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If you're interested in creating cutting-edge code-based art and animations, you've come to the right place! Processing (available at www.processing.org) is a revolutionary open source programming language and environment designed to bridge the gap between programming and art, allowing non-programmers to learn programming fundamentals as easily as possible, and empowering anyone to produce beautiful creations using math patterns. With the software freely available, Processing provides an accessible alternative to using Flash for creative coding and computational artboth on and off the Web.
This book is written especially for artists, designers, and other creative professionals and students exploring code art, graphics programming, and computational esthetics. The book provides a solid and comprehensive foundation in programming, including object-oriented principles, and introduces you to the easy-to-grasp Processing language, so no previous coding experience is necessary. The book then goes through using Processing to code lines, curves, shapes, and motion, continuing to the point where you'll have mastered Processing and can really start to unleash your creativity with realistic physics, interactivity, and 3D! In the final chapter, you'll even learn how to extend your Processing skills by working directly with the powerful Java programming languagethe language Processing itself is built with.
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the time. He will be instrumental in getting to book exposed to his course,
and similar courses who could use the book as course material. He seems
very enthusiastic to do so. He had this to say:
"The Center for Interactive Media Studies at Miami will adopt the book as a
textbook. I also plan on lecturing and leading workshops on Processing/code
art at other institutions/conferences and of course plugging the book."
He is also speaking at a book promotion at the International Digital Media
and Arts Association Conference, April 6-8 2006 at Miami University. The
conference will have many academic and professional attendees in the
digital arts area. The book will be showcased here.
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While some reviewers of this book say that the first 200 pages can be removed, you'd be missing out a clear introduction to the language and the concepts behind Processing, interspersed with some code. If you are already well versed with Processing or Java, this might be quite dull for you, but I personally found the writing fresh and interesting.
To sum up, this is almost certianly a great introduction to Processing and programming for artistic purposes, but if you are looking for a blow-by-blow reference to Processing in a paper form, you would be better off with the Reas & Fry book. This 800-odd page text is perhaps best for those without a firm background in programming, but are willing to learn. If that's the case for you, then this book is certainly one to consider.
You can tear off the first 200 pages, unless you're interested in a bland history of computer science / art mixed with doubtful examples of what can proce55ing do.
Concepts are presented pretty unorganised.
Projects presented are not that interesting.
The author is logorrheic and too "confidential" (I hate that fake colloquial - yo buddy - style)
I rated it 3 stars just because at the moment there are only 2 books on this language.
I repeat: Reas one in my opinion is much better, and probably even better will be the one by Daniel Shiffman :)
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