Episode 29 and we have an absolute legend and super honoring guest , Thomas Mann AKA  @pixtur  AKA the father of TOOLL.IO.
For those who haven't been initiated, Tool is a powerful, FREE, node based, open source software for generating visual effects and motion graphics for installations, live performances, and VJing. It is easy to learn, yet incredibly powerful.

Thomas is a world class developer & artist, finding his chops and notoriety in the Demo scene, he then became a super high in demand developer, working for such companies as Nokia among many others. Somewhere in the early 2000s Thomas Started Tooll, almost two decades later it is a fully fledged software with a striving community and handful of dedicated developers. He is also half of the Audio Visual project  @wakeaudiovisual  together with his wife Lena Kilkka, definitely check them out!

For Pixtur’s SET he graciously performs an audio visual set, building it from scratch in front of our eyes. Accompanied by music from ‘the same’ , Thomas shows us the absolute power of Tooll and how intuitive, Fluid and fast it can be to create a beautiful and immersive A/V set on the fly. He then shows us into some outstanding workflows and some up and coming features.

Thomas is a force of nature, extremely fascinating and an untapped faucet of inspiration, history and knowledge. I thoroughly enjoyed talking with him, and I know you will as well - and we have a new record for longest episode!!!

Big Thank you to GRIG / VDMO / VJ UNION for connecting me and Thomas!!

Download & Learn TOOLL now -
https://tooll.io/
https://www.youtube.com/pixtur
https://github.com/pixtur

Check out WAKE -
https://www.instagram.com/wakeaudiovisual/
https://wake-audiovisual.com/

Music by The Same -
https://soundcloud.com/thesamepl
https://www.facebook.com/thesamepl

Grig/VDMO -
https://vjun.io
https://www.facebook.com/groups/vjunionglobal
https://www.instagram.com/vdmokstati/

Chapters:

00:00:00 Intro
00:03:35 The team behind TOOLL.IO
00:05:24 The Future of Generative Design
00:09:44 The Role of VJs in Modern Festivals
00:18:55 Impact of East Germany's Education Policies on Technology Careers
00:28:05 Reflecting on Post-Wall Berlin
00:37:00 The Impact of Demo Scene on Careers in Tech
00:49:00 The Shift from Demo Scene to VJing
00:56:38 The Appeal of Generative, Procedural & Learning Visual Scripting
01:05:28 Challenges of Monetizing Open-Source Projects
01:15:55 The WAKE A/V Project
01:23:14 SET - A/V TOOLL.IO Set with music by The Same
01:57:04 SET - Exploring TOOLL.IO
02:09:32 SET - Time, Keyframes & Animation in TOOLL.IO
02:19:13 SET - Exploring Variations Tool
02:30:29 SET - Projection Mapping & Imapp 2024
02:42:47 SET - Mesh Points, Buffer & Mograph
02:50:54 SET - Adding Shadows & 3D set ups
02:55:44 Building TOOLL.IO as an open ended environment
03:10:04 Embracing Skepticism and Optimism
03:20:06 Future of AI and Technology: Expectations vs. Reality
03:28:34 Exploring Patterns in Nature

The Visual Cast Podcast is a weekly, recorded live visual podcast, where we interview some of the best, most influential and most talented visual artists from around the world!
We break up the interview with the "set", an interactive portion of the cast where the guest chooses what they want to share with us!! It can be anything from a live generative visuals set to a show and tell of a past project, or in this case a look at an amazing software called Tooll.io.

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Intro/Outro music by Mantismash
https://www.instagram.com/mantismash

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Thank you so much for watching and again a massive thanks to Thomas for coming on!