Programming media art using processing a beginner's guide

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Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Acknowledgements Contributors Author Introduction 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: LINES, WIDTH, AND HEIGHT LESSON 1.4: MORE SHAPES LESSON 1.5: GRAYSCALE LESSON 1.6: SYNTAX, COMMENTS, AND ORDER OF CODE LESSON 1.7: LINE COMMANDS (STROKE AND NO STROKE) LESSON 1.8: COLORING PIXELS LESSON 1.9: ADDING TRANSPARENCY VALUES LESSON 1.10: 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() WITH 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 MOUSEAND 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 NUMERICAL 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 INDEX