Creative Programming 2011

$/!\$ Please notice that the planning and the content of the course is subject to frequent change. Please do check back often.
Please bring a laptop with you to the class. Windows is preferred.
Please bring with you the power adapter for your laptop.
$/!\$ Before you come to the first lecture, please download the following files to your laptop:
- Download the Processing programming environment. Or go to the Processing website, download it from there. Do not download the version "without java". Having downloaded it, leave it on your computer and do not install it yet. We will do it together during the first lecture.

It would be convenient to have hard copies of these books. Please see below the references for the details. You can buy these books from http://www.amazon.com/

Before you come to the lecture for the third part, please
- download and install Arduino: http://arduino.cc/en/Main/Software. It would be convenient if Arduino is installed at the same place you installed Processing.
- Bring your Arduino starter kit to the class.

Contents

1. Part 1: Processing Basics

Creating static visual arts. At the end of this part, every student is expected to be able to
- Create an artistic poster that demonstrates beauty and complexity, using Processing
- Print the result and present with a frame, or on a form board.
Examples for inspiration

* (Chinese) Fonts

Read the Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6(Fonts), 7(Translate, Rotate, Scale), 8, 10(Make an Array, Repetition and Arrays) and 11(Image Export) from the book Getting Started with Processing. Try to experiment with the examples.
In the example for PDF output (TriangleFlowerPDF.zip), we used a recursive function call to triBlur(). What is a recursive function call? Read 13.10 Recursion (p.216-220) in the book Learning Processing.

Create interactive visual arts. At the end of this part, every student is expected to be able to create an interactive installation that
- uses a webcam to capture movements as input, and
- as output, dynamically render visual arts in real time as output.
Examples for inspiration
- View the video on YouTube.
  
  (Minority Report)
- View the video on YouTube.
  
  (Minority Report in reality)

Try to complete the book Getting Started with Processing, except section "Hello Arduino" in Chapter 11. If you encounter difficulties, do not stick to it. Mark it, leave it and continue reading. You may visit the marked parts later when you gain more confidence.
If certain topics of the book Getting Started with Processing are not detailed enough for you, try to look for the same topics in the book Learning Processing.
Pay attention to the topics about images. We did not cover them in the lectures. You have to learn it yourself if you need them.
For more about controlP5 and Myron, refer to the documentations and examples.

Create interactive visual arts. At the end of this part, every student is expected to be able to create an interactive installation that
- uses sensors connected to Arduino as input
- as output, dynamically render visual arts in real time as output.
Or pick up an interesting example from the book Make Things Talk, modified for a different purpose, using different sensors and actuators.

Create interactive visual arts. At the end of this part, every student is expected to be able to create an interactive installation that
- uses sensors connected to Arduino as input
- The input is then transferred to a remote computer (using either Client/Server networking or Pachube service)
- as output, dynamically render visual arts in real time as output.
Or anything else that is interesting and that integrates Arduino, Processing and networking.

Network (client/server)
- Presentation
- Examples: ClientServerExamples.zip
Internet of things
- Download and install EEML library in Processing.
- Presentation
- Examples: PachubeExamples.zip

Book Learning Processing, chapter 18 and 19.
- Note that the examples from the book Learning Processing can be downloaded from http://www.learningprocessing.com/examples/, and the answer to a specific exercise can be found at http://www.learningprocessing.com/exercises/, and the libraries can be downloaded from http://www.learningprocessing.com/downloads/. Use them wisely.
As a reference: EEML library and EEML website

CreaPro: CreativeProgrammingModule2011 (last edited 2011-12-15 09:25:47 by JunHu)