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How to draw a photo then a shape on top of the photo using a canvas in Ionic?

There are numerous examples out there showing how to draw things onto a canvas, however, my problem is slightly different - I want to load a photo into memory, draw a shape onto exact coordinates over the photo, THEN draw/scale the photo onto a canvas. Not sure where to start with this. Are there any relevant libraries out there I can use with ionic that will allow you to do this?
Edit 1 ~ I now have this mostly working:
private properties:
#ViewChild('mainCanvas') canvasEl: ElementRef;
private _CANVAS: any;
private _CONTEXT: any;
ionViewDidEnter():
this._CANVAS = this.canvasEl.nativeElement;
this._CONTEXT = this._CANVAS.getContext('2d');
updateCanvas():
var img = new Image();
const ctx = this._CONTEXT;
const canvas = this._CANVAS;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, this._CANVAS.width, this._CANVAS.height);
ctx.fillStyle = "#ff0000";
img.onload = (() => {
img.width = img.width;
img.height = img.height;
canvas.width = img.width;
canvas.height = img.height;
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
ctx.lineWidth = 8;
ctx.strokeStyle = "#FF0000";
ctx.strokeRect(100, 100, 400, 400);
ctx.scale(0.5, 0.5); // this does nothing
});
img.src = (<any>window).Ionic.WebView.convertFileSrc(path);
This draws the photo then the rectangle onto the canvas, however, the resulting image is too large to fit onto the screen, so I need to scale the canvas after all drawing is complete. I tried this with ctx.scale but the canvas remains the same size regardless of which values I specify.

You cannot draw straight onto a photo, but what you can do is create an offscreen canvas that is the same size as the photo, draw the photo to it, and then draw your shapes on top.
The result can then be drawn to your main canvas e.g.
// Empty image for example purposes
const img = new Image(100, 100);
// Creating a canvas for example purposes
const mainCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
const mainCtx = mainCanvas.getContext('2d');
// Create an offscreen buffer
const bufferCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
const bufferCtx = bufferCanvas.getContext('2d');
// Scale the buffer canvas to match our image
bufferCanvas.width = img.width;
bufferCanvas.height = img.height;
if (bufferCtx && mainCtx) {
// Draw image to canvas
bufferCtx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
// Draw a rectangle in the center
bufferCtx.fillRect(img.width / 2 - 5, img.height / 2 - 5, 10, 10);
// Draw the buffer to the main canvas
mainCtx.drawImage(bufferCanvas, 0, 0);
}

How to Style Images in a canvas?

I'm using node-canvas and I was wonder how style an imported image in canvas similar to how you would an image in CSS.
For example, how would I crop a square image in canvas to a circle. In CSS, all you need to do is set border radius to 50%.

Well obviously you cannot use CSS in this case since CSS is applied to the DOM and not the the pixel based content of a Canvas element.
However the Canvas element has its own set of draw functions which allow to you replicate or at least approximate CSS rules.
Since you mentioned cropping an image to a circle I'll focus on this example. To achieve this effect you want to specify a clipping region before drawing the image. Every pixel outside of the clipped region will not be drawn. Effectively this will crop the image to the clipped region.
In code:
// Retrieve canvas and get context
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
// Save the context so we can undo the clipping region at a later time
context.save();
// Define the clipping region as an 360 degrees arc at point x and y
context.beginPath();
context.arc(x, y, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
// Clip!
context.clip();
// Draw the image at imageX, imageY.
context.drawImage(image, imageX, imageY);
// Restore context to undo the clipping
context.restore();
I'd advice taking a look at this page to give you an idea of what you can do with the Canvas element and the 2D rendering context.

I don't know if this would work in node, However you can do this with canvas;
The simplest way of doing it is using, as you intended, border-radius:
canvas{border-radius:50%;}
An other way of doing it is by using the ctx.clip() method.
let canvas = document.querySelector("canvas");
let ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(125,120,100,0,2*Math.PI);
// you clip the context
ctx.clip();
let img = document.querySelector("#testImg");
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 20);
<canvas width="250" height="240" >
<img id="testImg" src="theImage.jpg">
</canvas>
Yet an other way of doing it is by using ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-atop"in this way:
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
let cw = canvas.width = 400,
cx = cw / 2;
let ch = canvas.height = 400,
cy = ch / 2;
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-atop";
let img = document.querySelector("#testImg");
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.fillStyle = "#f00";
ctx.arc(cx, cx, 100, 0, 2 * Math.PI);
ctx.fill();

best practice in drawing outline of image

I've tried 3 ways to make it, but the effect doesn't looks well.
copy and fill image then make offset. The demo is
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'),
img = new Image;
img.onload = draw;
img.src = "http://i.stack.imgur.com/UFBxY.png";
function draw() {
var dArr = [-1,-1, 0,-1, 1,-1, -1,0, 1,0, -1,1, 0,1, 1,1], // offset array
s = 20, // thickness scale
i = 0, // iterator
x = 5, // final position
y = 5;
// draw images at offsets from the array scaled by s
for(; i < dArr.length; i += 2)
ctx.drawImage(img, x + dArr[i]*s, y + dArr[i+1]*s);
// fill with color
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-in";
ctx.fillStyle = "red";
ctx.fillRect(0,0,canvas.width, canvas.height);
// draw original image in normal mode
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over";
ctx.drawImage(img, x, y);
}
<canvas id=canvas width=500 height=500></canvas>
. When the outline width is large, the outline result will be wrong.
check the edge of image base on the Marching Squares algorithm. When the image shape is circle, the outline is with sawtooth. If make the outline more smoother, it won't fit the sharp shape like star.
copy and fill the image then scale it. When a image width is not equal with height, it doesn't work.

You can try with a math approach, without the offset array
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d'),
img = new Image;
img.onload = draw;
img.src = "http://i.stack.imgur.com/UFBxY.png";
function draw() {
var s = 20, // thickness scale
x = 5, // final position
y = 5;
for (i=0; i < 360; i++)
ctx.drawImage(img, x + Math.sin(i) * s, y + Math.cos(i) * s);
// fill with color
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-in";
ctx.fillStyle = "red";
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
// draw original image in normal mode
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over";
ctx.drawImage(img, x, y);
}
<canvas id=canvas width=500 height=500></canvas>
My idea comes from the way we draw a circle using a string:
https://www.wikihow.com/Draw-a-Perfect-Circle-Using-a-Pin
Imagine that instead of a pencil at the end of the string we just have a shape
Here is a visual comparison of my approach and yours, also I'm showing a third approach scaling the image, there is really not a best one, it's just a matter of personal preference.
You could create a hybrid mode, if the hairline is important to you, get that portion of the image scaling it, then use a different way for the rest of the body.

Copying between two canvas causes blur

I have two canvases. When I use drawImage() to copy from one canvas to the other, it is blurring the image slightly.
Why is this happening?
This seems like the kind of thing that occurs when theres some sub-pixel rounding. Maybe this is caused by the 45 degree 'rotation'?
Here is an example showing it occur:
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var tempCanvas = document.getElementById("tmpCanvas");
var tempCtx = tempCanvas.getContext("2d");
canvas.width = canvas.height = 200;
tempCanvas.width = canvas.width;
tempCanvas.height = canvas.height;
// translate origins
ctx.translate(canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2);
tempCtx.translate(canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2);
// Create a red square
ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(255,0,0, 0.1)";
ctx.fillRect(-50, -50, 100, 100);
var angle = 0;
// Each draw we copy the current canvas to the tmpCanvas. Then copy it back to the original canvas.
function draw() {
angle += 45;
tempCtx.save();
tempCtx.rotate(angle * Math.PI / 180);
tempCtx.drawImage(
canvas,
0, // sourceX
0, // sourceY - note that source ignores translation. It's not a canvas context, so we choose top left corner of the canvas to start copying pixels.
canvas.width, // sourceWidth
canvas.height, // sourceHeight
-0.5 * canvas.width, // destinationX
-0.5 * canvas.height, // destinationY
canvas.width, // destinationWidth
canvas.height // destinationHeight
);
tempCtx.restore();
ctx.drawImage(
tempCanvas,
0,
0,
canvas.width,
canvas.height,
-0.5 * canvas.width,
-0.5 * canvas.height,
canvas.width,
canvas.height
);
// requestAnimationFrame(draw);
}
document.addEventListener("click", draw);
canvas {
border: 1px solid blue;
}
<p>
Click to trigger a "draw".
<br/>
A draw will do this:<br/>
1. rotate the bottom canvas by 45 degrees.<br/>
2. copy the top canvas to the bottom canvas<br/>
3. copy the bottom canvas to the top canvas<br/>
</p>
<br/>
<p>
Clicking repeatedly will "blur" the squares. Why?
</p>
<br/>
</p>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
<canvas id="tmpCanvas"></canvas>

This is just antialiasing in action. When rotating twice by 45 degrees, the antialised edges fall slightly outside the original square, and these add up over time.
My goal is to make a canvas where you can draw on it, as the existing contents rotate about the origin.
You can make the drawing actions happen on the original canvas (apply the inverse rotation to the position of the mouse), and then repeatedly draw the original canvas rotated to the output canvas. Data flows in just one direction, from the original to the output, so there's no degradation.

Crop image like pie chart

I want to crop image over another image like a pie-chart to create a loading animation. I was thinking of using raphaeljs, but couldn't find any information about image cropping in pie-chart style.
Here are the sample images:
Start state:
End state:
What it should look like:

Just draw a semi-transparent filled arc on top of the image (adjust alpha value to your pleasing):
var ctx = document.querySelector("canvas").getContext("2d"),
img = new Image;
img.onload = draw;
img.src = "http://i.imgur.com/hQ5Pljv.png";
function draw(){
var cx = 157, cy = 159, r = 150,
pst = 0,
ang = Math.PI * 2 * (pst/100),
dlt = 2;
// animate the following part
(function loop() {
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.arc(cx, cy, r, 0, ang);
ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(0,0,0,0.33)"; // adjust alpha here
ctx.fill();
pst += dlt;
if (pst <= 0 || pst >= 100) dlt = -dlt;
ang = Math.PI * 2 * (pst/100);
requestAnimationFrame(loop)
})()
}
<canvas width=320 height=320></canvas>
Method two - compositing
Use two steps to clip the same arc above to use images instead:
Draw arc, this will be the composite data
Change comp. mode to source-atop - next drawing replaces the drawn arc
Draw secondary image in
Change comp. mode to destination-atop - next drawing will fill all non-pixels
Draw main image in
Demo:
var ctx = document.querySelector("canvas").getContext("2d"),
img1 = new Image, img2 = new Image, cnt=2;
img1.onload = img2.onload = loader;
img1.src = "http://i.imgur.com/hQ5Pljv.png";
img2.src = "http://i.imgur.com/k70j3qp.jpg";
function loader(){if (!--cnt) draw()};
function draw(){
var cx = 157, cy = 159, r = 150,
pst = 0, ang = Math.PI * 2 * (pst/100), dlt = 2;
// animate the following part
(function loop() {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 320, 320); // clear canvas, or set last comp mode to "copy"
// first arc
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.arc(cx, cy, r, 0, ang);
ctx.fill(); // this will be comp. basis for the next steps
// comp mode secondary image
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-atop"; // replaces filled arc
ctx.drawImage(img2, 0, 0);
// comp mode main image
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-atop"; // fills all non-pixels
ctx.drawImage(img1, 0, 0);
pst += dlt; if (pst <= 0 || pst >= 100) dlt = -dlt; ang = Math.PI * 2 * (pst/100);
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over"; // reset comp. mode
requestAnimationFrame(loop)
})()
}
<canvas width=320 height=320></canvas>

You'll want an algorithm along the lines of:
Draw image A onto canvas 1
Clear canvas 2
Draw a partial circle on canvas 2, for the current state of the spinner, filled with white
Blit image B onto canvas 2, using the multiplicative blending mode
Blit canvas 2 onto canvas 1, using standard (replace) blending
Canvas 2 should contain the second image, masked by the section you want to use. Overlaying that onto canvas 1, provided you handle transparency properly, should give the effect you want.
You can also use two SVG circles with image backgrounds and do this trivially, assuming your target browsers support SVG.