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CREATING VISUALS IN PROCESSING JOSH MILLER [email protected] www.josh-miller.com WHAT IS PROCESSING? • Free software: processing.org • Old... 2001 old, but constantly updated • Started at MIT • Created to teach Comp Sci, embraced by artist nerds WHAT IS PROCESSING? • Free software: processing.org • Old... 2001 old, but constantly updated • Started at MIT • Created to teach Comp Sci, embraced by artist nerds WHAT IS IT? • A java-like programming language that makes Java apps... JAVA??!? • Isn’t that just for malware and exploits? PROCESSING 2.0 • Android • “Javascript” HTML5 canvas tag • processingjs.org WHAT DOES IT DO WHAT DOES IT DO WHAT DOES IT DO Text feltron report WHAT DOES IT DO WHAT DOES IT DO WHAT DOES IT DO WHAT DOES IT DO WHAT DOES IT DO http://tweetping.net/ WHAT DOES IT DO joshuadavis.com GENERATIVE ART • Art created by a set of rules. • Algorithmic art? CONNECTIONS • libraries • sound, video, animation, visualization, 3d, interface • http://processing.org/reference/libraries/ • hardware • kinect, arduino, sensors, cameras, serial devices, network, tablets, many screens, COMPETITORS • openFrameworks - www.openframeworks.cc • cinder - http://libcinder.org/ • max/msp - http://cycling74.com/ • vvvv - http://vvvv.org/ LEARNING PROCESSING • http://processing.org/learning/ • http://processing.org/reference/ • Books: • Learning Processing & The Nature of Code, Dan Shiffman • Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists, Reas & Fry INTRO void setup() { // runs once } void draw() { // runs 30fps... unless you tell it not to } DEMOS! • get excited. WHAT ELSE? • Anything you can do in Java you can do in Processing • libraries • syntax (oop, inheritance, etc) LEARN MORE • THE EXAMPLES MENU! • processing.org • creativeapplications.net PLUG • Teaching a processing course (“Creative Coding”) @ Kutztown this summer • M-T 1-5pm for all of June.