00 - TouchDesigner Cooking Logic

if sth is not viewed in TD, nothing is cooked

• turn the node viewer OFF - node stop cooking
• to maintain 60 fps - means you need to cook this node within 16.66 ms
• not cooking if:
  • no need to update (no animation, static image, just need loading and no more work)

01/02 - Blending and Mixer

switch - only the one that’s pulling is cooked

3 movie files 1 switch - blend between them (index = 2.23), you have to go through 2

• better to use select TOP

Base COMP - Global OP Shortcut

get information from parent()

switching between different dimension (1280 vs 1920) - add a fit TOP after select TOP

has to do this before the switch, ow it will laggy