Multimedia programming with Pure Data : a comprehensive guide for digital artists for creating rich interactive multimedia applications using Pure Data / Bryan WC Chung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chung, Bryan WC.

Series:

Community experience distilled

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Visual programming (Computer science).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Birmingham : Packt Pub., 2013.

Language Note:

English

Biography/History:

Wai-ching CHUNG Bryan, : Bryan, Wai-ching CHUNG is an interactive media artist and design consultant in Hong Kong. His artworks have been exhibited at the World Wide Video Festival, Multimedia Art Asia Pacific, Stuttgart Film Winter Festival, Microwave International New Media Arts Festival and the China Media Art Festival. In the former Shanghai Expo 2010, he provided interactive design consultancy to various industry leaders in Hong Kong and China. Chung studied computer science in HK, interactive multimedia in London, and fine art in Melbourne. He also develops software libraries for the popular open source programming language Processing. He is the author of the book, Multimedia Programming with Pure Data. Currently, he is Assistant Professor in the Academy of Visual Arts, Hong Kong Baptist University, where he teaches subjects on interactive arts, computer graphics, and multimedia. His website is: http: //www. magicandlove. com.

Summary:

A quick and comprehensive tutorial book for media designers to jump-start interactive multimedia production with computer graphics, digital audio, digital video, and interactivity, using the Pure Data graphical programming environment.An introductory book on multimedia programming for media artists/designers who like to work on interactivity in their projects, digital art/design students who like to learn the first multimedia programming technique, and audio-visual performers who like to customize their performance sets.

Contents:

Intro

Multimedia Programming with Pure Data

Table of Contents

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Getting Started with Pure Data

Creating the first program

Understanding the terms and interface

Displaying messages

Performing arithmetic calculation

Creating a counter

Automating the counter

Making an animation with the interface elements

Using the graphical interface objects

Summary

2. Computer Graphics with the GEM Library

Using the GEM display window

Drawing basic 2D graphics

Understanding the coordinates system

Drawing basic 3D primitive shapes

Working with digital color

Applying geometric transformation

Performing translation, rotation, and scaling

Checking the margins of the window

Order of transformations

Creating animation in 3D space

3. Image Processing

Obtaining images from external sources

Applying image filters

Layering multiple images

Working with time

Performing background removal

Working with chroma key

Experimenting with advanced effects

Layering with gemhead

Coloring pixel data

Creating painterly effect

4. Interactivity

Obtaining the mouse position

Responding to keyboard events

Creating a graphical button

Preparing a video-jockey instrument

Creating interactive animation

Animate the moving ball

Bouncing the ball on the four margins

Creating the paddle control

Keeping and displaying the score

Summary.

5. Motion Detection

Obtaining the frame difference

Detecting presence

Detecting motion

Creating a motion detection animation

Comparing colors

Performing color detection

Making an air drum

6. Animation with Particle System

Understanding a particle system

Creating a basic particle system

Applying forces to the particles system

Interacting with the mouse

Rendering particles with images

Combining particle system with motion-tracking

7. Audio Programming

Preparing for audio processing

Using existing sound files

Generating audio with waves

Working with MIDI

Obtaining audio input for interaction

8. Interface with the Outside World

Communicating through the Internet

Making the connection

Sending messages

Sending numbers

Controlling the visual display of another computer

Using Open Sound Control with mobile devices

Connecting the TUIOpad to the host computer

Decoding the OSC messages

Tracking multiple points

Drawing the graphics

Interfacing with custom hardware through Arduino

Digital output

Servomotor control

Digital input

Analog input

9. Extending Pure Data

Integrating with OpenCV

Working with the Kinect camera

Installation of libfreenect

Installation of OpenNI

A. Communities and References

Pure Data communities

Pure Data events

Pure Data artists and organizations

Reactable

GOTO10

Claude Heiland-Allen

Jun Lee

Hans-Christoph Steiner

Piksel

Baran Gülesen

Andy Farnell

Ben Bogart

Matthias Kronlachner

References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781782164654

1782164650

OCLC:

857078886