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Chrome Performance Issue With Bitmap Area Sampling Effect (JavaScript)

I am writing an HTML5 game using the engine Phaser, in which I am implementing what are essentially live backgrounds, backgrounds that respond to the movements of the game objects. The first I am working with is a water ripple effect that uses area sampling on the bitmapData object. I thought I had a performance issue in my code, but it turns out that Firefox runs it like a dream. Chrome runs a little slower to begin with and slows to less than 10 FPS when my game objects go too close to the top or bottom of the screen. (I am at a loss for why that makes a difference.)
This thread suggests that Chrome has poor image processing performance and suggests to break large image data up into smaller pieces. I don't know if this is possible in my case, because this is not simply an image displaying on the screen but an effect based on pixels next to each other that refreshes each frame. Even if it is possible, I think Chrome would end up having to do the same amount of work or more to get the four individual bitmaps to interact with each other as if they were one.
I've been doing performance tests in Chrome for a few hours, and the issue is definitely that it is getting caught up on the method that actually creates the effect by reading pixels from a source imageData and writing them to another location in a target imageData (the ws.displace(x,y) method below).
function waterStage(canvas) {
var ws = new Object();
ws.dampFactor = 16;
ws.magFactor = 150;
ws.dispFactor = 0.5;
ws.lumFactor = 1;
ws.width = canvas.width;
ws.height = canvas.height;
// Initialize height data caches
ws.pMaps = [];
var map1 = new Array(ws.width+2);
var map2 = new Array(ws.width+2);
for (x=0; x < map1.length; x++) {
map1[x] = new Array(ws.height+2);
map2[x] = new Array(ws.height+2);
}
for (x=0; x < map1.length; x++) {
for (y=0; y < map1[x].length; y++) {
map1[x][y] = 0;
map2[x][y] = 0;
}
}
ws.pMaps.push(map1, map2);
ws.stageInit = function(canvas) {
canvas.fill(100,100,100);
canvas.ctx.strokeStyle = "#000000";
canvas.ctx.lineWidth = 2;
canvas.ctx.moveTo(0,0);
for (y=0; y < ws.height; y+=10) {
canvas.ctx.beginPath();
canvas.ctx.moveTo(0,y);
canvas.ctx.lineTo(ws.width,y);
canvas.ctx.closePath();
canvas.ctx.stroke();
}
ws.sourceData = canvas.ctx.getImageData(0, 0, ws.width, ws.height);
ws.targetData = canvas.ctx.getImageData(0, 0, ws.width, ws.height);
}
ws.setWave = function(pnt) {
ws.pMaps[0][pnt.x-1][pnt.y-1] = ws.magFactor//*pnt.magnitude;
}
ws.resolveWaves = function(x,y) {
// Calculate the net result of the wave heights
ws.pMaps[1][x][y] = ((ws.pMaps[0][x-1][y]+ws.pMaps[0][x+1][y]+ws.pMaps[0][x][y-1]+ws.pMaps[0][x][y+1]) / 2)
-ws.pMaps[1][x][y];
ws.pMaps[1][x][y] -= (ws.pMaps[1][x][y]/ws.dampFactor);
}
ws.displace = function(x,y) {
var displace = Math.floor(ws.pMaps[1][x][y]*ws.dispFactor);
var xCorrect = x-1, yCorrect = y-1;
var targetIndex = (xCorrect + yCorrect * ws.width)*4;
if (displace == 0) {
ws.targetData.data[targetIndex] = ws.sourceData.data[targetIndex];
ws.targetData.data[targetIndex+1] = ws.sourceData.data[targetIndex+1];
ws.targetData.data[targetIndex+2] = ws.sourceData.data[targetIndex+2];
}
else {
if (displace < 0) {
displace += 1;
}
var sourceX = displace+xCorrect;
var sourceY = displace+yCorrect;
var sourceIndex = (sourceX + sourceY * ws.width)*4;
//var lum = ws.pMaps[1][x][y]*ws.lumFactor;
ws.targetData.data[targetIndex] = ws.sourceData.data[sourceIndex];//+lum;
ws.targetData.data[targetIndex+1] = ws.sourceData.data[sourceIndex+1];//+lum;
ws.targetData.data[targetIndex+2] = ws.sourceData.data[sourceIndex+2];//+lum;
}
}
ws.stageRefresh = function(moves, canvas) {
canvas.clear();
for (j=0; j < moves.length; j++) {
ws.setWave(moves[j]);
}
for (x=1; x <= ws.width; x++) {
if (ws.pMaps[1][x][0] != 0 || ws.pMaps[0][x][0] != 0) {
alert("TOP ROW ANOMALY");
}
for (y=1; y <= ws.height; y++) {
ws.resolveWaves(x,y);
ws.displace(x,y);
}
}
ws.pMaps.sort(function(a,b) { return 1 });
//ws.pMaps[0] = ws.pMaps[1];
//ws.pMaps[1] = temp;
canvas.ctx.putImageData(ws.targetData, 0, 0);
}
return ws;
}
canvas is the bitmapData that is given as the texture for the background (not an HTML5 canvas; sorry if that's confusing). ws.stageRefresh(moves,canvas) is called on every frame update.
Before I try to make the split-into-four-bitmaps solution work, does anyone have any guidance for other ways to improve the performance of this effect on Chrome?

Randomly positioning an absolute element in a div using java script

Hello I am new to javascript so I apologize if this is silly however, I am creating a generator that displays a .png for each letter of the alphabet. The goal is to overlap and display multiple images inside of a div, with random positions. So far I am able to display images for each letter on top of one another by creating a random z-index, however I can not figure out how to alter the positioning to random for each picture.
I attempted to create a Math.floor random variable called randomThingTwo to alter the top positioning of the images, but this did not work.
Please help!
here is my current code:
var x,y,splitted;
function generate() {
x = document.getElementById("form1");
y = x.elements["message"].value;
var text = [y];
var joined = text.join();
var res = joined.toLowerCase();
var regexp = /[A-z]/g;
splitted = res.match(regexp);
var words = [];
judge();
}
var counter = -1;
function judge() {
if (counter < y.length) {
counter++;
art();
}
}
function art() {
img = new Image(splitted[counter] + '.png');
var picture = document.getElementById("pic");
var img = document.createElement('img');
var randomThing = Math.floor((Math.random() * 10) + 1);
console.log(randomThing);
// var randomThingTwo = Math.floor((Math.random() * 20) + 1);
img.setAttribute("src", splitted[counter]+".png");
img.style.zIndex= randomThing;
img.style.position= "absolute";
// img.style.position.marginTop = randomThingTwo;
img.setAttribute("width", "304");
img.setAttribute("width", "328");
picture = document.getElementById("pic").appendChild(img);
setTimeout(function () {
judge();
}, 100);
}

When setting properties that way, you need to include 'px' afterward, otherwise it doesn't know what units to use with the number you're passing. Try changing the second line to img.style.marginTop = randomThingTwo + 'px';

Keeping a portion of an image always visible on the canvas

I want to make sure that my instance of fabric.Image is always visible.
It doesn't need to be 100% visible, but a portion of it should always be seen. I've seen a few other questions that are similar and I've based my solution on them, but I haven't found anything that completely solves the problem.
My current solution works when no rotation (angles) have been applied to the image. If the angle is at 0 then this solution is perfect, but once the angle start changing I'm having problems.
this.canvas.on('object:moving', function (e) {
var obj = e.target;
obj.setCoords();
var boundingRect = obj.getBoundingRect();
var max_pad_left_over_width = 50;//obj.currentWidth * .08;
var max_pad_left_over_height = 50;//obj.currentHeight * .08;
var max_top_pos = -(obj.currentHeight - max_pad_left_over_height);
var max_bottom_pos = obj.canvas.height - max_pad_left_over_height;
var max_left_pos = -(obj.currentWidth - max_pad_left_over_width);
var max_right_pos = obj.canvas.width - max_pad_left_over_width;
if(boundingRect.top < max_top_pos) {
obj.setTop(max_top_pos);
}
if(boundingRect.left < max_left_pos){
obj.setLeft(max_left_pos);
}
if(boundingRect.top > max_bottom_pos) {
obj.setTop(max_bottom_pos);
}
if(boundingRect.left > max_right_pos) {
obj.setLeft(max_right_pos);
}
});
I've created an example: https://jsfiddle.net/krio/wg0aL8ef/24/
Notice how when no rotation (angle) is applied you cannot force the image to leave the visible canvas. Now, add some rotation to the image and move it around. How can I get the rotated image to also always stay within view? Thanks.

Fabric.js provides with two object properties isContainedWithinRect and intersectsWithRect which we can use to solve the problem.
An object should not be allowed to go outside the canvas boundaries. This can be achieved if we somehow manage to make sure that the object is either inside the canvas, or at least intersects with the canvas boundaries.
For this case, since you want some portion of the image inside the canvas, we will take a rect smaller than the canvas instead of canvas boundaries to be the containing rect of the image.
Using the properties mentioned to make sure that the above two conditions are satisfied after any movement. Here's how the code looks like:
var canvas = new fabric.Canvas('c');
var imgElement = document.getElementById('my-img');
var imgInstance = new fabric.Image(imgElement, {
top: 0,
left: 0
});
imgInstance.setScaleX(0.6);
imgInstance.setScaleY(0.6);
canvas.add(imgInstance);
var prevLeft = 0,
prevTop = 0;
var max_pad_left_over_width = imgInstance.currentWidth * .08;
var max_pad_left_over_height = imgInstance.currentHeight * .08;
var max_top_pos = max_pad_left_over_height;
var max_bottom_pos = imgInstance.canvas.height - max_pad_left_over_height;
var max_left_pos = max_pad_left_over_width;
var max_right_pos = imgInstance.canvas.width - max_pad_left_over_width;
var pointTL = new fabric.Point(max_left_pos, max_top_pos);
var pointBR = new fabric.Point(max_right_pos, max_bottom_pos);
canvas.on('object:moving', function(e) {
var obj = e.target;
obj.setCoords();
if (!obj.intersectsWithRect(pointTL, pointBR) && !obj.isContainedWithinRect(pointTL, pointBR)) {
obj.setTop(prevTop);
obj.setLeft(prevLeft);
}
prevLeft = obj.left;
prevTop = obj.top;
});
Here's the link to the fiddle: https://jsfiddle.net/1ghvjxbk/ and documentation where these properties are mentioned.

HTML 5 Canvas Image Rendering

First time poster here but definitely not a first time reader.
My question is aimed directly at this portion of code I have. I am currently learning how HTML 5 canvases work and am designing my own RPG style game for a University project. After looking around I found some good tutorials on this guys blog, I have followed his code and triple checked it but images are now showing up.
I tried putting an alert() before and after when the image is called to the canvas under drawMap(). It works before the image is drawn but not after, leading me to believe it is something to do with my image rendering. Can someone double check my code and see what is going on? It's driving me insane!
<canvas id="game-viewport" width="760" height="440"></canvas>
<script>
window.onload = init;
var map = Array([0,0],[0,0],[0,0],[0,0]);
var tileSize = 40;
tileTypes = Array("grass.png");
tileImage = new Array();
var loaded = 0;
var loadTimer;
function loadImage(){
for(i = 0; i < tileTypes.length; i++){
tileImage[i] = new Image();
tileImage[i].src = "./game/lib/icons/own_icons/" + tileTypes[i];
tileImage[i].onload = function(){
loaded++;
}
}
}
function loadAll(){
if(loaded == tileTypes.length){
clearInterval(loadTimer);
drawMap();
}
}
function drawMap(){
var mapX = 80;
var mapY = 10;
for(i = 0; i < map.length; i++){
for(j = 0; j < map[i].length; j++){
var drawTile = map[i][j];
var xPos = (i - j) * tileSize;
var yPos = (i + j) * tileSize;
ctx.drawImage(tileImage[drawTile], xPos, yPos);
}
}
}
function init(){
var canvas = document.getElementById('game-viewport')
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
loadImage();
loadTimer = setInterval(loadAll, 100);
}
</script>

The only problem is that ctx is not defined in your drawMap function.
Either pass ctx in to the function as an argument or make it a global variable.
I was lazy and did the second, but you should really do the first. Working code:
http://jsfiddle.net/YUddC/
You really should have the Chrome debugger (or whatever browser you use) on 100% of the time you're developing.. If you did, you'd see an error saying that ctx is not defined in drawMap. If you're using Chrome and press F12 to open developer tools and go to the scripts tab, you'd see this:
Which makes the problem pretty clear!

How to draw a simple 2D grid (non interactive) in PaperJS?

I have an interactive application mockup made with PaperJS but it still lacks a small feature. I need to draw a 2D grid (you know... that uniform mesh of lines that repeat endlessly over a surface), it will be used as guides for user interactions when dragging things over the screen (but the grid itself can be completely static).
I just don't know how to implement it in PaperJS. It can't be just a background image since it will be presented in different scales, also I wanted it to be rendered very fast since it will always be visible.
The type of grid I would like to draw is a 2D mesh centered grid, like in the example (a) of this picture:
Any enlightenment is welcome.

If all you want is lines:
var drawGridLines = function(num_rectangles_wide, num_rectangles_tall, boundingRect) {
var width_per_rectangle = boundingRect.width / num_rectangles_wide;
var height_per_rectangle = boundingRect.height / num_rectangles_tall;
for (var i = 0; i <= num_rectangles_wide; i++) {
var xPos = boundingRect.left + i * width_per_rectangle;
var topPoint = new paper.Point(xPos, boundingRect.top);
var bottomPoint = new paper.Point(xPos, boundingRect.bottom);
var aLine = new paper.Path.Line(topPoint, bottomPoint);
aLine.strokeColor = 'black';
}
for (var i = 0; i <= num_rectangles_tall; i++) {
var yPos = boundingRect.top + i * height_per_rectangle;
var leftPoint = new paper.Point(boundingRect.left, yPos);
var rightPoint = new paper.Point(boundingRect.right, yPos);
var aLine = new paper.Path.Line(leftPoint, rightPoint);
aLine.strokeColor = 'black';
}
}
drawGridLines(4, 4, paper.view.bounds);
If you want each rectangle to be a separate Path to hitTest for the individual rectangles:
var drawGridRects = function(num_rectangles_wide, num_rectangles_tall, boundingRect) {
var width_per_rectangle = boundingRect.width / num_rectangles_wide;
var height_per_rectangle = boundingRect.height / num_rectangles_tall;
for (var i = 0; i < num_rectangles_wide; i++) {
for (var j = 0; j < num_rectangles_tall; j++) {
var aRect = new paper.Path.Rectangle(boundingRect.left + i * width_per_rectangle, boundingRect.top + j * height_per_rectangle, width_per_rectangle, height_per_rectangle);
aRect.strokeColor = 'white';
aRect.fillColor = 'black';
}
}
}
drawGridRects(4, 4, paper.view.bounds);