Media Computation Workshop

Intro Presentation

Python Code

Downloadable copies of the Python code used in the demo can be found below. Each example has been commented to discuss other directions that you could take to enhance or extend the example to make it even more interesting for your students.

• filters.py – interactive "Instagram" filters example
• steganography.py – using steganography to hide a picture inside another picture
• charts.py – drawing bar charts and pie charts from real data using drawing primitive functions
• guitar.py – an implementation of the Karplus-Strong string synthesis algorithm to simulate an acoustic guitar

Images Used in the Examples

The images used in the examples are provided below. They are linked so you can click them to view them full size in your browser, or right-click to download them to your hard drive.

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  nature.png
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  meadow.png
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  rick.png
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  meadow-plus-rick.png

Useful Links

• Media Computation Teacher's Website – Mark Guzdial's site, with links to the JES IDE, the textbook, and many more supporting materials
• Pythy – the online IDE for novice Python programmers (beta)