Computational Practices: Sound and Image Processing

Overview

Week 1, 13 Feb: Image representation

Lecture

• Binary numbers
• Colour spaces
• Low level canvas representation in p5

Lab

• Image synthesis with the pixels array in p5

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Week 2, 20 Feb: Geometry

Lecture

• Introduction to sin(), cos() & radians
• Understanding amplitude, frequency and phase of waves

Lab

• Manually drawing circles
• Animating trigonometric drawings in p5

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Week 3, 27 Feb: Audio

Lecture

• Digital Audio introduction
• Generating audio in Python
• Audio Envelopes

Lab

• Using the sound library in p5
• Visual music sythesis

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Week 4, 5 Mar: Programming techniques

Lab

• Programming techiques for drawing
  • Trails
  • Repetition
  • Infinite loops
  • Sequencing

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Week 5, 12 Mar: Generative images & animations

Test on trigonometric drawing

Lecture

• git fundamentals

Lab

• Using git
• Images from trigonometry
• Simulations with pixels
• Generative images with audio

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Week 6, 16 April:

Test on generative images using pixels

Lecture

• Filtering introduction

Lab

• Image filtering in p5
• Audio filtering in Python
• Introduction to git

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Week 7, 23 April:

Lab

• Image analysis & alternative image representation

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Week 8, 30 April:

Lecture

• Convolution and kernels

Lab

• Image convolution in p5
  • Edge detection
  • Sharpen
  • Blur

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Week 9, 7 May:

Test on filtering & convolution

Lecture

• Recursion

Lab

• Drawing in p5 with recursion

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Week 10, 14 May

Lecture

• L-systems
• Rewrite rules

Lab

• Drawing L-systems in p5

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Week 11, 21 May:

Test on recursion & L-systems

Lecture

• Particle systems

Lab

• Patricle systems in p5

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Week 12, 28 May:

Lecture

• Agent based models

Lab

• Flocking

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Week 13, 4 June

Test on simulation

Lab

• More flocking & programming techniques