Processing, second edition: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists (The MIT Press)

Product description 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 Processings 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 InterviewsSUE C Larry Cuba Mark Hansen Lynn Hershman Leeson Jurg 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 Review In addition to what you can expect―a great compendium explaining the software's features and applications―the second edition of Processing comes with a well-curated series of interviews with artists and designers for whom software is key to their work. These exceptional insights into artistic practice contribute to the writing of history of software-based art and design and contextualize Processing in an adequate way.― Joachim Sauter, University of the Arts Berlin, Founder and Creative Director of ART+COM About the Author 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.