hi all,
i’ll be discussing processing (http://processing.org) in class on tuesday. i chose processing because it’s an incredibly fast and flexible software tool for visual designers + one of it’s creators (casey reas) is the head of the design | media arts program here at UCLA.
“processing relates software concepts to principles of visual form, motion, and interaction. it integrates a programming language, development environment, and teaching methodology into a unified system” (reas and fry, “processing”, 1). processing is an open source software / programming language that is based on java.
the websites i’ll be discussing on tuesday:
website 1
http://acg.media.mit.edu/people/fry/valence/
“the image on this page is taken from a visualization of the contents of the book “the innocents abroad” by mark twain. the program reads the book in a linear fashion, dynamically adding each word into three-dimensional space.”
more at… http://benfry.com/
website 2
http://reas.com/category.php?section=process
“text that defines a process”…
more at… http://reas.com/
