Endorsements • A whole generation of designers, artists, students, and professors have been influenced by Processing. 
Now, a handbook is published that goes far beyond explaining how to handle the technology and boldly reveals the potential future for the electronic sketchbook. Joachim Sauter University of the Arts, Berlin, Founder, Art+Com • Processing, the handbook and tutorial, is an indispensable companion to Processing, the integrated programming language and environment that has developed from phenomenon to revolution. Bridging the gap between programming and visual arts, the Processing handbook, in a concise way, connects software elements to principles of visual form, motion, and interaction.
The book's modular structure allows for different combinations of its units and self-directed reading. Brad mehldau transcription pdf merge. Interviews with artists who create software-based works and extension chapters that expand software practice into computer vision, sound, and electronics successfully connect the realms of art and technology. Now used by artists, visual designers, and in educational institutions around the world, Processing has been groundbreaking not only as an alternative language for expanding programming space, but as an attempt to nurture programming literacy in the broader context of art and cultural production. Christiane Paul Adjunct Curator of New Media Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art • Processing is a milestone not only in the history of computer software, of information design, and of the visual arts, but also in social history. Many have commented on the pragmatic impact of the open source movement, but it is time to also consider Processing's sociological and psychological consequences. Processing invites people to tinker, and tinkering is the first step for any scientific and artistic creation.
For people who are visual artists, the idea of Processing is to start with a line on. There are libraries for exporting PDF files, reading images from a camera,.
After the tinkering, it leads designers to their idea of perfection. It enables complexity, yet it is approachable; it is rigorous, yet malleable. Its home page exudes the enthusiasm of so many designers and artists from all over the world, overflowing with ideas and proud to be able to share. Processing is a great gift to the world.
Paola Antonelli Curator, Architecture and Design, MOMA • This is an elegant and practical introduction to programming for artists and designers. It is rigorously grounded, informed by a vast amount of practical experience, and visually compelling. The worked examples are terrific.