TouchDesigner Training by James Gibbons-Macgreggor

AGENDA 

Day 1:

9:30: Introductions + intro to Touchdesigner
10:30: Touchdesigner basics
12:30: LUNCH
13:30: Audio reactivity, working with video and post processing
15:00: Making and exporting your first TD project, hands-on workshop
16:30: Group sharing and discussion 
17:00: END

Day 2:

9:30: Recap
10:30: Working with data (CHOPs, DATs)
11:30: Hands-on workshop
12:30: LUNCH
13:30: POPs and Particles (advanced geometry)
14:30: POPs hands-on workshop
16:30: Group sharing and discussion 
17:00: END

Day 3:

9:30: Recap
10:30: Using sensors in TD (Kinect, Arduino, MIDI, Mediapipe)
11:30: Sensors hands-on workshop
12:30: LUNCH
13:30: Pixera with TD
14:30: Pixera - TD Hands on workshop
16:00: TD Ableton (live performance systems / working with musicians) 
17:00: END

About James

James is currently an associate lecturer at UAL's Creative Computing Institute. Having graduated the MSc Creative Computing program in 2022 he returned  to teach on the same course. He teaches audio based physical computing, interactive installations using Touchdesigner; and has supervised over 30 students MSc thesis projects.

James has also taught on the Peckham Digital Accelerator Zone program. A non-profit teaching HTML/Javascript and Python for Machine Learning to young people from backgrounds under-represented in tech.

In 2025 he gave a talk at the first official Touchdesigner event in Europe, discussing his experiences teaching the software. He has also hosted workshops and guest lectures with:

• The Academy of Contemporary Music
• Waterbear College of Music
• Peckham Digital Festival
• ArtsSU