Pure Data and an Introduction to Real-Time Image Processing 
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Examples of work made with Pure Data
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	2006-Current
	Paris Graphics
	http://www.parisgraphics.com/visuals/pure-data/
	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRD_FShEBFA
	
	2008
	"Dreaming Machine #1" 
	Ben Bogart
	http://www.ekran.org/ben/wp/?p=306
	
	2009
	"He boxed regularly and was strong and very brave and always a perfect gentleman"
	IOhannes m zmoelnig 
	http://umlaeute.mur.at/Members/zmoelnig/projects/champions



A Brief History of Real-Time Visual Synthesis
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	Early Video Synths
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	Overview
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_synthesizer
	http://www.audiovisualizers.com/toolshak/vsynths.htm

	1962	
	ANIMAC (Hybrid graphic animation computer)
	Lee Harrison III
	http://audiovisualizers.com/toolshak/vidsynth/animac/animac.htm
	
	1970
	Paik-Abe Video Synthesizer
	Nam June Paik, Shuya Abe
	http://www.n3krozoft.com/_xxbcf67373.TMP/tv/paik_abe_synthesizer.html
	
	1972
	Rutt-Etra Video Synthesizer
	Bill Etra, Steve Rutt
	http://www.audiovisualizers.com/toolshak/vidsynth/ruttetra/ruttetra.htm
	
	Mid-70s
	VAMPIRE (Video And Music Program for Interactive Realtime Exploration)
	Laurie Spiegel 
	http://retiary.org/ls/writings/vampire.html
	
	1976
	Digital Image Articulator
	Woody Vasulka, Jeffy Schier
	http://www.fondation-langlois.org/html/e/page.php?NumPage=457

	

	Visual Programmng Software for Multi-Media
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	Mid-1980s
	MAX Software
	Miller Puckette for IRCAM
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max/msp
	http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/
	
	1985
	Video Works (evolved to become what is now Adobe Director 11)
	MacroMind
	http://www.lingoworkshop.com/Articles/history.php
	
	1990
	Commercial Version of MAX
	Opcode Systems
	
	1996
	Pure Data
	Miller Puckette
	http://puredata.info/
	
	1997
	Image/ine
	Tom Demeyer, Steina Vasulka
	http://www.image-ine.org/
	
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rokeby
	http://homepage.mac.com/davidrokeby/vns.html
	
	1998
	GEM
	Mark Danks, now maintained by IOhannes m zmoelnig
	http://gem.iem.at/
		
	1998
	Onadime
	Bruce Mitchell, Geoff Coco, Phillip Reay 
	http://onadime.com/wiki/about
	
	1999
	Current version of MAX
	Cycling '74
	http://cycling74.com/
	
	1987-Current
	VNS (Very Nervous System) and SoftVNS
	David Rokeby
	http://homepage.mac.com/davidrokeby/softVNS.html
	
	1999
	NATO.0+55+3d
	Netochka Nezvanova collective
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nato.0%2B55%2B3d
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netochka_Nezvanova
	
	2003 
	Jitter
	Cycling '74
	http://www.cycling74.com/products/jitteroverview
	
	
	
Open Source Software
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	Wikipedia entry for Open Source
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source
	
	FLOSS (Free/Libre/Open Source Software)
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_and_open_source_software
	http://www.flossworld.org/
	
	Creative Commons
	An alternate intellectual property license to copyright
	http://creativecommons.org/
	
	Piksel Festival
	A festival dedicated to art made with Open Source (FLOSS)
	http://www.piksel.no/



Pure Data (PD) Software and Resources
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	Pure Data Official Website
	http://puredata.info/
	
	Pure Data Mailing List
	http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
	
	GEM About Page on Puredata.info
	http://puredata.info/community/projects/software/gem/



Using Pure Data
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	Pd-extended.app is a package on OS X.  
	Right Click (or Ctrl+Click) and select "View package contents" 
	to get to the documentation and example files.  
	They are inside of the Applications/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources folder.
	
	User Manual (local)
	file:///Applications/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/doc/1.manual/index.htm
	
	User Manual (Miller Puckette's version)
	http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/index.htm
	
	GEM Examples (local)
	file:///Applications/Pd-extended.app/Contents/Resources/doc/examples/Gem
	
	Ye Olde Gem Manual 
	http://gem.iem.at/documentation/manual/manual