An Artists Guide To Programming by Jim Parker PDF
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CONTENTS IN DETAIL TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT ABOUT THE AUTHOR AUTHOR’S NOTE INTRODUCTION The Basics of a Programming Language: Processing The Beginning The Middle The Rest Variables How to Write a Program PART 1: THE FUNDAMENTALS OF DRAWING Sketch 1: A Circle Example A Example B Example C Sketch 2: Colors Example A Example B Sketch 3: if Statements—Changing Colors Conditionally Example A Example B Example C Sketch 4: Loops—Drawing 20 Circles Example A Example B Sketch 5: Lines Example A Example B Sketch 6: Arrays—Drawing Many Circles Sketch 7: Lines with Rubber Banding Sketch 8: Random Circles Sketch 9: A Rectangle Sketch 10: Triangles and Motion Sketch 11: Displaying Text Sketch 12: Manipulating Text Strings PART 2: WORKING WITH PREEXISTING IMAGES Sketch 13: Loading and Displaying an Image Example A Example B Sketch 14: Images—Theory and Practice Example A Example B Sketch 15: Manipulating Images I—Aspect Ratio Example A Example B Sketch 16: Manipulating Images II—Cropping Sketch 17: Manipulating Images III—Magnifier Sketch 18: Rotation Example A Example B Sketch 19: Rotating About Any Point—Translation Example A Example B Sketch 20: Rotating an Image Sketch 21: Getting the Value of a Pixel Sketch 22: Setting and Changing the Values of Pixels Example A Example B Sketch 23: Changing the Values of Pixels—Thresholding Sketch 24: User-Defined Functions Sketch 25: Elements of Programming Style Sketch 26: Duplicating Images—More Functions PART 3: 2D GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION Sketch 27: Saving an Image and Adjusting Transparency Sketch 28: Bouncing an Object in a Window Sketch 29: Basic Sprite Graphics Sketch 30: Detecting Sprite-Sprite Collisions Sketch 31: Animation—Generating TV Static Sketch 32: Frame Animation Example A Example B Sketch 33: Flood Fill—Filling in Complex Shapes PART 4: WORKING WITH TEXT AND FILES Sketch 34: Fonts, Sizes, Character Properties Sketch 35: Scrolling Text Sketch 36: Text Animation Sketch 37: Inputting a Filename Sketch 38: Inputting an Integer Sketch 39: Reading Parameters from a File Sketch 40: Writing Text to a File Sketch 41: Simulating Text on a Computer Screen PART 5: CREATING USER INTERFACES AND WIDGETS Sketch 42: A Button Sketch 43: The Class Object—Multiple Buttons Sketch 44: A Slider Sketch 45: A Gauge Display Sketch 46: A Likert Scale Sketch 47: A Thermometer PART 6: NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS Sketch 48: Opening a Web Page Example A Example B Sketch 49: Loading Images from a Web Page Sketch 50: Client/Server Communication PART 7: 3D GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION Sketch 51: Basic 3D Objects Example A Example B Sketch 52: 3D Geometry—Viewpoints, Projections Sketch 53: 3D Illumination Sketch 54: Bouncing a Ball in 3D Sketch 55: Constructing 3D Objects Using Planes Sketch 56: Texture Mapping Sketch 57: Billboards—Simulating a Tree Sketch 58: Moving the Viewpoint in 3D Sketch 59: Spotlights Sketch 60: A Driving Simulation PART 8: ADVANCED GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION Sketch 61: Layering Sketch 62: Seeing the World Through a Window Sketch 63: The PShape Object—A Rotating Planet Sketch 64: Splines—Drawing Curves Sketch 65: A Driving Simulation with Waypoints Sketch 66: Many Small Objects—A Snowstorm Sketch 67: Particle Graphics—Smoke Sketch 68: Saving a State—A Spinning Propeller Sketch 69: L-Systems—Drawing Plants Sketch 70: Warping an Image PART 9: WORKING WITH SOUND Sketch 71: Playing a Sound File Sketch 72: Displaying a Sound’s Volume Sketch 73: Bouncing a Ball with Sound Effects Sketch 74: Mixing Two Sounds Sketch 75: Displaying Audio Waveforms Sketch 76: Controlling a Graphic with Sound Sketch 77: Positional Sound Sketch 78: Synthetic Sounds Sketch 79: Recording and Saving Sound PART 10: WORKING WITH VIDEO Sketch 80: Playing a Video Sketch 81: Playing a Video with a Jog Wheel Sketch 82: Saving Still Frames from a Video Sketch 83: Processing Video in Real Time Sketch 84: Capturing Video from a Webcam Sketch 85: Mapping Live Video as a Texture PART 11: MEASURING AND SIMULATING TIME Sketch 86: Displaying a Clock Sketch 87: Time Differences—Measuring Reaction Time Sketch 88: M/M/1 Queue—Time in Simulations PART 12: CREATING SIMULATIONS AND GAMES Sketch 89: Predator-Prey Simulation Sketch 90: Flocking Behavior Sketch 91: Simulating the Aurora Sketch 92: A Dynamic Advertisement Sketch 93: Nim Sketch 94: Pathfinding Sketch 95: Metaballs—A Lava Lamp Sketch 96: A Robot Arm Sketch 97: Lightning Sketch 98: The Computer Game Breakout Sketch 99: Midpoint Displacement—Simulating Terrain PART 13: MAKING YOUR WORK PUBLIC Sketch 100: Processing on the Web AN ARTIST’S GUIDE TO PROGRAMMING A Graphical Introduction Jim Parker An Artist’s Guide to Programming. Copyright © 2022 by Jim Parker. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and the publisher. First printing 25 24 23 22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0164-5 (print) ISBN-13: 978-1-7185-0165-2 (ebook) Publisher: William Pollock Production Manager: Rachel Monaghan Production Editor: Paula Williamson Developmental Editors: Athabasca Witschi and Nathan Heidelberger Cover Illustration: Gina Redman Interior Design: Octopod Studios Technical Reviewer: Jeffrey Boyd Copyeditor: Andy Carroll Compositor: Jeff Lytle, Happenstance Type-O-Rama Proofreader: Emelie Battaglia The following images are reproduced with permission: Figure 96-1 by Brocken Inaglory, printed under the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2. 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Description: San Francisco : No Starch Press, 2022. | Includes index. | Identifiers: LCCN 2021046087 (print) | LCCN 2021046088 (ebook) | ISBN 9781718501645 (print) | ISBN 9781718501652 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: Multimedia systems. | Computer graphics. | Microcomputers--Programming. | Processing (Computer program language) | Java (Computer program language) Classification: LCC QA76.575 .P357 2022 (print) | LCC QA76.575 (ebook) | DDC 006.7--dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021046087 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2021046088 No Starch Press and the No Starch Press logo are registered trademarks of No Starch Press, Inc. Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Rather than use a trademark symbol with every occurrence of a trademarked name, we are using the names only in an editorial fashion and to the benefit of the trademark owner, with no intention of infringement of the trademark. 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