Summary Spellburst A Node-based Interface for Exploratory Creative Coding arxiv.org
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Spellburst is a visually-driven interface that aids artists in converting semantic constructs into program syntax through node-based programming and natural language prompts, facilitating iteration.
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- Spellburst is a node-based interface for exploratory creative coding that aims to address the challenges faced by artists when translating semantic constructs into program syntax.
- Current programming tools lack the ability to easily compare results across multiple runs of a program, while generative AI tools based on large language models allow for quick exploration of ideas but can be tedious for fine editing.
- Spellburst is a new AI-based version control system for creative coding that aims to support iteration and code management, incorporating visual node-based programming and natural language prompting.
- Participants in a study used informal versioning practices to keep track of visual outputs, but CSTs should provide integrated versioning and tracking as part of the rapid exploration process.
- The Spellburst interface allows users to view and manually update the code, adjust global variables through sliders, and see real-time changes to the output.
- Few-shot prompting was employed to improve the generation of p5.js code using GPT-3.5, involving providing the model with multiple input and output examples.
- The Spellburst auto-complete system suggests non-deterministic options to encourage exploration and deep thinking in creative text generation tasks.
- Participants in the evaluation of Spellburst expressed the need for more interpretability of generative outputs, but found the system helpful, with clear error messages and easy recovery options.
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Spellburst is a node-based interface for generative art that helps artists translate semantic constructs into program syntax. It incorporates visual node-based programming and natural language prompting to support iteration.
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Spellburst is a node-based interface that addresses the challenges faced by artists when translating semantic constructs into program syntax. It provides a node-based interface for creating generative art and incorporates visual node-based programming and natural language prompting. The system aims to support iteration
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Spellburst is a node-based interface for exploratory creative coding that aims to address the challenges faced by artists when translating semantic constructs into program syntax. It provides a node-based interface for creating generative art and exploring variations, expressive prompt-based interactions for semantic
Current programming tools lack the ability to easily compare results across multiple runs of a program. Generative AI tools based on large language models (LLMs) allow for quick exploration of ideas through natural language prompts, but fine editing can be tedious. The goal
Spellburst is a new AI-based version control system for creative coding that aims to support iteration and code management. Creative coders often struggle with mapping their expressive intents to low-level code, and Spellburst incorporates visual node-based programming, natural language prompting,
All participants had 3+ years of programming experience. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, asking questions related to participants' creative processes and their approach to versioning and history tracking. Participants were also asked to show a recent creative project and engage in an
CSTs (Creative Software Tools) should provide versioning and tracking as an integrated experience with the rapid exploration process. Participants in a study used informal versioning practices to keep track of visual outputs by running and storing the outputs via screenshots and video captures
Spellburst is a node-based interface for exploratory creative coding. The system allows for natural language inputs and outputs new sketches based on source sketches and prompts. Ash, a creative coder, uses Spellburst to create and iterate upon a generative art project
In Spellburst, the user can click on the 'show code' button to view the code and make manual updates. The interface provides sliders for global variables, allowing the user to adjust the influence of words in the prompt and see real-time changes to
When using GPT-3.5 to generate p5.js code, simple one-sentence questions did not produce satisfactory results. To address this, few-shot prompting was employed, which involves providing the model with multiple input and output examples to guide its
The Spellburst auto-complete system provides non-deterministic options to suggest interesting directions for creative text-generation tasks. It encourages exploration and deep thinking by presenting a range of possible suggestions. The prompt auto-complete is implemented by querying ChatGPT and using few
Regenerated code only affects immediately connected sketches/edges one layer deep. When a node is deleted from a graph, its descendants will be reattached to the deleted node's parent node, although this does not preserve the original causal structure of the graph.
Participants in the evaluation of Spellburst, a node-based interface for exploratory creative coding, expressed the need for more interpretability of the generative outputs. Some participants encountered errors in the generated code, but were able to address them by trying different prompts
The system provided clear error messages and easy recovery options. The information provided with the system was helpful and easy to find. Participants found the interface pleasant to use and were satisfied with the system overall. Spellburst was seen as a helpful tool for ideation
Spellburst is a node-based interface designed to support creative coding. It allows users to merge their code back into the main branch with AI support through a natural language prompt interface. Creative coders often share and document their work, and Spellburst facilitates this
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The summary includes various references related to the topic of exploratory creative coding. These references include information about artists, questionnaires, software platforms, collections, metaphor in pictures, creativity support tools, text-to-image generation, grammar-based sampling, usability analysis of
Bjorn Hartmann et al. (2008) discuss the concept of design as exploration and the creation of interface alternatives through parallel authoring and runtime tuning. Peter Henderson et al. (2023) examine foundation models and fair use. TJ
This text excerpt includes a list of references to various sources related to the topic of creative coding and software development. The references include papers, books, websites, and tools that are relevant to the subject. These sources cover topics such as visual artists' influence
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Bret Victor's 2012 article on Learnable Programming is referenced, along with a copyright lawsuit involving AI art tools. The authorship of generative art is discussed in a 1999 paper by Adrian Ward and Geoff Cox. Reactflow,
Spellburst is a node-based interface for exploratory creative coding. It allows users to merge code snippets to create new functionality. The format for merging code snippets is provided, and examples are given to illustrate how to produce the relevant p5 code. Aut