Animation w/ Processing

Oct 12 2013

Processing.org

http://processing.org

Processing is a programming language developed for and by artists. It is a supportive community engaged in teaching, sharing, and learning. The language is based on the JAVA, and retains many similarities. The Processing software is free and open source, and runs on the Mac, Windows, and GNU/Linux platforms.

Learning by Disection, Tweaking, and Searching

• Keep notes, copy/paste, save links, make a mess
• learn by tweaking out and saving code of examples you find interesting
• Read code, read comments, ask questions
• Number fudging. Change and re-load.

Processing Resources

• Examples
• Tutorials
• Reference
• Generative Design (Generative Gestaltung)

Basics

• Variables, Data, Input

Graphics

• setup(), draw()
• background()
• point(), line(), rect(), triangle(), shape()
• fill(), noFill()
• stroke(), strokeWeight()

Code Concepts and Techniques for Animation

• Logic if(), modulo (%)
• Orientation atan2()
• Oscillation sin(), cos()
• Iteration for(), while()
• Value Transformation map(), constrain(), lerp(), dist()

Output

• saveFrame()

Reference

• Worms