- I modularize my code into reusable functions for a library I have.
- It makes my projects cleaner, easier to maintain, and much more efficient to develop new ideas.
- It is easy to comment out once you have downloaded the file.
- It prompts questions and comments to engage the forum.
It is up to the website (or server) whether they allow your Processing application to access and download their images directly.
The URL I provided is from a Processing topic in this forum:
I can also get images from Wikipedia and Processing GitHub repositories.
Another favorite of mine:
size(200, 200);
image(loadImage("http://learningprocessing.com/code/assets/sunflower.jpg"), 0, 0);
:)