Visuals by code

Some resources I’ve mentioned in the lecture of visuals by code.

A lot of interactive tools like Flash and Processing serve well to make visual effects. By using relative simple scripts ( re-use and play ! ) you can create complex and cool looking visuals. Most tools let you export the material to image sequences or even video. Make use of them even for non-interactive stuff. Try some examples to create some genenerative art yourself.Lets start using your creativity and start playing, ‘remixing’ and mashing up some code.

Toolkits :

• processing.org
• quartz composer (osx)
• hype framework (Flash)
• Nodebox (Python, nodebased)
• vvvv (nodebased, windows)
• Tagtool/Nodekit (windows)
• after effects expressions
• OpenFrameworks (c++)
• Cinder framework (c++)

Code examples, libraries, inspiration :

• sc/4 : realtime compositing by Minivegas
• memo.tv
• kineme.net (quartz)
• levitated : Jared Tarbell
• Joshua Davis
• incubator : Mario Klingemann
• toxic libs ( processing libraries examples
• processing learning section
• cinema redux : Bredan Dawes (2004)
• yooouuutuuube.com : David Kraftsow 2009 | Alice ( Fagottron )

Books :

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