Learning Touchdesigner

You can learn Touchdesigner online! The community is 'small' and helpful, to get started check out these resources:

The derivative site : https://derivative.ca/learn
https://learn.derivative.ca/
https://learn.derivative.ca/courses/100-fundamentals/

Our recommendations:
These are the TDtutorial masters, they cover a super broad spectrum and help you actually understand the basics:

elekktronaut.com
bileam tschepe (elekktronaut)
youtube playlist

Very thorough & clear beginners course to get you started.

https://interactiveimmersive.io/
The Interactive & Immersive Headquarters
youtube playlist

The Interactive and Immersive HQ has a mission: Help TouchDesigner freelancers, agencies, artists and designers achieve their artistic visions.

@acrylicode

In this channel you will teach how to use Touchdesigner as a creative tool.

https://matthewragan.com/
Matthew Ragan
youtube playlist

Very clear & thorough tutorials, that really help you understand what you are doing.

~~Some of our personal favourites, that immediately take on a project:~~
~~ReynBows~~
~~NotoTheTalkingBall~~

~~FactorySettings~~

~~Acrylicode~~

~~If you're into maths, learn from the master:~~ ~~Paketa12~~
~~A super different approach, appreciated by some students as it seems more of a 'fine art' way of working:~~ ~~PPPanik~~

~~https://alltd.org/~~ ~~: A great collection of all kinds of Touchdesigner tutorials, there are lots!!~~

Stuck?
Check out help on:
The Forum: https://forum.derivative.ca/
Discord: https://discord.com/invite/senqbr2
Facebook community (quick to reply!):
TouchDesigner Artist Community (fb)
TouchDesigner Help Group
TouchDesigner Help Group Netherlands
or contact a Blackbox host!

Our favourite tutorials:

This is a playlist, latest addition:

Full playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0UTrJQehb2MMDdTpnSE-qSAPajVGbiMK