부산대학교 도서관

Despite being a code-centric platform, SuperCollider includes a rich collection of cross-platform tools for designing graphical user interfaces (GUIs), which can be used to enhance and clarify the workflow of a program, emulate an existing piece of hardware or software, or conceal aspects of a program meant to remain hidden from the user. This chapter conveys the essential classes and techniques relevant to GUI design and aims to enhance fluency with GUI-based workflow. The chapter begins with techniques for creating graphical windows and placing types of views on the window's canvas, such as sliders, buttons, and knobs. GUI layout tools are also discussed, which help avoid problems related to space allocation and dynamic resizing, circumventing situations that devolve into “pixel-hunting.” Additional topics include getting/setting view attributes, color expression, values and actions, range-mapping with the ControlSpec class, keyboard/mouse interaction, and controlling GUIs with MIDI/OSC data. The chapter concludes with an introduction to the Pen class, which enables the creation of custom graphics and simple animations.