作者：CaseyReas/BenFry
出版社：TheMITPress
副标题：AProgrammingHandbookforVisualDesignersandArtists
出版年：2007-9-28
页数：736
定价：GBP35.95
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9780262182621
内容简介
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An introduction to the ideas of computer programming within the context of the visual arts that also serves as a reference and text for Processing, an open-source programming language designed for creating images, animation, and interactivity.
It has been more than twenty years since desktop publishing reinvented design, and it's clear that there is a growing need for designers and artists to learn programming skills to fill the widening gap between their ideas and the capability of their purchased software. This book is an introduction to the concepts of 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. The ideas in Processing have been tested in classrooms, workshops, and arts institutions, including UCLA, Carnegie Mellon, New York University, and Harvard University. Tutorial units make up the bulk of the book and introduce the syntax and concepts of software (including variables, functions, and object-oriented programming), cover such topics as photography and drawing in relation to software, and feature many short, prototypical example programs with related images and explanations. More advanced professional projects from such domains as animation, performance, and typography are discussed in interviews with their creators. “Extensions” present concise introductions to further areas of investigation, including computer vision, sound, and electronics. Appendixes, references to additional material, and a glossary contain additional technical details. Processing can be used by reading each unit in order, or by following each category from the beginning of the book to the end. The Processing software and all of the code presented can be downloaded and run for future exploration.
作者简介
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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.
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对于只是想了解编程以及Rapid Prototyping的我来说，本书针对设计师与艺术家的导向造成了一些麻烦。不过本书的“半官方”口吻的确有助于系统学习（早些时读Learning Processing，总需要时不时参考官方reference，两者体系的不一使得逻辑线条十分混乱）。
不像一般的计算科学入门读物，本书更多地是从一个相对较高的层次增进我们对电脑的理解的。矢量／位形图、文字的处理与显示、图…
伴了我一整個學期（T.T）
A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers
功能说得很详细之外，更加启发的是几个interview关于为什么要选择用软件来创作。"when i writing with program i feel i am talking wiz a brilliant partner who helps me organize my thoughts and points out connections i hadn't seen myself."
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