Processing: Creative Coding and Generative Art in Processing by Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar

By Ira Greenberg, Dianna Xu, Deepak Kumar

Processing: inventive Coding and Generative paintings in Processing 2 is a enjoyable and artistic method of studying programming. utilizing the straightforward to benefit Processing programming language, you are going to speedy find out how to draw with code, and from there movement to animating in second and 3D. those fundamentals will then open up a complete international of portraits and desktop entertainment.

If you’ve been excited about coding, however the considered it additionally makes you worried, this publication is for you; should you contemplate your self an artistic individual, might be anxious programming is just too non-creative, this publication can be for you; with the intention to know about the newest Processing 2.0 language unlock and likewise commence making attractive code artwork, this ebook can be certainly for you.

You will how one can improve interactive simulations, create attractive visualizations, or even code image-manipulation purposes. All this is often taught utilizing hands-on artistic coding tasks. Processing 2.0 is the most recent unlock of the open-source Processing language, and comprises interesting new positive factors, reminiscent of OpenGL 2 help for more desirable 3D portraits functionality.

Processing: inventive Coding and Generative artwork in Processing 2 is designed for self sufficient studying and likewise as a prime textual content for an introductory computing category. in keeping with examine funded by means of the nationwide technological know-how starting place, this publication brings jointly one of the most enticing and winning methods from the electronic arts and desktop technology classrooms.

* Teaches you ways to application utilizing a enjoyable and artistic approach.
* Covers the most recent free up of the Processing 2.0 language.
* provides a study established method of studying computing.

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One solution is to use only a very limited set of fonts that can be assumed to be installed on most systems—such as Arial, Times, and Sans. However, from a design perspective, this is pretty limiting. Another solution is to bundle bitmap glyphs—or actual raster graphics of each character in a font family—with a project to allow the use of fonts that aren’t likely to be installed on a user’s machine. The Create Font command does just this. The command opens the Create Font dialog box, shown in Figure 1-14, which allows you to select any font installed within your system.

N Copy Cmd+C (OS X) or Ctrl+C (Windows): Copies the selected text into clipboard memory and leave the copied text as is within the text editor. N Copy as HTML Cmd+Shift+C (OS X) or Ctrl+Shift+C (Windows): Copies the selected text into clipboard memory and formats it for correct display in a Web browser. The command leaves the copied text as is within the text editor. N Paste Cmd+V (OS X) or Ctrl+V (Windows): Adds the contents of the clipboard memory to the text editor window at the cursor’s position, replacing any selected text.

Algorithms Some words just sound complicated, regardless of what they actually mean. Algorithm is one such term. In reality, an algorithm can be quite simple. Here’s an example: 1. Buy a yellow, number 2 pencil. 2. Sharpen the pencil. 3. Stick the pencil in your pocket protector. 4. Pat yourself on the back for being a good nerd. If you completed the steps above, you just implemented an algorithm. ” Algorithms are fundamental to computing, as computers do things in discreet steps, albeit billions of them per second.

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