GLSL Particle Simulations in TouchDesigner Tutorial

Whether you’re a programmer or not, GLSL can initially seem intimidating. However, in this video, I aim to make it less daunting. In this tutorial I show how you can create a visually stunning particle system with just a few lines of code, demonstrating that it’s not as complex as it may seem.
Other topics covered in this video:
* Flow Fields
* Feedback Loops
* Pixel/TOP math
* Remap and Reorder TOPs
* Instancing Networks
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:29 Variable Setup
2:10 GLSL introduction
4:45 Position Setup
8:57 Instancing Network
11:17 Flow Field Setup
20:20 Curl Noise
21:17 Use Speed for Depth
24:35 Height Dampening
25:59 Adding Color
28:55 Lighting Setup 1
30:28 Rotation
32:03 Scale
35:25 Life Remap
36:19 Color Enhance
38:05 Scaling Up
39:40 Final Tweaks

[@optikkacorp]

Dean - this is very good pacing and granularity along with the narration

[@DeanCheesman]

Thanks! Trying to keep it fast for the experienced people but explaining enough for new people to understand the “why” of it all.

[@JBroadway]

Bro has been cooking w these tutorials 👏🏾

[@aaronbrown2587]

Seriously! The Masked Magician and TOP Chef all in one.

[@chadyonfire7878]

nice man thx for ur latest tutorials , would love some more glsl and touchdesigner content

[@DeanCheesman]

Noted!

[@andressevilla678]

For suree! Get crazy w it.

[@unveil7762]

acceleration = acceleration + force
Velocity = velocity + acc
Pos=pos + acc. Like this you can consider mass and friction before setting pos :-)

[@DeanCheesman]

You have acceleration and velocity backwards but yes. I didn’t want to do multiple output buffers from my glsl in this one (to do a feedback loop on velocity) but I hope to in a future tutorial.

[@Gong1013]

nice👌

[@DeanCheesman]

Thanks!