{ "id": "atemporal_bodytrack_glitch_timeline", "name": "Atemporal Body-Track Glitch Timeline", "description": "Reusable style template for a bugged camera timeline: start with clean source footage, jump into short green motion-glitch events, return to normal between filtered moments, then switch into a red body-track look made from small points, edge lines and trails instead of large circles. The recipe builds the performable TOP network and documents the edit grammar in timeline_notes; the artist still arranges exact source-time jumps or render/export timing after import. For true MediaPipe landmarks, run setup_body_tracking and layer pose_skeleton_mediapipe or body_tracking_reactive over the red branch.", "tags": ["video", "glitch", "body-tracking", "timeline", "motion", "tracking", "reference"], "difficulty": "advanced", "td_version_min": "2023", "nodes": [ { "name": "source", "type": "moviefileinTOP", "parameters": { "play": 1, "loop": 1, "outputresolution": "custom", "resolutionw": 720, "resolutionh": 1280 }, "comment": "Drop the source video here. For live use, swap to videodeviceinTOP and keep the same downstream wiring." }, { "name": "clean_pass", "type": "levelTOP", "parameters": { "brightness1": 1.0 }, "comment": "Unfiltered source branch. Use this for the opening and recovery moments." }, { "name": "green_edges", "type": "edgeTOP", "comment": "Motion/contour extraction before the green glitch shader." }, { "name": "green_glitch", "type": "glslTOP", "parameters": { "outputresolution": "custom", "resolutionw": 720, "resolutionh": 1280 }, "comment": "Green horizontal tear shader. Fast, synthetic, camera-bug energy." }, { "name": "green_feedback", "type": "feedbackTOP", "comment": "Previous green frame for trail accumulation." }, { "name": "green_mix", "type": "compositeTOP", "parameters": { "operand": "add" }, "comment": "Adds current green tracker over its decayed trail." }, { "name": "green_decay", "type": "levelTOP", "parameters": { "brightness1": 0.9 }, "comment": "Green trail decay. Higher values leave longer trails." }, { "name": "green_gain", "type": "levelTOP", "parameters": { "brightness1": 1.1 }, "comment": "Green branch intensity control." }, { "name": "red_edges", "type": "edgeTOP", "comment": "Contour extraction feeding the red tracker shader." }, { "name": "red_tracker", "type": "glslTOP", "parameters": { "outputresolution": "custom", "resolutionw": 720, "resolutionh": 1280 }, "comment": "Red tracking style: small points, edge lines and traces. No large circles." }, { "name": "red_feedback", "type": "feedbackTOP", "comment": "Previous red tracker frame for red point/line trails." }, { "name": "red_mix", "type": "compositeTOP", "parameters": { "operand": "add" }, "comment": "Adds current red tracker over its decayed trail." }, { "name": "red_decay", "type": "levelTOP", "parameters": { "brightness1": 0.88 }, "comment": "Red trail decay. Keep this high enough that motion points leave a visible trace." }, { "name": "red_gain", "type": "levelTOP", "parameters": { "brightness1": 1.25 }, "comment": "Red branch intensity control." }, { "name": "mode_switch", "type": "switchTOP", "parameters": { "index": 0 }, "comment": "0 = clean, 1 = green glitch, 2 = red body-track. Keyframe this index for the final timeline." }, { "name": "out1", "type": "nullTOP", "comment": "Final program output." }, { "name": "timeline_clock", "type": "timerCHOP", "parameters": { "length": 15, "lengthunits": "seconds", "cyclelimit": 1, "cue": 1, "play": 1 }, "comment": "15s edit clock matching the reference export length. Use it to keyframe mode_switch.index." }, { "name": "timeline_notes", "type": "textDAT", "comment": "Readable edit grammar for this look." } ], "connections": [ { "from": "source", "to": "clean_pass" }, { "from": "source", "to": "green_edges" }, { "from": "green_edges", "to": "green_glitch" }, { "from": "green_glitch", "to": "green_feedback" }, { "from": "green_glitch", "to": "green_mix", "to_input": 0 }, { "from": "green_feedback", "to": "green_mix", "to_input": 1 }, { "from": "green_mix", "to": "green_decay" }, { "from": "green_decay", "to": "green_gain" }, { "from": "source", "to": "red_edges" }, { "from": "red_edges", "to": "red_tracker" }, { "from": "red_tracker", "to": "red_feedback" }, { "from": "red_tracker", "to": "red_mix", "to_input": 0 }, { "from": "red_feedback", "to": "red_mix", "to_input": 1 }, { "from": "red_mix", "to": "red_decay" }, { "from": "red_decay", "to": "red_gain" }, { "from": "clean_pass", "to": "mode_switch", "to_input": 0 }, { "from": "green_gain", "to": "mode_switch", "to_input": 1 }, { "from": "red_gain", "to": "mode_switch", "to_input": 2 }, { "from": "mode_switch", "to": "out1" } ], "parameters": [ { "name": "green_feedback_target", "node": "green_feedback", "param": "top", "value": "green_decay", "description": "feedbackTOP samples the decayed green composite to build trails." }, { "name": "red_feedback_target", "node": "red_feedback", "param": "top", "value": "red_decay", "description": "feedbackTOP samples the decayed red composite to build point/line trails." } ], "glsl_code": { "green_glitch": "out vec4 fragColor;\nuniform float uTear;\nfloat hash(float x){ return fract(sin(x * 127.1) * 43758.5453); }\nvoid main(){\n vec2 uv = vUV.st;\n float band = floor(uv.y * 34.0);\n float h = hash(band + floor(uv.x * 3.0));\n float tear = (h - 0.5) * 0.10 * max(uTear, 0.0) * step(0.55, h);\n vec4 src = texture(sTD2DInputs[0], uv + vec2(tear, 0.0));\n float energy = max(max(src.r, src.g), src.b);\n float scan = 0.75 + 0.25 * step(0.5, fract(uv.y * 96.0));\n vec3 green = vec3(0.02, 1.0, 0.22) * energy * scan;\n fragColor = TDOutputSwizzle(vec4(green, 1.0));\n}\n", "red_tracker": "out vec4 fragColor;\nuniform float uThreshold;\nuniform float uPointScale;\nvoid main(){\n vec2 uv = vUV.st;\n vec4 src = texture(sTD2DInputs[0], uv);\n float l = dot(src.rgb, vec3(0.299, 0.587, 0.114));\n float lx = dot(texture(sTD2DInputs[0], uv + vec2(0.004, 0.0)).rgb, vec3(0.299, 0.587, 0.114));\n float ly = dot(texture(sTD2DInputs[0], uv + vec2(0.0, 0.004)).rgb, vec3(0.299, 0.587, 0.114));\n float edge = smoothstep(0.05, 0.22, abs(l - lx) + abs(l - ly));\n vec2 grid = fract(uv * vec2(18.0, 32.0));\n float dotMask = smoothstep(0.10 * max(uPointScale, 0.2), 0.0, length(grid - 0.5));\n float pointGate = step(max(uThreshold, 0.01), l) * dotMask;\n float tracker = clamp(edge * 0.85 + pointGate * 0.9, 0.0, 1.0);\n vec3 red = vec3(1.0, 0.03, 0.02) * tracker;\n fragColor = TDOutputSwizzle(vec4(red, tracker));\n}\n" }, "glsl_uniforms": [ { "node": "green_glitch", "name": "uTear", "kind": "float", "value": 1.0, "min": 0, "max": 2, "label": "Green Tear", "description": "Horizontal band displacement amount for the green glitch branch." }, { "node": "red_tracker", "name": "uThreshold", "kind": "float", "value": 0.35, "min": 0, "max": 1, "label": "Red Threshold", "description": "Brightness threshold for emitting small red tracking points." }, { "node": "red_tracker", "name": "uPointScale", "kind": "float", "value": 1.0, "min": 0.2, "max": 2, "label": "Red Point Scale", "description": "Size of the small red tracking points. Keep modest to avoid the large-circle look." } ], "python_code": { "timeline_notes": "Atemporal body-track glitch edit grammar\\n\\n0.0-2.2s clean original footage, original audio\\n2.2-3.4s green glitch, atemporal source jump\\n3.4-4.2s clean recovery\\n4.2-5.5s red body-track branch, small red points/lines/trails, no large circles\\n5.5-7.2s clean original footage\\n7.2-8.5s green glitch, different source-time offset\\n8.5-10.5s clean recovery\\n10.5-11.8s red body-track branch, not directly after green\\n11.8-12.8s clean snapback\\n12.8-13.7s green glitch\\n13.7-14.9s green glitch again, final bug hold\\n\\nPerform by keyframing mode_switch.index: 0 clean, 1 green, 2 red. Keep filtered sections short, around 1-2 seconds. Add glitch/noise audio only while mode_switch is 1 or 2. Verify final exports at real 30 fps, not slow-motion preview frames." }, "controls": [ { "name": "SceneMode", "type": "int", "min": 0, "max": 2, "default": 0, "bind_to": ["mode_switch.index"] }, { "name": "SourceSpeed", "type": "float", "min": 0.25, "max": 2.0, "default": 1.0, "bind_to": ["source.speed"] }, { "name": "TrailLength", "type": "float", "min": 0.5, "max": 0.99, "default": 0.9, "bind_to": ["green_decay.brightness1", "red_decay.brightness1"] }, { "name": "GreenGain", "type": "float", "min": 0, "max": 3, "default": 1.1, "bind_to": ["green_gain.brightness1"] }, { "name": "RedGain", "type": "float", "min": 0, "max": 3, "default": 1.25, "bind_to": ["red_gain.brightness1"] } ], "preview_description": "A 9:16 source-video template with clean footage, fast green camera-glitch tears and a red body-track branch made from small points, edge lines and feedback trails. Keyframe SceneMode for the final bug timeline; the included notes preserve the exact timing grammar from the reference edit." }