The Dummy's Guide to:

ProcessingBy Daniel “Danny” Gonzalez

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So What’s “Processing?”

O Think using object draw in eclipseO Program that allows the user to

create animations

Basic layout

• setup• Sets up the programs• Initalize• Set the size of the canvas

• Draw• Self-explanitory• Where you make the animations

• Note: color follows the rbg spectrum

Your basic ShapeO Ellipse

O (x,y,width,height)O Rect

O (x,y,width,height)O Triangle

O (x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3)

“Fill” and “framed”

On Eclipse On ProcressingO FilledRect/OvalO FramedRect/Oval

O Filled black by default

O noFill()O To color in:

fill(r,g,b)

Follows a “timeline”(in pseudo-code)

On Eclipse On processingO ObjectO Color of object

O Color of objectO object

You can add images!O Code for it

O PImage “whatever you named it/wyni”O Wyni=loadImage(“the image”)

O Accepts: gif, jpeg, targaO Image(wyni,x,y)

O How you do itO SketchO Add FileO Select the image

For more information:O http://processing.org/O http://

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZByppaYSJB8

O http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJrh0RipoVo&feature=relmfu

NOW GO OUTSIDE!