Processing

A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists

Casey Reas (Associate Professor, University of California, Los Angeles), Ben Fry

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Massachusetts Inst of Tec
19 December 2014

Electronic, holographic & video art; Graphical & digital media applications; Programming & scripting languages: general

Series: Processing

"The new edition of an introduction to computer programming within the context of the visual arts, using the open-source programming language Processing; thoroughly updated throughout. The visual arts are rapidly changing as media moves into the web, mobile devices, and architecture. When designers and artists learn the basics of writing software, they develop a new form of literacy that enables them to create new media for the present, and to imagine future media that are beyond the capacities of current software tools. This book introduces this new literacy by teaching computer programming within the context of the visual arts. It offers a comprehensive reference and text for Processing (www.processing.org), an open-source programming language that can be used by students, artists, designers, architects, researchers, and anyone who wants to program images, animation, and interactivity. Written by Processing's cofounders, the book offers a definitive reference for students and professionals. Tutorial chapters make up the bulk of the book; advanced professional projects from such domains as animation, performance, and installation are discussed in interviews with their creators.

This second edition has been thoroughly updated. It is the first book to offer in-depth coverage of Processing 2.0 and 3.0, and all examples have been updated for the new syntax. Every chapter has been revised, and new chapters introduce new ways to work with data and geometry. New ""synthesis"" chapters offer discussion and worked examples of such topics as sketching with code, modularity, and algorithms. New interviews have been added that cover a wider range of projects. ""Extension"" chapters are now offered online so they can be updated to keep pace with technological developments in such fields as computer vision and electronics.

Interviews SUE.C, Larry Cuba, Mark Hansen, Lynn Hershman Leeson, J rg Lehni, LettError, Golan Levin and Zachary Lieberman, Benjamin Maus, Manfred Mohr, Ash Nehru, Josh On, Bob Sabiston, Jennifer Steinkamp, Jared Tarbell, Steph Thirion, Robert Winter"

By: Casey Reas (Associate Professor University of California Los Angeles), Ben Fry
Imprint: Massachusetts Inst of Tec
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: second edition
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 178mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 1.089kg
ISBN: 9780262028288
ISBN 10: 026202828X
Series: Processing
Pages: 672
Publication Date: 19 December 2014
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Casey Reas is Professor of Design Media Arts at UCLA and coauthor of Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists (MIT Press, 2007). Ben Fry is Principal of Fathom, a design and software consultancy in Boston. Together, Reas and Fry cofounded Processing in 2001.