May 2011
Beginner
650 pages
15h 39m
English
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Chapter 4. Images on the Canvas
Like the Canvas Drawing API, the Canvas Image API is very robust. With it, we can load in image data and apply it directly to the canvas. This image data can also be cut and spliced to display any desired portion. Furthermore, Canvas gives us the ability to store arrays of pixel data that we can manipulate and then draw back to the canvas.
There are two primary Canvas functions we can perform with images. We can display images, and we can modify them pixel by pixel and paint them back to the canvas. There are only a few Image API functions, but they open up a world of pixel-level manipulation that gives the developer the power to create optimized applications directly in the web browser without needing any plug-ins.
The Basic File Setup for This Chapter
All the examples in this chapter will use the same basic file setup
for displaying our demonstrations as we proceed through the Drawing API.
Use the following as the basis for all the examples we create—you will
only need to change the contents of the drawScreen() function:
<!doctype html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Ch4BaseFile - Template For Chapter 4 Examples</title> <script src="modernizr-1.6.min.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> window.addEventListener('load', eventWindowLoaded, false); function eventWindowLoaded() { canvasApp(); } function canvasSupport () { return Modernizr.canvas; } function canvasApp(){ if (!canvasSupport()) { return; }else{ var theCanvas ...Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
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