Hi again im a data science student and i do want to take on creative coding i would like to be able to make the cool visuals i always see people do and i understand those people spent a lot of time in their craft. Personally for me its not that i dont want to do things its just i just get burntout and also get sidetracked a lot and i get put off from things all the time and also find myself wanting to do everything. I recently discovered what works for me is like giving myself grace and also just not making plans to do things because i then feel so bad for not doing them because as usual i do something then i stop and just never do that things so the thing that seem to work for me is by thinking in my brain what i want to do then take action. I am very addicted to my phone but i am working on it and i have been making progress with my phone addiction by doing things like getting an e reader because im fidgety and recognising why i am addicted to my phone in the first place and I want to get into programming and do something creative which makes me think because it helps a lot regulating my emotions and exercises my brain to problem solve i want to ask for people who have made a lot of progress on touch designer what has worked for you and what do you love that keeps you going and dedicated to your craft.
Hello,
Iāve found that the Pomodoro Technique really helps me get through various tasks that I have a hard time staying focused on. Itās led to a small obsession with timer gadgets themselves but itās otherwise been very helpful for me.
For long complex touch designer processes I make a Trello board and update it with notes of steps I am likely to forget days to months later. If it is a repetitive task like a workflow for making complicated youtube videos I try to estimate how long each step should take and set a SmartTimer to try to alert me when I am going overboard or lost in details. Hope this helps.
Yeah i used to use trello board back in college i need to get back onto that and it was helpful thank you
hi! fellow adhd-er here and also very new to TD.
what helps me stay on task is finding a project I really want to get into. for me, I got into TD because I wanted a better way of syncing LED props and costuming for my performances. I have been taken in many different directions, which I have told myself are okay since I am still learning touchdesigner. I still have my main goals in mind, and every little thing I learn gets me closer to my goal.
so, if I were in your shoes, Iād ask myself exactly what it is I want to create, and then look up the relevant tutorials as building blocks to get started. start small, donāt overwhelm yourself. stick to the easier/shorter tutorials at first.
good luck!
thank you when you say building blocks im confused do you mean like making a plan/timetable?
Iām not entirely sure this is what lunaivana meant, but when I think of ābuilding blocksā in TD, Iām usually talking about custom, pre-configured container/base COMPs
The āmy componentsā section of the pallete can be populated with custom modules that can then be dropped in to a project
Spend some time building a toolkit of modules, especially stuff you tend to build often.
This will save future-you a lot time & effort from having to repeatedly build & configure commonly used things like render networks, effects, audio analysis, etcā¦
some of mine are stupidly simple (in>level>HSVadjust>out, with custom parent params), others more complex (multi-stage feedback loops) - they all serve a purpose, smooth my workflow & reduce distractions
thank you and your right i will look at how to do this.
hi! sorry for the late response as I just moved so I didnāt have a ton of extra time on my hands.
by ābuilding blocksā, I meant gathering knowledge that will be useful and relevant to your long-term goals. as an example, since I work with LEDs, learning about SOPs and CHOPs were crucial, so I started with really simple tutorials like the āIntroduction to Touchdesigner - Stream part 3 - SOP, GEOMETRY and 3D getting startedā one from Programming for People (https://www.youtube.com/@Programmingforpeople).
sure, we werenāt building a LED network, but for me anyway I found it useful.
i see thank you very much that youtube channel looks very interesting to me i will be checking it out