Learning Processing

by Shiffman

• ISBN13: 9780123736024
• ISBN10: 0123736021
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-19
• Publisher: Elsevier

Summary

This book teaches you the basic building blocks of programming needed to create cutting-edge graphics applications including interactive art, live video processing, and data visualization. A unique lab-style manual, the book gives graphic and web designers, artists, and illustrators of all stripes a jumpstart on working with the Processing programming environment by providing instruction on the basic principles of the language, followed by careful explanations of select advanced techniques. Within these pages, ITP (Tisch School of the Arts, New York University) professor Daniel Shiffman demonstrates the fundamentals of programming that will expand your understanding of what is possible in the world of computer graphics. By traveling beyond the confines of proprietary software, you will be empowered to create your own custom design tools. * A friendly start-up guide to Processing, the visual artist's free, open-source alternative to expensive software and daunting programming languages. * No previous experience required-this book is for the true programming beginner! * Step-by-step examples, thorough explanations, hands-on exercises, and simple code samples support your learning curve. Source code and supplemental tutorials are also available through an online companion site.

Author Biography

Within these pages, ITP (Tisch School of the Arts, New York University) professor Daniel Shiffman demonstrates the fundamentals of programming that will expand your understanding of what is possible in the world of computer graphics. By traveling beyond the confines of proprietary software, you will be empowered to create your own custom design tools

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
The Beginning	p. 1
Pixels	p. 3
Processing	p. 17
Interaction	p. 31
Everything You Need to Know	p. 43
Variables	p. 45
Conditionals	p. 59
Loops	p. 81
Organization	p. 99
Functions	p. 101
Objects	p. 121
More of the Same	p. 139
Arrays	p. 141
Putting It All Together	p. 163
Algorithms	p. 165
Debugging	p. 191
Libraries	p. 195
The World Revolves Around You	p. 199
Mathematics	p. 201
Translation and Rotation (in 3D!)	p. 227
Pixels Under a Microscope	p. 253
Images	p. 255
Video	p. 275
The Outside World	p. 303
Text	p. 305
Data Input	p. 325
Data Streams	p. 357
Making Noise	p. 379
Sound	p. 381
Exporting	p. 397
Beyond Processing	p. 407
Advanced Object-Oriented Programming	p. 409
Java	p. 423
Common Errors	p. 439
Index	p. 447
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