Description
Book SynopsisProgramming Media Art Using Processing: A Beginner''s Guide provides an entry-level exploration into visual design through computer programming using the open source and artist-friendly language, Processing. Used by hundreds of students, this learning system breaks lessons down into strategic steps towards fun and creative media art projects.
This book provides a linear series of lessons with step-by-step examples that lead to beginning media art projects, including abstract designs, pixel landscapes, rollover animations, and simple video games. Computer programming can be overwhelming for the first-time learner, but this book makes the learning of code more digestible and fun through a full color, well-diagrammed, and deeply explained text presentation. Lessons are rhythmically broken down into digestible parts with code annotations and illustrations that help learners focus on the details one step at a time. The content is legible, flexible, and fun to work wit
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements and Contributor List
Author Bio
Introduction and Best Practices
Chapter 1: Designing Graphically with the Language of Code
Getting Started & Basic Overview
Lesson 1.1: Pixel Grid System
Lesson 1.2: Code and Canvas Windows
Lesson 1.3: More Shapes
Lesson 1.4: Grayscale
Lesson 1.5: Syntax, Comments, and Order of Code
Lesson 1.6: Line Commands (Stroke and No Stroke)
Lesson 1.7: Coloring Pixels
Lesson 1.8: Adding Transparency Values
Lesson 1.9: The Processing Reference – Important Resource!
Project: Geometric Design
Chapter 2: Creating Responsive Environments
Lesson 2.1: Dynamic Computer Programs
Lesson 2.2: First Animations
Lesson 2.3: Animation Trails
Lesson 2.4: Finding Exact Coordinates
Lesson 2.5: Complex Shapes
Lesson 2.6: Linking Shapes for Synched Movement
Lesson 2.7: Adding Text
Lesson 2.8: Rotating Shapes
Project: Interactive Environment
Chapter 3: Automated Animations
Lesson 3.1: Counting Variables
Lesson 3.2: Moving Objects in Multiple Directions
Lesson 3.3: Growing Shapes with the Mouse
Lesson 3.4: Println() for Debugging
Lesson 3.5: Constrain() for Stopping Animations
Lesson 3.6: Random() Opportunities
Lesson 3.7: Automated Rotations
Project: Automated Environment
Chapter 4: Animated Collages
Lesson 4.1: Preparing and Importing Imagery
Lesson 4.2: Moving Images
Lesson 4.3: Fading and Coloring Images using Tint()
Lesson 4.4: Resizing Images & Multiples
Lesson 4.5: Constraining Mouse Movements
Lesson 4.6: Void Key Pressed() and Image Rotations
Lesson 4.7: Create Fonts
Lesson 4.8: Project Optimization and noSmooth()
Project: Animated and Interactive Collage
Chapter 5: Conditional Interactions and Rollovers
Lesson 5.1: Conditional Statements and Relational Operators
Lesson 5.2: Conditional Statements with Custom Variables
Lesson 5.3: And vs. Or
Lesson 5.4: Logical Operators Defining Spaces
Lesson 5.5: Variations with Mouse and Keyboard Actions
Lesson 5.6: Two Variables: Alternating Movements
Lesson 5.7: Color Detection Using the Get() Function
Project: Rollover Animation
Chapter 6: Events and Interactions for Simple Games: Part 1
Lesson 6.1: Turning Things on with Boolean Variables
Lesson 6.2: Toggling Between Two States Using Boolean Variables
Lesson 6.3: Multiple Buttons Alternating
Lesson 6.4: Booleans Working with Counting Variables
Lesson 6.5: Specific Keyboard Interactions
Lesson 6.6: Creating a Walking Character
Lesson 6.7: Boundaries
Chapter 7: Events and Interactions for Simple Games: Part 2
Lesson 7.1: Timers
Lesson 7.2: Continuous Motion Key Controls
Lesson 7.3: For Loops are Efficient
Lesson 7.4: Color Detection with For Loops
Lesson 7.5: Game Creation from Keys, Loops, and Color Detection
Lesson 7.6: Image Collisions with the Distance() Function
Lesson 7.7: Two Players, Directional Movement, and Jumping!
Chapter 8: Multilevel Architectures and Arrays
Lesson 8.1: Basic Levels Architecture
Lesson 8.2: States within Levels
Lesson 8.3: Arrays
Lesson 8.4: Image Arrays
Lesson 8.5: Player Options
Lesson 8.6: Choice Based Projects
Conclusion
Final Project: Multilevel Interactive Experience
