Welcome to Processing 3! Dan explains the new features and changes; the links Dan mentions are on the Vimeo page.
Processing for Visual Artists: How to Create Expressive Images and Interactive Art - CRC Press Book.
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Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. Since 2001, Processing has promoted software literacy within the visual arts and visual literacy within technology. There are tens of thousands of students, artists, designers, researchers, and hobbyists who use Processing for learning and prototyping.
- » Free to download and open source
- » Interactive programs with 2D, 3D, PDF, or SVG output
- » OpenGL integration for accelerated 2D and 3D
- » For GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, Android, and ARM
- » Over 100 libraries extend the core software
- » Well documented, with many books available
Books
The second edition of Getting Started with Processing is here and it's updated for Processing 3. It's now in full color and there's a new chapter on working with data. The Processing Handbook now has a second edition too. Every chapter has been revised, and new chapters introduce more ways to work with data and geometry. New “synthesis” chapters offer discussions and worked examples of topics such as sketching with code, modularity, and algorithms.
The second edition of Getting Started with Processing is here and it's updated for Processing 3. It's now in full color and there's a new chapter on working with data. The Processing Handbook now has a second edition too. Every chapter has been revised, and new chapters introduce more ways to work with data and geometry. New “synthesis” chapters offer discussions and worked examples of topics such as sketching with code, modularity, and algorithms.
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Please support the Processing Foundation. We need your help!PCD 2020
The Processing Community Day (PCD) initiative is evolving. For 2020, we will offer a mentorship program for PCD Worldwide Organizers who are interested in learning from past community organizers and mentors. The goal is to help a diverse group of organizers launch a PCD in their local communities. Check out the PCD @ Worldwide site to learn more about starting or attending an event in 2020!
The Processing Community Day (PCD) initiative is evolving. For 2020, we will offer a mentorship program for PCD Worldwide Organizers who are interested in learning from past community organizers and mentors. The goal is to help a diverse group of organizers launch a PCD in their local communities. Check out the PCD @ Worldwide site to learn more about starting or attending an event in 2020!
To see more of what people are doing with Processing, check out these sites:
» CreativeApplications.Net
» OpenProcessing
» For Your Processing
» Processing Subreddit
» Vimeo
» Studio Sketchpad
» CreativeApplications.Net
» OpenProcessing
» For Your Processing
» Processing Subreddit
» Vimeo
» Studio Sketchpad
To contribute to Processing development, please visit Processing on GitHub to read instructions for downloading the code, building from the source, reporting and tracking bugs, and creating libraries and tools.
Partners
» Fathom» NYU ITP
» UCLA Design Media Arts
Contact
[email protected]
Summary
Learn how to create gorgeous and expressive imagery with the Processing graphics language and environment. It's easy with this practical, hands-on book. Processing is for artists, designers, visualization creators, hobbyists, or anyone else looking to create images, animation, and interactive pieces for art, education, science, or business. Processing for Visual Artists shows you everything you need to know in a friendly, project-based style designed for visual thinkers.
The projects can serve as a starting point for your own original, creative development and exploration. Walk with veteran author Andrew Glassner on a journey of shared discovery as he uses Processing to take each project from inspiration to reality. You'll closely follow every step he takes and see exactly how each piece evolves, including the big and small mistakes he's made along the way (and how to fix them!), and the times when he changed direction.
As your knowledge and skills grow and develop, you'll understand why Processing is such a powerful tool for self-expression. And you'll be ready to strike off on your own. Processing offers you a 21st-century medium for expressing new kinds of ideas and engaging audiences in new ways. This book gives you everything you need to know to explore new frontiers in your own images, animations, and interactive experiences.
Source code for each chapter is available for free download on the book's description at the crcpress website.