Online Portfolio of Michael Wach

Processing is a free, open source, Java based cross platform programming environment that’s great for algorithmic art. I could go into a lot of detail about the background of processing, but you might be better off checking out their official website for yourself.

Instead, I will walk you through the first baby steps of learning how to program with Processing. Fear not, this won’t be hard. I think even mom and dad can follow me on this blog post!

The first step is to get yourself a copy of processing. Click here and select which download matches the type of computer you are using. From what I’ve seen so far, Processing runs directly from the folder you extract Read More...

October 10th, at about 7 o’clock, A3F, or the Almost Famous Film Festival, kicked off their 2008 72-hour film challenge. The theme was super powers / special abilities, the prop was an envelope, and the line was “I don’t know what’s real anymore”. You can check out an online copy of the DVD that Got Film? Productions (my team) submitted, titled “Fallen Blue”, at http://www.fallenblue.mikewach.com/

Got Film? Productions is a “company” that a number of my friends from Collins College just recently started. So far, I’ve helped them by photo documenting all of the Fallen Blue shoots, authoring their DVDs, and handling any Read More...