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How i can optimize this animation? Canvas. Javascript. Cursor animation

This animation (based on the answer of
Вася Воронцов) loads the computer very much. I do this animation in canvas. Animation loads proccesor very much. Here the light follows the cursor and leaves traces. Animation works correctly but proccesor loads very much.
Deleting and changing the radii of circles is done by saving their coordinates.
The effect is controlled by changing the variables radius (circle radius), period (time for which the circle disappears), color (circle color), blur (blur radius) and cursor radius (pointer circle radius).
How to optimize this animation so that it loads the computer less?
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var width = document.body.offsetWidth;
var height = document.body.offsetHeight;
var points = [],
cursor = [-10, -10];
var t = 0;
var radius = 100;
var period = 2100;
var color = "rgba(239, 91, 59, .5)";
var blur = 600;
canvas.style.width = canvas.width = width;
canvas.style.height = canvas.height = height;
context.fillStyle = color;
var filter = context.filter = "blur(" + 50 + "px)";
var dr = radius / period;
function draw() {
context.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
let i = 0;
let deleted = 0;
let dt = -t + (t = window.performance.now());
context.beginPath();
while (i++ < points.length-1) {
let p = points[i];
p[2] += dt;
let r = radius - p[2] * dr;
context.moveTo(p[0], p[1]);
if (p[2] <= period) {
context.arc(p[0], p[1], r, 0, 2*Math.PI, true);
} else deleted = i;
}
context.fill();
points.splice(0, deleted);
context.beginPath();
context.arc(cursor[0], cursor[1], 20, 0, 2*Math.PI, true);
context.filter = "none";
context.fill();
context.filter = filter;
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
}
window.onmousemove = function(event) {
let x = event.pageX;
let y = event.pageY;
let backwardX = 0;
let backwardY = 0;
backwardX += (x-backwardX) / 5
backwardY += (y-backwardY) / 5
points.push([x, y, 0]);
cursor = [x, y];
}
t = window.performance.now();
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
body {
height: 100%;
width: 100%;
position: absolute;
cursor: none;
margin: 0;
}
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
PS: Question in Russian.

It's slow because you have a lot of overdraw. Each frame, a large number of points is being drawn, and each point touches a lot of pixels.
You can achieve something that looks very similar if you realize that the canvas retains its contents between frames. So every frame, you could do something like this:
Fade the canvas towards white by drawing a nearly transparent white rectangle over it.
Draw one new blurred point, at the current cursor location.
The circle that follows the mouse can easily be achieved by overlaying a separate element on top of the canvas, for example a <div>. Use transform: translate(x, y); to move it, which is more performant than using left/top because it's a compositor-only property. Add will-change: transform; for an extra potential performance boost.

Canvas: create semi-transparent overlay over entire canvas except one window

I have a rectangular canvas with an image painted on it. As the user moves the cursor over the canvas, I'd like to make the canvas semitransparent except for a small rectangle around the cursor, which I'd like to retain the underlying image content in full opacity.
So my question in brief is how to "mute" the canvas except for a small rectangle.
My first thought was to create a semitransparent overlay over the entire canvas, then just paint the rectangular region that should be full opacity again, but this makes the background disappear while I want to retain it at 0.2 opacity:
var elem = document.querySelector('canvas');
var ctx = elem.getContext('2d');
elem.width = 400;
elem.height = 300;
ctx.fillStyle = '#ff0000';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, elem.width, elem.height);
elem.addEventListener('mousemove', function(e) {
ctx.globalAlpha = 0.2;
ctx.fillStyle = '#ffffff';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, elem.width, elem.height);
var x = e.clientX;
var y = e.clientY;
var d = 30;
ctx.fillStyle = '#ff0000';
ctx.fillRect(x-d, y-d, d*2, d*2);
})
<canvas/>
Does anyone know the most performant way to mute the background to 0.2 opacity while retaining the rectangle around the cursor at full opacity? Any pointers would be super helpful!

Here's the two canvas method:
var elemA = document.querySelector('#a');
var elemB = document.querySelector('#b');
var ctx = elemA.getContext('2d');
var bctx = elemB.getContext('2d');
elemA.width = elemB.width = 400;
elemA.height = elemB.height = 300;
ctx.fillStyle = '#ff0000';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, elemA.width, elemA.height);
elemB.addEventListener('mousemove', function(e) {
bctx.clearRect(0, 0, elemB.width, elemB.height);
var x = e.clientX;
var y = e.clientY;
var x0 = x-10;
var x1 = x+10;
var y0 = y-10;
var y1 = y+10;
// draw boxes; origin is top left
bctx.globalAlpha = 0.8;
bctx.fillStyle = '#ffffff';
bctx.fillRect(0, 0, elemA.width, y0); // top
bctx.fillRect(0, y0, x0, elemB.height+20); // left
bctx.fillRect(x0, y1, elemB.width+20, elemB.height); // bottom
bctx.fillRect(x1, y0, elemA.width, y1-y0); // right
})
* {
margin: 0;
}
#c {
position: relative;
}
#a, #b {
position: absolute;
top: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
left: 0;
}
#b {
z-index: 1;
opacity: 0.5;
}
<div id='c'>
<canvas id='a'></canvas>
<canvas id='b'></canvas>
</div>

Image following a mouse on a canvas

I want to have an image follow the mouse around the canvas, which is fairly easy, but the catch is that I want my canvas to change with screen resolution (it is set using CSS to be 70vw).
When the resolution decreases and the window becomes smaller this means that using a normal method of using clientX doesn't work.
My code so far is this:
var mouseX = e.clientX/document.documentElement.clientWidth * 1920;
var mouseY = e.clientY/document.documentElement.clientHeight * 943;
This tries to convert the users clientX into the value it would be on a 1920x1080 monitor.
However, this isn't really accurate and doesn't work very well on even 1920x1080 monitors. Any help would be appreciated.

You can't scale the canvas using CSS in the way that you think. A canvas is basically a more advanced image. Scaling the canvas via CSS just stretches the canvas the same way an image would stretch. To change the canvas height and width, you need to change it's height and width attributes in the tag or via code. This will physically change the canvas to the size that you want without scaling and/or stretching.
That being said, we can use this to watch for window size changes and resize the canvas when the window changes.
window.addEventListener('resize', e => {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth
canvas.height = window.innerHeight
})
With some basic math, we can calculate what a 70% width would be, it would be done like this
window.addEventListener('resize', e => {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth * 0.7
canvas.height = window.innerHeight
})
The next thing we need to do is get the local position of the mouse on the canvas, which can be done using mousePosition - canvasOffset like this
let x = e.clientX - canvas.offsetLeft
let y = e.clientY - canvas.offsetTop
When all is said and done, we end up with something like this (To see it in action press run then click on Full Page and you will see the canvas resize):
const canvas = document.querySelector('canvas')
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
// Set the inital height and width of the canvas
canvas.width = window.innerWidth
canvas.height = window.innerHeight
canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', e => {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
// Get the local x/y coordinates of the mouse on the canvas
let x = e.clientX - canvas.offsetLeft
let y = e.clientY - canvas.offsetTop
// Draw a dot where the mouse is
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(x, y, 10, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
ctx.fill();
})
// Update the height and width when the window size changes
window.addEventListener('resize', e => {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth
canvas.height = window.innerHeight
})
body {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
canvas {
background-color: black;
display: block;
}
<canvas></canvas>
In this example below, we use a canvas that is 70% the width and height of the screen and center it with CSS. However, we never touch the height/width with css because it will mess up the canvas' coordinate system. This part is done with JavaScript.
const canvas = document.querySelector('canvas')
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d')
// Set the inital height and width of the canvas
canvas.width = window.innerWidth * 0.7
canvas.height = window.innerHeight * 0.7
canvas.addEventListener('mousemove', e => {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height)
// Get the local x/y coordinates of the mouse on the canvas
let x = e.clientX - canvas.offsetLeft
let y = e.clientY - canvas.offsetTop
// Draw a dot where the mouse is
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(x, y, 10, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
ctx.fillStyle = 'white';
ctx.fill();
})
// Update the height and width when the window size changes
window.addEventListener('resize', e => {
canvas.width = window.innerWidth * 0.7
canvas.height = window.innerHeight * 0.7
})
body {
padding: 0;
margin: 0;
}
canvas {
background-color: black;
display: block;
position: absolute;
left: 0;
right: 0;
bottom: 0;
top: 0;
margin: auto;
}
<canvas></canvas>

I took my snippet from my answer to create a full screen canvas.
I added this for mouse movement:
let User = { x: 0, y: 0 };
//controles if the mouse is moving
window.addEventListener(
"mousemove",
e => {
User.x = e.clientX;
User.y = e.clientY;
},
false
);
Uncomment: cvs.ctx.drawImage(image, User.x, User.y); in the ShowImage() function to draw an image at the mouse x and y position.
Mind to replace the path of the image source: image.src = "Your/Path/To/Image.png";
/**
* #author RensvWalstijn. GitHub: https://github.com/RensvWalstijn
* Sets the canvas properties.
* #param {object} Cvs Give the html canvas Id.
* #param {boolean} Fullscreen Change the canvas fullscreen default false.
* #param {string} Dimension Change the canvas dimension default "2d".
* #return {object}
*/
function NewCanvas(cvs, fullscreen, dimension) {
if (!dimension) dimension = "2d";
var ctx = cvs.getContext(dimension);
if (fullscreen) {
cvs.style.position = "fixed";
cvs.style.left = cvs.x = 0;
cvs.style.top = cvs.y = 0;
} else {
var rect = cvs.getBoundingClientRect();
cvs.x = rect.left;
cvs.y = rect.top;
}
cvs.ctx = ctx;
cvs.dimension = dimension;
cvs.fullscreen = fullscreen;
return cvs;
}
/**
* #author RensvWalstijn. GitHub: https://github.com/RensvWalstijn
* Updates the canvas width and hight.
* #param {object} Cvs NewCanvas() object.
* #param {boolean} Clear Change the canvas clear default true.
*/
function UpdateCvs(cvs) {
if (cvs.fullscreen) {
//if the width is not the same resize the canvas width
if (window.innerWidth != cvs.width) {
cvs.width = window.innerWidth;
}
//if the height is not the same resize the canvas height
if (window.innerHeight != cvs.height) {
cvs.height = window.innerHeight;
}
} else {
let rect = cvs.getBoundingClientRect();
cvs.x = rect.left;
cvs.y = rect.top;
}
}
function ClearCvs(cvs) {
if (cvs.dimension == "2d")
// set fillRect to clearRect to clear all of the canvas
// fillRect is used here to show the full canvas
cvs.ctx.fillRect(0, 0, cvs.width, cvs.height);
}
/**
* #author RensvWalstijn. GitHub: https://github.com/RensvWalstijn
* get html element by id.
* #param {string} id give the html element id.
* #return {object} document.getElementById(id);
*/
function GetId(id) { return document.getElementById(id) }
// To create your canvas object.
var canvas = NewCanvas(GetId("yourCanvasId"), true);
// If you want to update your canvas size use this:
window.addEventListener("resize", function() {
UpdateCvs(canvas);
});
let User = { x: 0, y: 0 };
//controles if the mouse is moving
window.addEventListener(
"mousemove",
e => {
User.x = e.clientX;
User.y = e.clientY;
},
false
);
// Set it to current width
UpdateCvs(canvas);
ClearCvs(canvas);
// create an image
let image = new Image();
image.src = "Your/Path/To/Image.png";
function ShowImage(cvs) {
// Use this line to draw your image.
// cvs.ctx.drawImage(image, User.x, User.y);
// Shows where your image will be drawn.
cvs.ctx.clearRect(User.x, User.y, 100, 100);
}
function Update() {
ClearCvs(canvas);
ShowImage(canvas);
// keeps it looping
window.requestAnimationFrame(Update)
}
// Init the loop
Update();
<canvas id="yourCanvasId"></canvas>

Drawing multiple offscreen canvases into onscreen canvas

I am having an issue when I'm trying to render multiple offscreen canvases into onscreen canvas. I do get one offscreen canvas rendered but the problem is that there should be two other rendered before. In other words, only last canvas is rendered. The expected result would be three overlapping rectangles (or squares :) in red, green and blue. Here's the code:
function rectangle(color) {
var offScreenCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
var offScreenCtx = offScreenCanvas.getContext('2d');
var width = offScreenCanvas.width = 150;
var height = offScreenCanvas.height = 150;
switch(color) {
case 1:
offScreenCtx.fillStyle='rgb(255,0,0)';
break;
case 2:
offScreenCtx.fillStyle='rgb(0,255,0)';
break;
case 3:
offScreenCtx.fillStyle='rgb(0,0,255)';
break;
}
offScreenCtx.fillRect(0,0,width,height);
return offScreenCanvas;
}
function draw(offScreenCanvas, x , y) {
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas')
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var width = canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
var height = canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
ctx.drawImage(offScreenCanvas, x, y);
}
var images = [];
var color = 1;
for (var i=0; i<3; i++) {
var img = new rectangle(color);
images.push(img);
color++;
}
var x = 0;
var y = 0;
for (var i = 0; i < images.length; i++) {
draw(images[i], x, y);
x += 100;
y += 100;
}
I did some searching and it seems that I'm not the first with this issue, but I could not get this working properly.

Setting canvas height or width clears the canvas.
The problem with your code is that you are causing the onscreen canvas to be cleared when you set it size in the function draw
Setting the canvas size, even if that size is the same, will cause the canvas context to reset and clear the canvas. All the other canvases are rendered, but erased when you set the onscreen canvas size.
Your draw function
function draw(offScreenCanvas, x , y) {
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas')
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
// The cause of the problem ===================================
// Either one of the following lines will clear the canvas
var width = canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
var height = canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
//=============================================================
ctx.drawImage(offScreenCanvas, x, y);
}
To avoid this just set the canvas size once. If you need to resize the canvas and keep its content you first need to create a copy of the canvas, then resize it, then render the copy back to the original.
Demo shows 5 offscreen canvases being rendered onto one onscreen canvas.
const colours = ['#f00', '#ff0', '#0f0', '#0ff', '#00f'];
const ctx = can.getContext('2d');
can.width = innerWidth - 4; // sub 4 px for border
can.height = innerHeight - 4;
function createCanvas(color, i) {
const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
canvas.width = 150;
canvas.height = 150;
ctx.font = "24px arial";
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.fillRect(0, i * 30, canvas.width, 30);
ctx.fillStyle = "black";
ctx.fillText("Canvas "+i,10,(i + 0.75) * 30);
return canvas;
}
colours.forEach((c, i) => {
ctx.drawImage(createCanvas(c, i), 0, 0);
})
canvas {
border: 2px solid black;
position : absolute;
top : 0px;
left : 0px;
}
<canvas id="can"></canvas>

Increase drawing canvas?

I have this code here: http://jsfiddle.net/m1erickson/98Bgq/
And I need to Increase drawing canvas for 550px of width and 400px height, and something tells me that this line:
var arcCount = colors.length;
var arcAngle = Math.PI * 2 / arcCount;
var cx = 150;
var cy = 150;
var radius = 75;
var lineWidth = 25;
And I don't know how to do that, someone can help me?

Just get the canvas DOM element and change its width and height properties.
var canvas = document.getElementById('canvas');
canvas.width = 550;
canvas.height = 400;