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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/ 

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 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.


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
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!