Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook

Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook

<p>If you know C++ this book takes your creative potential to a whole other level. The practical recipes show you how to create interactive and visually dynamic applications using Cinder which will excite and delight your audience.</p> <p><b>Overview</b></p> <ul> <li>Learn powerful techniques for building creative applications using motion sensing and tracking</li> <li>Create applications using multimedia content including video, audio, images, and text</li> <li>Draw and animate in 2D and 3D using fast performance techniques</li> </ul> <p><b>In Detail</b></p> <p>Cinder is one of the most exciting frameworks available for creative coding. It is developed in C++ for increased performance and allows for the fast creation of visually complex, interactive applications.</p> <p>"Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook" will show you how to develop interactive and visually dynamic applications using simple-to-follow recipes.</p> <p>You will learn how to use multimedia content, draw generative graphics in 2D and 3D, and animate them in compelling ways.</p> <p>Beginning with creating simple projects with Cinder, you will use multimedia, create animations, and interact with the user.</p> <p>From animation with particles to using video, audio, and images, the reader will gain a broad knowledge of creating applications using Cinder.</p> <p>With recipes that include drawing in 3D, image processing, and sensing and tracking in real-time from camera input, the book will teach you how to develop interesting applications.</p> <p>"Cinder Creative Coding Cookbook" will give you the necessary knowledge to start creating projects with Cinder that use animations and advanced visuals.</p> <p><b>What you will learn from this book</b></p> <ul> <li>Process and analyze images and draw graphics in 2D or 3D</li> <li>Create applications that use multimedia content including video, images, audio, and text</li> <li>Draw and render particles to create powerful simulations</li> <li>Animate using tweens, timeline, paths, and cameras</li> <li>Create interesting animations with particle systems and physics</li> <li>Interact with the user by tracking and sensing from the camera in real-time</li> <li>Generate audio and create sound visualizations</li> </ul> <p><b>Approach</b></p> <p>Full of easy-to-follow recipes and images that will teach powerful techniques and algorithms, building from basic projects to challenging applications.</p> <p><b>Who this book is written for</b></p> <p>This book is for artists, designers, and programmers who have previous knowledge of C++, but not necessarily of Cinder.</p>