I am having problems when drawing a circle. How do I clear it?
I also still want to maintain the transparent background as much as possible as I am planning on making particles rain down. I also would want to not use images to lower the load on the server.
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const ParticleFactory = function(){
this.interval = 100;
this.lastOutput = Date.now();
this.particles = [];
}
ParticleFactory.prototype.tick = function(){
if (Date.now() > this.lastOutput + this.interval) {
const particle = new Particle(500, 100, 4);
this.particles.push(particle);
this.lastOutput = Date.now();
}
for (var i=0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
this.particles[i].tick();
};
}
ParticleFactory.prototype.draw = function(){
for (var i=0; i < this.particles.length; i++) {
this.particles[i].draw();
};
}
ParticleFactory.prototype.del = function(toDelete){
this.particles = this.particles.filter(item => item !== toDelete);
}
const Particle = function(x, y, r){
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
this.r = r;
}
Particle.prototype.tick = function(){
this.x -= 0.1;
}
Particle.prototype.draw = function(){
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(this.x, this.y, this.r, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
ctx.fillStyle = "rgb(0, 0, 255)";
ctx.fill();
ctx.closePath();
}
// Definitions
let particleFactory = new ParticleFactory;
function draw(){
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
particleFactory.draw();
}
function tick(){
particleFactory.tick();
draw()
window.requestAnimationFrame(tick)
}
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function() {
tick();
});
ctx.clearRect() doesn't clear the curcle that is being draws every tick by Particle.draw()
The dot moves and leaves a trail behind even when ctx.clearRect() is run before every draw.
I am trying to get my balls, in the array, to move directly down the canvas after a short period of time, one after the other to equal exactly 100 balls dropped. I included all of my code to try and show more of what i want the program to do.
Really the balls spawn and a user controls the paddle scoring points for each ball hit. Their are radio buttons that can be checked to make the balls fall faster or slower.
Im just stuck on getting the balls to move down the canvas one at a time.
var posY = 0;
var spawnRateOfDescent = 2;
var spawnRate = 500;
var lastSpawn = -1;
var balls = [100];
var startTime = Date.now();
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
function checkRadio() {
if (document.getElementById("moderate").checked == true) {
spawnRate = 250;
} else if (document.getElementById("hard").checked == true) {
spawnRate = 100;
} else if (document.getElementById("easy").checked == true) {
spawnRate = 500;
}
}
function startGame() {
var canvas = document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
baton = new batonPiece(50, 10, "28E060", 210, 250)
}
function ball() {
this.x = Math.random() * (canvas.width - 30) + 15;
this.y = 0;
this.radius = 10;
this.color = randomColor();
this.draw = function () {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(this.x, this.y, this.radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
ctx.fillStyle = randomColor();
ctx.fill();
ctx.closePath();
}
}
var balls = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
balls[i] = new ball();
balls[i].draw();
}
function batonPiece(width, height, color, x, y) {
this.width = width;
this.height = height;
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
ctx.fillStyle = color;
ctx.fillRect(this.x, this.y, this.width, this.height);
}
function randomColor() {
var letter = "0123456789ABCDEF".split("");
var color = "#";
for (var i = 0; i < 6; i = i + 1) {
color += letter[Math.round(Math.random() * 15)];
}
return color;
}
function moveLeft() {
batonPiece.x -= 1;
}
function moveRight() {
baton.x += 1;
}
function stopMove() {
baton.x = 0;
}
I'm attempting to draw the rotating line in this canvas animation with trailing opacity but it's not working. I've seen this effect with rectangles and arcs but never with a line, so I'm not sure what I need to add.
function radians(degrees) {
return degrees * (Math.PI / 180);
}
var timer = 0;
function sonar() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('sonar');
if (canvas) {
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var cx = innerWidth / 2,
cy = innerHeight / 2;
canvas.width = innerWidth;
canvas.height = innerHeight;
//ctx.clearRect(0, 0, innerWidth, innerHeight);
ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5)';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, innerWidth, innerHeight);
var radii = [cy, cy - 30, innerHeight / 3.33, innerHeight / 6.67];
for (var a = 0; a < 4; a++) {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(cx, cy, radii[a], radians(0), radians(360), false);
ctx.strokeStyle = 'limegreen';
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
}
// draw grid lines
for (var i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
var x = cx + cy * Math.cos(radians(i * 30));
var y = cy + cy * Math.sin(radians(i * 30));
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
ctx.lineCap = 'round';
ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(50, 205, 50, 0.45)';
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
}
if (timer <= 360) {
timer++;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.fillstyle = 'limegreen';
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.lineTo(cx + cy * Math.cos(radians(timer)), cy + cy * Math.sin(radians(timer)));
ctx.strokeStyle = 'limegreen';
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
} else {
timer = 0;
}
requestAnimationFrame(sonar);
}
}
sonar();
jsbin example
Here are two ways to do this: with a gradient and by adding translucent lines.
Sidenote, you should try and only redraw what you need to redraw. I separated the canvases and put one on top of the other so that we don't redraw the grid all the time.
function radians(degrees) {
return degrees * (Math.PI / 180);
}
var timer = 0;
function trail() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('trail');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, innerWidth, innerHeight);
var cx = innerWidth / 2,
cy = innerHeight / 2;
canvas.width = innerWidth;
canvas.height = innerHeight;
if (timer <= 360) {
timer++;
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.fillstyle = 'limegreen';
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.arc(cx,cy,cy,radians(timer-30),radians(timer));
ctx.lineTo(cx + cy * Math.cos(radians(timer)), cy + cy * Math.sin(radians(timer)));
var gradient = ctx.createLinearGradient(
cx+cy*Math.cos(radians(timer)), cy+cy*Math.sin(radians(timer)),
cx+cy*0.9*Math.cos(radians(timer-30)), cy+cy*0.9*Math.sin(radians(timer-30)));
gradient.addColorStop(0,'limegreen');
gradient.addColorStop(1,'transparent');
ctx.strokeStyle='transparent';
ctx.fillStyle = gradient;
ctx.fill();
ctx.beginPath();
var fade = 10;
for(var i =0;i<fade;i++)
{
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.lineTo(cx+cy*Math.cos(radians(180+timer-i*1.3)),cy+cy*Math.sin(radians(180+timer-i*1.3)));
ctx.strokeStyle ="rgba(50,205,50,0.1)";
ctx.lineWidth=5;
ctx.closePath();
ctx.stroke();
}
} else {
timer = 0;
}
requestAnimationFrame(trail);
}
function sonar() {
var canvas = document.getElementById('sonar');
if (canvas) {
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var cx = innerWidth / 2,
cy = innerHeight / 2;
canvas.width = innerWidth;
canvas.height = innerHeight;
//ctx.clearRect(0, 0, innerWidth, innerHeight);
var radii = [cy, cy - 30, innerHeight / 3.33, innerHeight / 6.67];
for (var a = 0; a < 4; a++) {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(cx, cy, radii[a], radians(0), radians(360), false);
ctx.strokeStyle = 'limegreen';
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
}
// draw grid lines
for (var i = 0; i < 12; i++) {
var x = cx + cy * Math.cos(radians(i * 30));
var y = cy + cy * Math.sin(radians(i * 30));
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(cx, cy);
ctx.lineTo(x, y);
ctx.lineCap = 'round';
ctx.strokeStyle = 'rgba(50, 205, 50, 0.45)';
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
}
}
}
sonar();
trail();
canvas{
position: absolute;
}
<canvas id=sonar></canvas>
<canvas id=trail></canvas>
The problem is that to get this effect, you need to draw a triangle with a gradient along an arc, and you can't do that in a canvas. Gradients must be linear or radial.
The other option is to have an inner loop run each time you want to draw the sweeper, and go backwards from your sweeper line, drawing with slightly less opacity each time. But lets say you want your sweep to cover 15 degrees--obviously, if you have a 100% opacity line at d and a 5% opacity line at d - 15, that doesn't do the trick. So start filling in more lines, and more lines...you will have to draw so many lines to make it seem filled your performance would probably suffer.
My suggestion--you shouldn't have to redraw that on every frame. I would just make a PNG that looks like you want it to, and then place it and just rotate it around the center on each frame. No need to redraw it all the time then. That will be much faster than drawing a bunch of lines.
Canvas stack trails.
Below is a quick demo of how to use a stack of canvases to create a trailing effect.
You have a normal on screen canvas (this FX will not effect it) and then a stack of canvases for the trail FX. Each frame you move to the next canvas in the stack, first slightly clearing it then drawing to it what you want to trail. Then you render that canvas and the one just above it to the canvas.
A point to keep in mind is that the trails can also have a hugh range of FX, like blurring (just render each frame stack on itself slightly offset each time you render to it), zoom in and out trails. Trails on top or trails under. You can change the trail distance and much more.
It is overkill but over kill is fun.
The slider above the demo controls the trail length. Also the code need babel because I dont have time to write it for ES5.
Top slider is trail amount.One under that is trail distance. Trail dist does not transition well. Sorry about that.
//==============================================================================
// helper function
function $(query,q1){
if(q1 !== undefined){
if(typeof query === "string"){
var e = document.createElement(query);
if(typeof q1 !== "string"){
for(var i in q1){
e[i] = q1[i];
}
}else{
e.id = q1;
}
return e;
}
return [...query.querySelectorAll(q1)];
}
return [...document.querySelectorAll(query)];
}
function $$(element,e1){
if(e1 !== undefined){
if(typeof element === "string"){
$(element)[0].appendChild(e1);
return e1;
}
element.appendChild(e1);
return e1;
}
document.body.appendChild(element);
return element;
}
function $E(element,types,listener){
if(typeof types === "string"){
types = types.split(",");
}
element = $(element)[0];
types.forEach(t=>{
element.addEventListener(t,listener)
});
return element;
}
function R(I){
if(I === undefined){
return Math.random();
}
return Math.floor(Math.random()*I);
}
//==============================================================================
//==============================================================================
// answer code
// canvas size
const size = 512;
const trailDist = 10; // There is this many canvases so be careful
var trailDistCurrent = 10; // distance between trails
var clearAll = false;
// create a range slider for trail fade
$$($("input",{type:"range",width : size, min:0, max:100, step:0.1, value:50, id:"trail-amount",title:"Trail amount"}));
$("#trail-amount")[0].style.width = size + "px";
$E("#trail-amount","change,mousemove",function(e){fadeAmount = Math.pow(this.value / 100,2);});
// create a range slider trail distance
$$($("input",{type:"range",width : size, min:2, max:trailDist , step:1, value:trailDist , id:"trail-dist",title:"Trail seperation"}));
$("#trail-dist")[0].style.width = size + "px";
$E("#trail-dist","change,mousemove", function(e){
if(this.value !== trailDistCurrent){
trailDistCurrent= this.value;
clearAll = true;
}
});
$$($("br","")) // put canvas under the slider
// Main canvas
var canvas;
$$(canvas = $("canvas",{width:size,height:size})); // Not jquery. Just creates a canvas
// and adds canvas to the document
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
// Trailing canvas
var trailCanvases=[];
var i =0; // create trail canvas
while(i++ < trailDist){trailCanvases.push($("canvas",{width:size,height:size}));}
var ctxT = trailCanvases.map(c=>c.getContext("2d")); // get context
var topCanvas = 0;
var fadeAmount = 0.5;
// Draw a shape
function drawShape(ctx,shape){
ctx.lineWidth = shape.width;
ctx.lineJoin = "round";
ctx.strokeStyle = shape.color;
ctx.setTransform(shape.scale,0,0,shape.scale,shape.x,shape.y);
ctx.rotate(shape.rot);
ctx.beginPath();
var i = 0;
ctx.moveTo(shape.shape[i++],shape.shape[i++]);
while(i < shape.shape.length){
ctx.lineTo(shape.shape[i++],shape.shape[i++]);
}
ctx.stroke();
}
// Create some random shapes
var shapes = (function(){
function createRandomShape(){
var s = [];
var len = Math.floor(Math.random()*5 +4)*2;
while(len--){
s[s.length] = (R() + R()) * 20 * (R() < 0.5 ? -1 : 1);
}
return s;
}
var ss = [];
var i = 10;
while(i--){
ss[ss.length] = createRandomShape();
}
ss[ss.length] = [0,0,300,0]; // create single line
return ss;
})();
// Create some random poits to move the shapes
var points = (function(){
function point(){
return {
color : "hsl("+R(360)+",100%,50%)",
shape : shapes[R(shapes.length)],
width : R(4)+1,
x : R(size),
y : R(size),
scaleMax : R()*0.2 + 1,
scale : 1,
s : 0,
rot : R()*Math.PI * 2,
dr : R()*0.2 -0.1,
dx : R()*2 - 1,
dy : R()*2 - 1,
ds : R() *0.02 + 0.01,
}
}
var line = shapes.pop();
var ss = [];
var i = 5;
while(i--){
ss[ss.length] = point();
}
var s = ss.pop();
s.color = "#0F0";
s.x = s.y = size /2;
s.dx = s.dy = s.ds = 0;
s.scaleMax = 0.5;
s.dr = 0.02;
s.shape = line;
s.width = 6;
ss.push(s);
return ss;
})();
var frameCount = 0; // used to do increamental fades for long trails
function update(){
// to fix the trail distance problem when fade is low and distance high
if(clearAll){
ctxT.forEach(c=>{
c.setTransform(1,0,0,1,0,0);
c.clearRect(0,0,size,size);
});
clearAll = false;
}
frameCount += 1;
// get the next canvas that the shapes are drawn to.
topCanvas += 1;
topCanvas %= trailDistCurrent;
var ctxTop = ctxT[topCanvas];
// clear the main canvas
ctx.setTransform(1,0,0,1,0,0); // reset transforms
// Fade the trail canvas
ctxTop.setTransform(1,0,0,1,0,0);
ctx.clearRect(0,0,size,size); // clear main canvas
// slowly blendout trailing layer
if(fadeAmount < 0.1){ // fading much less than this leaves perminant trails
// so at low levels just reduce how often the fade is done
if(((Math.floor(frameCount/trailDistCurrent)+topCanvas) % Math.ceil(1 / (fadeAmount * 10))) === 0 ){
ctxTop.globalAlpha = 0.1;
ctxTop.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-out";
ctxTop.fillRect(0,0,size,size);
}
}else{
ctxTop.globalAlpha = fadeAmount;
ctxTop.globalCompositeOperation = "destination-out";
ctxTop.fillRect(0,0,size,size);
}
ctxTop.globalCompositeOperation = "source-over";
ctxTop.globalAlpha = 1;
// draw shapes
for(var i = 0; i < points.length; i ++){
var p = points[i];
p.x += p.dx; // move the point
p.y += p.dy;
p.rot += p.dr;
p.s += p.ds;
p.dr += Math.sin(p.s) * 0.001;
p.scale = Math.sin(p.s) * p.scaleMax+1;
p.x = ((p.x % size) + size) % size;
p.y = ((p.y % size) + size) % size;
drawShape(ctxTop,p); // draw trailing layer (middle)
}
// draw the trail the most distance from the current position
ctx.drawImage(trailCanvases[(topCanvas + 1)%trailDistCurrent],0,0);
// do it all again.
requestAnimationFrame(update);
}
update();
I'm trying to set up a background in canvas and have some small circles just flow throughout the background, eventually I'll change the shapes and add more details in, but I'm just having trouble with the set up.
I know my code is janky, but are there any suggestions to the structure of the code?
var dx = 1;
var dy = 2;
var circle=new Circle(400,30,10);
var timer;
function Circle(x,y,r){
this.x=x;
this.y=y;
this.r=r;
}
function init() {
// Get the canvas element.
canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
if (canvas.getContext) {
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.fillStyle = "black";
}
timer=setInterval(draw, 10);
return timer;
}
function gradient (){
var my_gradient=ctx.createLinearGradient(0,0,1000,0);
my_gradient.addColorStop(0,"black");
my_gradient.addColorStop(1,"white");
ctx.fillStyle=my_gradient;
ctx.fillRect(0,0,1000,1000);
ctx.rect(0, 0, 1000, 1000);
stars();
}
function stars(){
for (i = 0; i <= 50; i++) {
// Get random positions for stars
var x = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000)
var y = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000)
ctx.fillStyle = "yellow";
//if (x < 30 || y < 30) ctx.fillStyle = "black";
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(x, y, 3, 0, Math.PI * 2, true);
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
}
}
function move(){
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
ctx.fillStyle = gradient.my_gradient;
ctx.fillRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
ctx.fillStyle = "#003300";
drawBall(circle);
if (circle.x +dx > canvas.width || circle.x +dx < 0)
dx=-dx;
if(circle.y+dy>bar.y && circle.x>bar.x && circle.x<bar.x+barImg.width)
dy=-dy;
if (circle.y +dy > canvas.height || circle.y +dy < 0)
dy=-dy;
circle.x += dx;
circle.y += dy;
}
I tried to code a working exemple. Here stars are popping up continuously.
HTML
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Exemple</title>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="viewport"></canvas>
<script src='test.js'></script>
</body>
</html>
JS
var doc = document;
var canvas = doc.getElementById('viewport');
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var settings = {
area : {
height : 100,
width : 100
}
};
canvas.width = settings.area.width;
canvas.height = settings.area.height;
function draw() {
for (var i = 10; i--;) {
var x = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000)
var y = Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000)
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(x, y, 3, 0, Math.PI * 2, true);
ctx.fillStyle = "yellow";
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
}
}
function gameLoop (render, element) {
var running, lastFrame = +new Date;
function loop( now ) {
// stop the loop if render returned false
if ( running !== false ) {
requestAnimationFrame( loop, element );
running = render( now - lastFrame );
lastFrame = now;
}
}
loop( lastFrame );
}
gameLoop (function (deltaT) {
draw();
}, canvas );
Here is the fiddle : https://jsfiddle.net/q4q0uLht/
----- EDIT -----
/*
Basic config
*/
var doc = document,
canvas = doc.getElementById('viewport'),
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var settings = {
canvas: {
height: 200,
width: 300
}
}
canvas.height = settings.canvas.height;
canvas.width = settings.canvas.width;
canvas.style.border = '1px #000 solid';
/*
easy gets a random number, inside a range of [0, x);
*/
function getRandomNumber(x) {
return parseInt(Math.random() * x, 10);
}
/*
Checks if the obj passed in argument is still in the canvas limits
*/
function incorrectPosition(obj) {
return obj.x < 0 || obj.y < 0 || obj.x > settings.canvas.width || obj.y > settings.canvas.height;
}
/*
stars array and Star object.
*/
var stars = [];
function Star(r) {
this.x = getRandomNumber(canvas.width);
this.y = getRandomNumber(canvas.height);
this.r = r || 10;
this.move = function(dx, dy) {
this.x += dx;
this.y += dy;
};
}
/*
This function adds new stars,
calculates new coordinates of each star,
and removes them from the stars array
when they are out of the canvas limits.
*/
function update() {
var len = stars.length;
if (len < 10) {
stars.push(new Star());
}
for (var i = len; i--;) {
var star = stars[i];
star.move(1, 2);
if (incorrectPosition(star)) {
stars.splice(i, 1);
}
}
}
/*
This function clears the canvas each turn and
draws each star which is stored inside the stores array.
*/
function draw() {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, settings.canvas.width, settings.canvas.height);
var len = stars.length;
for (var i = len; i--;) {
var star = stars[i];
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.arc(star.x, star.y, 3, 0, Math.PI * 2, true);
ctx.fillStyle = "yellow";
ctx.closePath();
ctx.fill();
}
}
// Here is the loop inside which are called functions
setInterval(loop, 33);
function loop() {
update(); // update first
draw(); // then draw
}
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Exemple</title>
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="viewport"></canvas>
<script src='test.js'></script>
</body>
</html>
I'm trying to animate a sine wave in JS but it's not acting as expected. I'm using a <canvas> element along with window.requestAnimationFrame() method but it's a CPU hog and as i change frequency with the slider it just break and show random waveforms. I also don't know if drawing adjacent lines is the best way to represent a sine wave. Please note that i'll use vanilla JS and that the sine's frequency and amplitude are variables set by sliders. Thanks in advance.
This is what i got so far: http://cssdeck.com/labs/8cq5vclp
UPDATE: i worked on it and this is the new version: http://cssdeck.com/labs/sbfynjkr
var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"),
cHeight = canvas.height,
cWidth = canvas.width,
frequency = document.querySelector("#f").value,
amplitude = 80,
x = 0,
y = cHeight / 2,
point_y = 0;
window.onload = init;
function init() {
document.querySelector("#f").addEventListener("input", function() {
frequency = this.value;
document.querySelector("#output_f").value = frequency;
}, false);
drawSine();
}
function drawSine() {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, cWidth, cHeight);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.moveTo(0, y);
ctx.strokeStyle = "red";
ctx.lineTo(cWidth, y);
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.strokeStyle = "black";
for (x = 0; x < 600; x++) {
point_y = amplitude * -Math.sin((frequency / 95.33) * x) + y;
ctx.lineTo(x, point_y);
}
ctx.stroke();
ctx.closePath();
requestAnimationFrame(drawSine);
}
canvas {
border: 1px solid red;
margin: 10px;
}
<input id="f" type="range" min="0" max="20000" value="20" step="1">
<output for="f" id="output_f">20</output>
<canvas width="600px" height="200px"></canvas>
I've messed around with sine waves quite a bit, because I'm working on a little project that involves animated sine waves. I've got some code you might be interested in taking a look at. Like mentioned earlier, you need to make sure you are using the right increment in your loop so the lines do not look jagged.
https://jsfiddle.net/uawLvymc/
window.requestAnimationFrame = window.requestAnimationFrame ||
window.mozRequestAnimationFrame ||
window.webkitRequestAnimationFrame ||
window.msRequestAnimationFrame ||
function(f) {
return setTimeout(f, 1000 / 60)
};
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var startTime = new Date().getTime();
function getPath(height) {
var width = canvas.width;
var spacing = 0.08;
var loopNum = 0;
var pointList = [];
var i = 0;
for (i = 0; i < width / 2; i++) {
pointList[loopNum] = [loopNum, Math.sin(loopNum * spacing) * (i * height) + 100];
loopNum++;
}
for (i = width / 2; i > 0; i--) {
pointList[loopNum] = [loopNum, Math.sin(loopNum * spacing) * (i * height) + 100];
loopNum++;
}
return pointList;
}
function draw() {
var currentTime = new Date().getTime();
var runTime = currentTime - startTime;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.lineWidth = 2;
ctx.strokeStyle = "rgb(80, 100, 230)";
var height = Math.sin(runTime * 0.008) * 0.2;
var pointList = getPath(height);
for (var i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
if (i === 0) {
ctx.moveTo(pointList[0][0], pointList[0][1]);
} else {
ctx.lineTo(pointList[i][0], pointList[i][1]);
}
}
ctx.stroke();
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
}
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
Sorry I didn't really edit down the code, it's just a direct copy from what I was working on. Hope it helps though.
See if this example could help you a little
Sine Wave Example canvas
function init()
{
setInterval(OnDraw, 200);
}
var time = 0;
var color = "#ff0000";
function OnDraw()
{
time = time + 0.2;
var canvas = document.getElementById("mycanvas");
var dataLine = canvas.getContext("2d");
var value = document.getElementById("lineWidth");
dataLine.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
dataLine.beginPath();
for(cnt = -1; cnt <= canvas.width; cnt++)
{
dataLine.lineTo(cnt, canvas.height * 0.5 - (Math.random() * 2 + Math.cos(time + cnt * 0.05) * 20 ));
}
dataLine.lineWidth = value.value * 0.1;
dataLine.strokeStyle = color;
dataLine.stroke();
}