Learning Processing

A Beginner's Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction

Daniel Shiffman - Collection Computer Graphics

472 pages, parution le 03/10/2008

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Résumé

Key Features

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.

Description

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 travelling beyond the confines of proprietary software, you will be empowered to create your own custom design tools.

Readership

Graphic designers and visual artists without programming background who want to learn programming. Students in college and graduate courses in interactive media or visual computing, and for self-study.

Sommaire

Lesson 1: The Beginning
- Chapter 1: Pixels
- Chapter 2: Processing
- Chapter 3: Interaction
Lesson 2: Everything You Need to Know
- Chapter 4: Variables
- Chapter 5: Conditionals
- Chapter 6: Loops
Lesson 3: Organization
- Chapter 7: Functions
- Chapter 8: Objects
Lesson 4: More of the Same
- Chapter 9: Arrays
Lesson 5: Putting It all Together
- Chapter 10: Algorithms
- Chapter 11: Debugging
- Chapter 12: Libraries
Lesson 6: The World Revolves Around You
- Chapter 13: Mathematics
- Chapter 14: Translation and Rotation (in 3D!)
Lesson 7: Pixels Under Microscope
- Chapter 15: Images
- Chapter 16: Video
Lesson 8: The Outside World
- Chapter 17: Text
- Chapter 18: Data Input
- Chapter 19: Data Streams
Lesson 9: Making Noise
- Chapter 20: Sound
- Chapter 21: Exporting
Lesson 10: Beyond Processing
- Chapter 22: Advanced Object-Oriented Programming
- Chapter 23: Java
Appendix: Common Errors
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Morgan Kaufmann
Auteur(s)	Daniel Shiffman
Collection	Computer Graphics
Parution	03/10/2008
Nb. de pages	472
Format	19,1 x 23,5
Couverture	Broché
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780123736024
ISBN13	978-0-12-373602-4