Help me not Kill Computer. Dat to top

Beginners
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Hi All,

Im getting frustrated with this. ive got a Dat table. i want to take it and display it over a graphic. from what i understand i have to export each as a text top. i can do this but now i do not know how to arrange them in the space

Anyone have a way i can take the DAT Table and just send it to a TOP less any boarders?

Im Like super green at this but am making strides and teaching my self alot, but i have just hit a wall

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Have you tried the OP Viewer TOP? That will basically turn the operator viewer into a texture. Does that get you your results?

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How much of the DAT do you want to display?

Using a Text TOP is another way to set this up.

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I would like to be able to display 2 cells in a raw and arrange them on a background.

I can get Text TOP to read a single cel. that is fine but how do i move them in a pixel space now. I have a background image i would like to place them in to

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There are lots of ways to get the results you might be after here in Touch, so with that in mind I’d recommend first that you look this over to get a sense of text manipulation in TOPs in Touch.

[url]https://matthewragan.com/2015/10/12/intouchsf-news-style-plate-touchdesigner/[/url]

You might also find some useful examples in the attached TOX.
base_text_arrangement.tox (1.34 KB)

M

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thanks for all your help everyone.
matt your vids where what I needed to teach my self the concepts I needed to use to create my project. thanks for helping the little guy!

now to get down and dirty and learn python for real