Processing.org-New Project Template

processing.org-new-project-template.java

import processing.pdf.*;

////Declare Globals
int rSn; // randomSeed number. put into var so can be saved in file name. defaults to 47
final float PHI = 0.618033989;
boolean recording = false; // used for MovieMaker output
boolean PDFOUT = false;


//// Declare Font Variables
PFont mainTitleF;


//// Declare Positioning Variables
float margin;
float PLOT_X1, PLOT_X2, PLOT_Y1, PLOT_Y2, PLOT_W, PLOT_H;

/*////////////////////////////////////////
 SETUP
 ////////////////////////////////////////*/

void setup() {
  background(255);
  //// PDF output
  // size(800, 450, PDF, generateSaveImgFileName(".pdf"));
  //// Regular output
  size(800, 450); // quarter page size

  margin = width * pow(PHI, 6);
  println("margin: " + margin);
  PLOT_X1 = margin;
  PLOT_X2 = width-margin;
  PLOT_Y1 = margin;
  PLOT_Y2 = height-margin;
  PLOT_W = PLOT_X2 - PLOT_X1;
  PLOT_H = PLOT_Y2 - PLOT_Y1;

  rSn = 47; // 4,7,11,18,29...;
  randomSeed(rSn);

  mainTitleF = createFont("Helvetica", 18);  //requires a font file in the data folder?

  println("setup done: " + nf(millis() / 1000.0, 1, 2));
}

void draw() {
  background(255);
  fill(0);
  textFont(mainTitleF);
  text("sspboyd", PLOT_X1, PLOT_Y2);

  if (PDFOUT) exit();
  if (recording) saveFrame("MM_output/" + getSketchName() + "-#####.png");


}

void keyPressed() {
  if (key == 'S') screenCap(".tif");
}

void mousePressed() {
}

String generateSaveImgFileName(String fileType) {
  String fileName;
  // save functionality in here
  String outputDir = "output/";
  String sketchName = getSketchName() + "-";
  String randomSeedNum = "rSn" + rSn + "-";
  String dateTimeStamp = "" + year() + nf(month(), 2) + nf(day(), 2) + nf(hour(), 2) + nf(minute(), 2) + nf(second(), 2);

  //// With using a rSn (random seed number)
  fileName = outputDir + sketchName + randomSeedNum + dateTimeStamp + fileType;
  //// Without rSn
  // fileName = outputDir + sketchName + dateTimeStamp + fileType;

  return fileName;
}

void screenCap(String fileType) {
  String saveName = generateSaveImgFileName(fileType);
  save(saveName);
  println("Screen shot saved to: " + saveName);
}

String getSketchName() {
  String[] path = split(sketchPath(), "/");
  return path[path.length-1];
}

most recent edit removed a little bug where i was declaring rSn (random seed number) in the setup func.

added font code

removed smooth(); since it is on by default now

was missing minute() on line 63. added it in.

Added some extra number formatting and variable name chance for "dateTimeStamp".

Added the getSketchName method for the screen shot naming function. I kept forgetting to update the function with the sketch name. This does it automatically.
Downside here is that it will likely not work on PCs since the split() function delimits by "/". Easy change to make though (line 45).

Added PLOT_W and PLOT_H variables.
PLOT_W = PLOT_X2 - PLOT_X1;
PLOT_H = PLOT_Y2 - PLOT_Y1;

Lots of little updates. Fixed "sketchPath" for latest Processing by making it "sketchPath()".
Took out if statement around size() functions. It was breaking things.

Added recording option for outputing still that can be readily used with the MovieMaker Tool in Processing.