# \[SOLVED\] Where are support files that are in the examples?

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**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692 "2018-09-20T10:45:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobhurd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/bobhurd/32/19032_2.png) [@bobhurd](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bobhurd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/1 "2018-09-20T10:45:09Z")

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I am a novice programmer and brand new to the Processing language. I am trying to do the Processing code in the Examples webpage. I keep running across files that are referred to in the code that I can’t seem to find. Where are they located for me to download so the Processing code can find them? An example is the “Pointillism” code. It refers to a file called “moonwalk.jpg”. Also, the “Letters” Example contains a font file called “SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf”. Where can I download these files? I have looked for them but cannot find them. I’m sure they’re right under my nose, but I’m still at a loss in locating them.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for helping this newbie!

bob

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/2 "2018-09-20T11:27:12Z")

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1. “SourceCodePro-Regular.ttf”: “processing-folder”/lib/fonts/
2. “moonwalk.jpg”: “processing-folder”/modes/java/examples/Basics/Image/Pointillism/data/

[![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/2X/c/c127b7a42f2348e7fbd0e28dd7914cd945407c05.jpeg) ](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/processing/processing-docs/39a3a680a0941736935eb40114ffe16927548562/content/examples/Basics/Image/Pointillism/data/moonwalk.jpg)

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**Author:** ![bobhurd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/bobhurd/32/19032_2.png) [@bobhurd](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bobhurd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 11:48am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/3 "2018-09-20T11:48:13Z")

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If it were any closer to me, it would have bitten me!

Thanks for pointing out where it was and that I already had it. Now, I just have to figure out where to put the file that Processing will find it.

Thanks!

bob

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**Author:** ![bobhurd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/bobhurd/32/19032_2.png) [@bobhurd](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bobhurd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 11:55am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/4 "2018-09-20T11:55:44Z")

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Just put it where the Processing program is located and it finds it right away. No problems. The example now works and is doing what it’s supposed to.

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**Author:** ![bobhurd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/bobhurd/32/19032_2.png) [@bobhurd](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bobhurd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:36pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/5 "2018-09-20T12:36:11Z")

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Is there a way to tell Processing to look for a program-referenced file that is in another directory other than the one where the Processing program is located?

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**Author:** ![GoToLoop](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/gotoloop/32/86_2.png) [@GoToLoop](https://discourse.processing.org/u/GoToLoop)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:41pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/6 "2018-09-20T12:41:11Z")

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Processing’s IO functions accept full path filenames too. 🗄

But if you intend to deploy your sketch to other computers, you should place your local assets in the sketch’s own “data/” folder: 📁

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**Author:** ![bobhurd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/bobhurd/32/19032_2.png) [@bobhurd](https://discourse.processing.org/u/bobhurd)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:43pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/solved-where-are-support-files-that-are-in-the-examples/3692/7 "2018-09-20T12:43:57Z")

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That’s great! And thanks for the warning regarding deploying the sketch to other computers, since they likely will have different explicit paths to their respective folder.

Thanks again!