of examples found via (1) the Help -> Operator Snippets menu, or (2) right-click on any operator in any network, or (3) right-click on any operator in the OP Create menu. Palette Browser - In the menu Dialogs -> Palette Library, or the left-pane of the default TouchDesigner.

- In the menu Dialogs -> Library, or the left-pane of the default TouchDesigner. .tox Component forum - User-contributed components.

Derivative Forums [ edit ]

General forums - Where to get any questions answered.

- Where to get any questions answered. Gallery forum - What people have created with TouchDesigner.

- What people have created with TouchDesigner. .tox Component forum - A collection of helpful community build components.

White Papers and Topics [ edit ]

Other Resources [ edit ]

Facebook - Join us on Facebook and keep up to date with the latest TouchDesigner projects.

- Join us on Facebook and keep up to date with the latest TouchDesigner projects. TouchDesigner Help on Facebook- Massively helpful Facebook Help Group for TouchDesigner run by users.