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What's New in 099

Highlights

• TouchDesigner now available on macOS (10.11+ El Capitan or Sierra)
• Python 3.5 (enables the use of openCV)
• Component Privacy to lock your components
• PBR MAT for Physically-Based Rendering materials
• Substance TOP for loading PBR materials from Substance Designer
• Environment Light COMP for environment lighting
• Ableton Link CHOP syncs timing to Ableton Live sessions
• Web Render TOP to render webpages and a webBrowser in the Palette
• sACN multicast support and DMX improvements
• HTC Vive Development Environment to get VR projects started quickly
• NDI In TOP and NDI Out TOP to stream video over LAN using Newtek's NDI networking
• MQTT Internet of Things protocol.
• Splice CHOP for manipulating CHOP samples and channels
• Helios DAC CHOP for more laser control options
• OpenColorIO TOP for advanced color grading
• RealSense support for latest cameras and drivers
• Video Device In TOP native SDK support added for Point Grey, Bluefish444, AJA
• BlackTrax CHOP gets data from BlackTrax Motion Tracking systems
• GLSL Compute shaders
• FBX export from SOPs
• Improvements to CHOP Export conflicts
• High-DPI Window COMP and scalable user interface
• Math TOP now operates on pixel values similar to the Math CHOP - re-ranging, combining, scaling.

For the complete picture, see What's New in 099, and Release Notes for release-by-release details.

Updating licenses and keys to 099 works differently now. If you bought a license in the last year you can start using that license with 099 right away. If not, you need to purchase an update.

Non-Commercial licenses are available 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.

Getting Started

• The Getting Started Tips will help you install TouchDesigner and get it keyed and running.
• Go through First Things to Know about TouchDesigner to get an introductory overview.
• Follow along in this Introduction to TouchDesigner workshop. More workshop videos and tutorials can be found on the TouchDesigner Official Youtube page.

Tutorials and Workshop Videos

• 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)

• TouchDesigner Workshops by Lich Pfad Studio & Stanislav Glazov - Excellent resource for GLSL, Geometry Shaders in particular and general introduction as well as intermediate material.
• TouchDesigner Tutorials by Elburz Sorkhabi & nVoid - Covering advanced topics such as Optimization, Render Picking, WebAPIs, GLSL and more.
• Learning TouchDesigner by Scott Pagano on Lynda.com - A 4h fundamentals course on TouchDesigner.

Documentation

• Browse the Wiki Categories. Also explore the navigation bar on the left using the links or search field.
• Operator Help pages - 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.
• TouchDesigner Tips - A collection of short how-to tutorials showing you how to accomplish certain tasks.
• Search 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.

Sample Components, Tools and Examples

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

Derivative Forums

• General forums - Where to get any questions answered.
• Gallery forum - What people have created with TouchDesigner.
• .tox Component forum - A collection of helpful community build components.

White Papers and Topics

• TouchDesigner Video Server Specification Guide
• NDI Performance Testing
• Projection mapping
• Generative Design
• Troubleshooting in TouchDesigner
• Video Streaming User Guide
• System Requirements
• Creating Audio with CHOPs
• Initialize Start
• numerous topics in TouchDesigner Glossary

Other Resources

• Facebook - 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.

• Vimeo - Videos posted by the TouchDesigner community on Vimeo.
• Twitter - Follow us on Twitter @1null1
• Books - Books to help you learn TouchDesigner. NEW! Writing GLSL Shaders
• Frequently Asked Questions - Frequently asked questions about TouchDesigner.
• CHOPCHOPCHOP - A marketplace for TouchDesigner Components.
• GitHub projects - Browse GitHub for a wide range of user submitted projects.
• Resources - Textures, devices, animations, movies, audio and more.