toolbox-touchdesigner

🎨 Basic Effects

✅ Blur an Image → Find an operator that softens edges (Blur TOP)
✅ Sharpen an Image → Enhance details (Convolve TOP)
✅ Invert Colors → Flip brightness and colors (Invert TOP)
✅ Apply a Grayscale Filter → Remove color (Monochrome TOP)
✅ Adjust Brightness & Contrast → Modify intensity (Level TOP)


🌊 Distortion & Warping

✅ Pixelate an Image → Create a low-res effect (Resolution TOP)
✅ Warp an Image → Create a wavy distortion (Displace TOP)
✅ Glitch Effect → Introduce artifacts (Reorder TOP or Feedback TOP)
✅ Kaleidoscope Effect → Repeat patterns in a symmetrical way (Kaleidoscope TOP)
✅ Water Ripple Effect → Simulate water ripples (Displace with Noise TOP)


💡 Lighting & Color Effects

✅ Create a Glow Effect → Add a soft light effect (Glow TOP)
✅ Add a Fake 3D Lighting Effect → Simulate depth (Phong MAT with a SOP shape)
✅ Color Cycling Animation → Continuously shift colors (Lookup TOP with a CHOP ramp)
✅ Create a Duotone Effect → Map an image to two colors (Lookup TOP)


🔄 Animation & Motion

✅ Animate an Image Left to Right → Move it automatically (Transform TOP + LFO CHOP)
✅ Fade In & Out → Animate opacity (Math CHOP controlling a Level TOP)
✅ Shake Effect → Random jitter motion (Noise CHOP driving Transform TOP)
✅ Spin an Image in a Loop → Rotate dynamically (Transform TOP + Timer CHOP)
✅ Zoom In and Out → Create a pulsating effect (Transform TOP + Sin wave CHOP)


🔀 Composition & Layering

✅ Overlay Two Images → Blend them together (Composite TOP)
✅ Create a Double Exposure Effect → Use transparency for layering (Composite TOP with Add mode)
✅ Add a Soft Vignette → Darken edges smoothly (Ramp TOP + Multiply Composite)
✅ Cut Out a Shape from an Image → Use a mask (Threshold TOP + Composite TOP)


🔥 Advanced / Interactive

✅ Real-Time Webcam Distortion → Apply effects to live camera feed (Video Device In TOP + Displace TOP)
✅ Audio-Reactive Visuals → Use music to control effects (Audio CHOPs + TOPs)
✅ Mouse-Triggered Effects → Use cursor movement to distort an image (Mouse In CHOP controlling Displace TOP)
✅ Text Glitch Effect → Animate broken text visuals (Text TOP + Noise TOP as mask)