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You're reading from Processing 2: Creative Programming Cookbook

Product type Paperback

Published in Sep 2012

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781849517942

Length 306 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Processing

Concepts

3D Game Development

Table of Contents (18) Chapters

Processing 2: Creative Programming Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

1. Getting Started with Processing 2 FREE CHAPTER

Introduction
Installing Processing on your computer
Exploring the Processing Development Environment
Installing libraries
Installing tools
Switching modes
Understanding the coordinate system
Writing your first Processing sketch
Using math functions
Responding to mouse events
Responding to keyboard events

2. Drawing Text, Curves, and Shapes in 2D

Introduction
Drawing basic shapes
Working with colors
Working with images
Drawing text
Drawing curves
Calculating points on a curve
Drawing custom shapes
Manipulating SVG files
Offscreen drawing

3. Drawing in 3D–Lights, Camera, and Action!

Introduction
Understanding 3D space
Drawing 3D primitives
Using lights
Making polygon soup
Mixing 2D and 3D objects
Drawing triangle and quad strips
Using textures
Using the 3D camera

4. Working with Data

Introduction
Loading text files from the hard drive
Parsing CSV
Parsing XML
Converting datatypes
Working with Strings
Working with arrays
Working with ArrayLists
Working with HashMaps

5. Exporting from Processing

Introduction
Saving images
Exporting applications
Saving PDF files
Calculating PDF sizes
Saving text files
Exporting 3D files
Saving binary files

6. Working with Video

Introduction
Playing a video
Exporting image sequences
Manipulating pixels in a video
Using filters
Controlling the speed of a video
Jumping to a specific frame
Blending video

7. Audio Visualization

Introduction
Importing the Minim library
Playing audio files
Using live audio
Drawing a waveform
Using Fast Fourier Transforms
Audio reactive particles
Creating a drum machine
Creating a synthesizer
Using effects

8. Exploring Computer Vision

Introduction
Using a webcam
Thresholding video
Blob tracking
Color tracking
Installing the OpenCV library
Accessing a webcam with OpenCV
Face detection with OpenCV
Defining the region of interest with OpenCV
Manipulating video with OpenCV

9. Exploring JavaScript Mode

Introduction
Creating your first Processing sketch for the Web
Creating a custom HTML template
Working with fonts
Working with images/SVG files
Creating 3D sketches for the Web
Using Processing.js without the Processing editor
Writing sketches with JavaScript
Using Processing.js with jQuery
Getting started with the Toxiclibs.js library

10. Exploring Android Mode

Introduction
Installing the Android SDK
Running your sketch in the Android Emulator
Running your sketch on an Android device
Accessing screen size and density
Responding to touch interaction
Using the accelerometer
Using the GPS
Creating 3D sketches on Android
Adding an icon to your Android App

11. Using Processing with Other Editors

Introduction
Installing Eclipse
Installing the Processing plugin for Eclipse
Write your first sketch with the Processing Eclipse plugin
Installing the Processing library template in Eclipse
Writing Processing libraries
Installing the Processing tool template
Writing Processing tools
Using Processing with IntelliJ IDEA

Index

Chapter 3. Drawing in 3D–Lights, Camera, and Action!

In this chapter we will cover:

Understanding 3D space
Drawing 3D primitives
Using lights
Making polygon soup
Mixing 2D and 3D objects
Drawing triangle and quad strips
Using textures
Using the 3D camera

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