processing-motion-canvas

ProcessingJS-like interface for building motion-canvas projects.

Todo

• Add signal support to parameters
• Add examples
• Port helper functions from ProcessingJS (e.g. lerpColor)
• Publish to NPM (scope: @ccaven)

Overview

Before:

view.add(<Rect x={0} y={90} width={100} height={100} fill="rgb(255, 100, 10)"/>);
view.add(<Rect x={0} y={-90} width={100} height={100} fill="rgb(255, 100, 10)"/>);
view.add(<Rect x={90} y={0} width={100} height={100} fill="rgb(255, 100, 10)"/>);
view.add(<Rect x={-90} y={0} width={100} height={100} fill="rgb(255, 100, 10)"/>);

After:

// Set the fill color
g.fill(color(255, 100, 10));

// Place rectangles
g.rect(0, 90, 100, 100);
g.rect(-90, 0, 100, 100);
g.rect(90, 0, 100, 100);
g.rect(0, -90, 100, 100);

Mostly a stylistic preference, may make prototyping easier in some cases.

Usage

Run

npm install @ccaven/processing-motion-canvas

Then in your scene file:

import { createGraphics } from '@ccaven/processing-motion-canvas';

export default makeScene2D(function* (view) {
    const g = createGraphics(view);

    g.background(color(10, 10, 10));

    g.fill(color(240, 20, 20));

    // Create a rectangle with two rounded corners
    let rectRef = g.rect(0, 0, 100, 100, 50, 0, 50, 0);

    // Animate the corners switching roundness over 1.0 seconds
    yield* rectRef().radius([0, 50, 0, 50], 1.0);
});