Learning Processing A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Images,Animation,and Interaction,2nd Edition-nurbook

Learning Processing: A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (Morgan Kaufmann Series in Computer Graphics)
Author: Daniel Shiffman (Author)
Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
Edition: 1st
Publication Date: 2008-09-02
Language: English
Print Length: 450 pages
ISBN-10: 0123736021
ISBN-13: 9780123736024

Book Description
The free, open-source Processing programming language environment was created at MIT for people who want to develop images, animation, and sound. Based on the ubiquitous Java, it provides an alternative to daunting languages and expensive proprietary software.

This book gives graphic designers, artists and illustrators of all stripes a jump start to working with processing by providing detailed information on the basic principles of programming with the language, followed by careful, step-by-step explanations of select advanced techniques.

The author teaches computer graphics at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, and his book has been developed with a supportive learning experience at its core. From algorithms and data mining to rendering and debugging, it teaches object-oriented programming from the ground up within the fascinating context of interactive visual media.

Previously announced as “Pixels, Patterns, and Processing”

*A guided journey from the very basics of computer programming through to creating custom interactive 3D graphics
*Step-by-step examples, approachable language, exercises, and LOTS of sample code support the reader’s learning curve
*Includes lessons on how to program live video, animated images and interactive sound

Review

Teaches graphic artists the fundamentals of computer programming within a visual playground!

About the Author

Daniel Shiffman is an assistant professor in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Originally from Baltimore, Daniel received a bachelor of arts in mathematics and philosophy from Yale University and his master’s degree from ITP. He develops tutorials, examples, and libraries for Processing, the open-source programming language and environment created by Casey Reas and Ben Fry. He is also the author of Learning Processing: A Beginner’s Guide to Programming Images, Animation, and Interaction (2008).

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