Live Coding Graphics Workshop
Associate Professor
Department of Arts
RPI
lawsos2 [@] rpi [.] edu
Live-Coding is a growing field of performance in Europe and North America. In both continents the primary focus of live-coding is audio. This workshop will be an introduction/crash course into using OpenGL Fragment Shaders for live-coding graphics. We will be using a toolkit designed around WebGL and run in Google Chrome. The contents of the tutorial will be: a brief explanation of the tool, how it’s constructed, and how it works; a brief explanation of which parts of OpenGL will be used, how it works, and some basic functionalities; some simple hands-on coding examples; finally, adding in an audio source with some hands-on examples for some live-coding experience. Any programming experience is helpful but not necessary.
— Roughly Planned —
Introductions
What is live coding?
Why in a web-browers – getting everyone setup.
How to use interface?
“Hello Shader”
Time and coordinate systems
— coffee in here somewhere —
Simple math and noise
Slightly more complex techniques
Adding in sound responsiveness