Post #1477792
2026-04-07 10:45 UTC
The recentish popularity of TouchDesigner has certainly brought with it a lot of interest in node-based editors for graphics. Here's a few open source cross-platform tools that I've used:
Cables.gl @cables_gl https://cables.gl/ ( what I used to make the animation)
Coollab @Coollab https://coollab-art.com/
Material Maker @rodzilla https://www.materialmaker.org/
Pixieditor https://pixieditor.net/
Plugdata/PureData + GEM https://plugdata.org/
Graphite https://www.graphite.art/
Each serves different purposes and does things in different ways. For example, all of the above software can render animations but Graphite and Pixieditor aren't really for live visuals.
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@hellocatfood@post.lurk.org 2026-04-07 10:47
The below software has limited development activity so it's difficult to recommend them: Natron https://natrongithub.github.io/ Gimel Studio https://github.com/GimelStudio/GimelStudio Mosaic https://mosaic.d3cod3.org/
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@mot4i@social.toplap.org 2026-04-07 14:27
@hellocatfood Thx for the list 😃 As I played my first mini Strudel gig in Berlin, I met the creator of TiXL, which is also a powerful one. Dunno if you already know it ;)
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@trashpandaqc@mastodon.online 2026-04-07 16:18
@hellocatfood cc: @emenel because this is psychically mirroring a conversation on the Tokinogake discord yesterday