Essential Programming for the Technical Artist
eBook - ePub

Essential Programming for the Technical Artist

  1. 520 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Essential Programming for the Technical Artist

About this book

This book is based on a successful curriculum designed to elevate technical artists with no programming experience up to essential programming competency as quickly as possible. Instead of abstract, theoretical problems, the curriculum employs familiar applications encountered in real production environments to demonstrate each lesson.

Written with artists in mind, this book introduces novice programmers to the advantageous world of Python programming with relevant and familiar examples. Any digital artists (not just technical artists) will find this book helpful in assisting with day-to-day production activities.

Concentrating upon subjects relevant to the creation of computer graphic assets, this book introduces Python basics, functions, data types, object-oriented programming, exception handling, file processing, graphical user interface creation, PEP 8 standards, and regular expressions. Programming within the SideFX Houdini 3D animation software provides a familiar environment for artists to create and experiment with the covered Python topics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. About the Author
  9. Chapter 1: Introduction
  10. Chapter 2: The Role of Programming in Technical Artist Life
  11. Chapter 3: Programming Strategies
  12. Chapter 4: Computer Languages
  13. Chapter 5: Programming Inspiration
  14. Chapter 6: Python Setup and Orientation
  15. Chapter 7: Python Basics
  16. Chapter 8: Python Logic
  17. Chapter 9: Python Functions
  18. Chapter 10: Python Data Types
  19. Chapter 11: Python Object-Oriented Programming: Foundation
  20. Chapter 12: Python Object-Oriented Programming: Inheritance
  21. Chapter 13: Python Exceptions
  22. Chapter 14: Python File Processing
  23. Chapter 15: Command Line
  24. Chapter 16: Python GUI
  25. Chapter 17: QtDesigner
  26. Chapter 18: Python PEP 8 Standards
  27. Chapter 19: Regular Expressions
  28. Chapter 20: Conclusion
  29. Index