Intro to IM

Place: Inside the teaching lab that is hidden somewhere deep in the Arts Center
Time: Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 2:40pm – 5:20pm


Forword

Structure

Todays lecture will be about Drawing shapes, using the cursor to draw.

  1. Brief summary… (Felix).
  2. Overview of way computer thinks (logically, mathematically, precisely) (Felix/James)
  3. Drawing: how to create a simple drawing (James)
    1. Intro to coordinate systems
    2. Drawing
    3. Reference
    4. Fill & Stroke
    5. In Class Exercise: Draw a character
  4. Animation: how to make a ball move and bounce (James)
    1. Movement (Follow mouse)
    2. Movement (Without mouse)
    3. Bouncing &| wrapping
    4. In Class Exercise: Bounce off all walls
  5. (Optional) Mousepressed Interactions (James):
    1. if(mousepressed){}
  6. Some more processing examples (Felix)

Homework

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