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• • Watch FunProgramming [video 48]

  • Copy this image of an adorable kitten onto your desktop

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Young_cats.jpg/320px-Young_cats.jpg

• • Create a new sketch in Processing and save the sketch as “LoadImage”

  • Save the kitten image to your project (using “Sketch” then ”Add file” in the Processing menu)

  • Here’s my program:

PImage myphoto;

void setup()

{

size(500,500);

myphoto = loadImage("320px-Young_cats.jpg");

}

void draw()

{

image(myphoto,0,0);

}

• • Type in my program and run it.

  • Change the program to animate the kitten image by moving it around the screen.

  • Change the program to move the image to where you click with the mouse.

  • Show a mentor, mark the board and claim a prize.