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HTML5 Canvas Cookbook
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HTML5 Canvas Cookbook

by Eric Rowell
November 2011
Intermediate to advanced
348 pages
7h 2m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 4. Mastering Transformations

In this chapter, we will cover:

  • Translating the canvas context
  • Rotating the canvas context
  • Scaling the canvas context
  • Creating a mirror transform
  • Creating custom transforms
  • Shearing the canvas context
  • Handling multiple transforms with the state stack
  • Transforming a circle into an oval
  • Rotating an image
  • Drawing a simple logo and randomizing its position, rotation, and scale

Introduction

This chapter will reveal the power of canvas transformations, which can drastically simplify complex drawings and provide new functionality that we wouldn't have had otherwise. Until now, we've been positioning elements on the screen directly with x and y coordinates. This can quickly become a problem if you've worked out the coordinates ...

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