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>
Related
I want to fill a Canvas with an Image and scale it to a certain width beforehand.
I am trying to achieve an effect where an image in the foreground of the canvas can be erased with the mouse to view an image in the background. This is why I need to use a pattern to fill my canvas instead of just using drawImage(). Everything works apart from the scaling of the foreground image. Here is my code for generating the pattern:
var blueprint_background = new Image();
blueprint_background.src = "myfunurl";
blueprint_background.width = window.innerWidth;
blueprint_background.onload = function(){
var pattern = context.createPattern(this, "no-repeat");
context.fillStyle = pattern;
context.fillRect(0, 0, window.innerWidth, 768);
context.fill();
};
This does exactly what it should do, except that the image keeps its original size.
As you see, I want the image to scale to window.innerWidth (which has the value 1920 when logging it).
If needed, I can provide the rest of the code, but since the error is most likely in this snippet, I decided not to post the rest.
EDIT: Here is my full code with the suggested changes. The front ground image now displays over the full width, however the erasing does not work anymore.
JavaScript (Note that I use jQuery instead of $):
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
var cwidth = window.innerWidth;
var cheight = 768;
function createCanvas(parent, width, height) {
var canvas = {};
canvas.node = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.context = canvas.node.getContext('2d');
canvas.node.width = width || 100;
canvas.node.height = height || 100;
parent.appendChild(canvas.node);
return canvas;
}
function init(canvas, fillColor) {
var ctx = canvas.context;
canvas.isDrawing = true;
jQuery('#canvas').children().css('position:absolute; top: ' + jQuery('#Top_bar').height() + 'px');
// define a custom fillCircle method
ctx.fillCircle = function(x, y, radius, fillColor) {
this.fillStyle = fillColor;
this.beginPath();
this.moveTo(x, y);
this.arc(x, y, radius, 0, Math.PI * 2, false);
this.fill();
};
// bind mouse events
canvas.onmousemove = function(e) {
if (!canvas.isDrawing) {
return;
}
var x = e.pageX - this.offsetLeft;
var y = e.pageY - jQuery('#Top_bar').outerHeight();
var radius = 30;
var fillColor = '#ff0000';
ctx.globalCompositeOperation = 'destination-out';
ctx.fillCircle(x, y, radius, fillColor);
};
}
var container = document.getElementById('canvas');
jQuery('#canvas').css('position:absolute; top: ' + jQuery('#Top_bar').height() + 'px');
var canvas = createCanvas(container, cwidth, cheight);
init(canvas, '#ddd');
var fgimg = document.getElementById("fgimg");
fgimg.width = cwidth;
var context = canvas.node.getContext("2d");
let canvasP = document.getElementById("pattern");
canvasP.width = window.innerWidth;
canvasP.height = 768;
let ctxP = canvasP.getContext("2d");
ctxP.drawImage( fgimg, 0, 0,window.innerWidth,768 );
context.fillStyle = context.createPattern(canvasP,"no-repeat");
context.fillRect(0,0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
});
CSS:
#canvas {
background:url(http://ulmke-web.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Header-6.jpg);
background-repeat: no-repeat;
background-size: cover;
background-position: center center;
width: 100%;
height: 768px;
}
HTML:
<div id="canvas">
<canvas id="pattern">
</div>
<div style="display:none">
<img id="fgimg" src=" http://ulmke-web.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Header-5.jpg">
</div>
I would use two canvases. On the first one you draw your image and you use this canvas as an image to create the pattern. In order to scale the image you scale the size of the first canvas #pattern in my example.
For example you can do this for a 10/10 image:
canvasP.width = 10;
canvasP.height = 10;
ctxP.drawImage( redpoint, 2.5, 2.5 );
or you can do this for a 20/20 image:
canvasP.width = 20;
canvasP.height = 20;
ctxP.drawImage( redpoint, 5, 5,10,10 );
Furthermore, in my example I'm adding a little margin around the image.
let canvasP = document.getElementById("pattern");
if (canvasP && canvasP.getContext) {
let ctxP = canvasP.getContext("2d");
/*canvasP.width = 10;
canvasP.height = 10;
ctxP.drawImage( redpoint, 2.5, 2.5 ); */
canvasP.width = 20;
canvasP.height = 20;
ctxP.drawImage( redpoint, 5, 5,10,10 );
}
let canvas1 = document.getElementById("canvas");
if (canvas1 && canvas1.getContext) {
let ctx1 = canvas1.getContext("2d");
if (ctx1) {
ctx1.fillStyle = ctx1.createPattern(canvasP,"repeat");
ctx1.fillRect(0,0, canvas1.width, canvas1.height);
}
}
canvas{border:1px solid}
<img id="redpoint" src="data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUA AAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO 9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==">
<canvas id="pattern"></canvas>
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
I hope it helps.
I'm using a simple clearInterval draw animation to animate a spritesheet. I have two animations and have set the canvas size the same for both. I have checked the width of the spritesheet to make sure it's correct. For some reason the animation executes but my character slides left and part of the next frame becomes visible before starting the animation over. I've checked over and over for bugs. Hopefully just missed something easy. Here is my code. Spritesheet with issue is posted in a link at the bottom of post. Thank you so much.
// QUIZGAME ANIMATION
var canvasWidth = 200;
var canvasHeight = 250;
var canvas2Height = 250;
var canvas2Width = 200;
var canvas1 = document.getElementById("canvas1");
var canvas2 = document.getElementById("canvas2");
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function(event) {
canvas1.width = canvasWidth;
canvas1.height = canvasHeight;
canvas2.height = canvas2Height;
canvas2.width = canvas2Width;
});
var spriteWidth = 605;
var spriteHeight = 200;
var sprite2Width = 1632;
var sprite2Height = 200;
var columns = 3;
var rows = 1;
var columns2 = 11;
var rows2 = 1;
var width = spriteWidth / columns;
var height = spriteHeight / rows;
var height2 = sprite2Height / rows2;
var width2 = sprite2Width / columns2;
var curFrame = 0;
var curFrame2 = 0;
var frameCount = 3;
var frameCount2 = 11;
var x = 0;
var y = 0;
var x2 = 0;
var y2 = 0;
var frameX = 0;
var frameY = 0;
var frameX2 = 0;
var frameY2 = 0;
var ctx = canvas1.getContext("2d");
var ctx2 = canvas2.getContext("2d");
var character = new Image();
var character2 = new Image();
character.src = "img/testanimation.png";
character2.src = "https://i.stack.imgur.com/7uRCO.png";
function changeFrameIndex() {
curFrame = ++curFrame % frameCount;
frameX = curFrame * width;
ctx.clearRect(x, y, width, height);
}
function changeFrame2Index() {
curFrame2 = ++curFrame2 % frameCount2;
frameX2 = curFrame2 * width2;
ctx2.clearRect(x2, y2, width2, height2);
}
function draw() {
//Updating the frame
changeFrameIndex();
//Drawing the image
ctx.drawImage(character, frameX, frameY, width, height, x, y, width, height);
}
function draw2() {
changeFrame2Index();
ctx2.drawImage(character2, frameX2, frameY2, width2, height2, x2, y2, width2, height2);
}
//setInterval(draw, 140); // disabled by editor because source is unavailable
setInterval(draw2, 100);
<canvas id="canvas1"></canvas>
<canvas id="canvas2"></canvas>
spritesheet with issue
I have partially resolved the issue but I'm still a little confused. I cropped some empty space off the end of the spritesheet (making sprite2Width = 1604 instead of the original 1632) which helped, reducing the motion to next to none, but for some reason I still have to clarify a width that is 4-6 px shorter than the actual png. The animation is working now after cropping spritesheet width at 1604px and setting the sprite2Width = 1598; (as opposed to 1604). Anyone have any idea why there is a 6 px difference here? CSS related maybe? Atleast it is working.
The first thing you should do when troubleshooting something like that is simplify your code...
Take it to the bare basic, then start playing with the variables that build each frame, yes like you find out there is a 6px padding on each sprite, you can compensate that on code see the calculation of the width.
var character = new Image();
character.src = "https://i.stack.imgur.com/7uRCO.png";
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
var spriteWidth = 1632;
var columns = 11;
var width = (spriteWidth / columns) - 3;
var curFrame = 0;
function draw() {
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 900, 900);
curFrame = ++curFrame % columns;
ctx.drawImage(character, curFrame * width, 0, width, 200, 0, 0, width, 200);
}
setInterval(draw, 100);
<canvas id="canvas" height=175></canvas>
...and for the record that sprite is not the best looking one
Here I'm trying to draw squares with the same opacity, side by side.
Even though each squares x position is exactly the width of a square apart, they look as though there are more semi transparent squares being drawn on top of them. The first square having the higher opacity level, and less so on the last one, which creates this gradient of squares effect.
I have console logged out the number of squares being rendered and it is as expected. So I dont believe there are extra squares being rendered on top of them.
I'v also checked the x positions to see if there is any overlap, which there isn't. So what could be causing the squares to have different transparencies?
const windowWidth = window.innerWidth;
const windowHeight = window.innerHeight;
const canvas = document.getElementById("app-canvas");
canvas.width = windowWidth;
canvas.height = windowHeight;
canvas.style.position = "absolute";
canvas.style.backgroundColor = "grey";
canvas.style.zIndex = 1;
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
class Scene {
constructor() {
this.orbs = [];
this.squares = [];
this.context = canvas.getContext("2d");
}
addOrb(orb) {
this.orbs.push(orb);
}
addSquare(square) {
this.squares.push(square);
}
render() {
this.context.clearRect(0, 0, windowWidth, windowHeight);
this.squares.forEach(square => {
square.draw(this.context);
});
}
}
class Square {
constructor(options) {
this.options = options;
}
draw(ctx) {
let x = this.options.x;
let y = this.options.y;
let width = this.options.width;
let height = this.options.height;
ctx.moveTo(x,y);
ctx.rect(x, y, width, height);
ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(255,255,255,.1)";
ctx.fill();
}
};
let squares = [];
let squareWidth = 200;
let squareHeight = 200;
let x = 0;
let y = 0;
for (let i = 0; i < windowWidth; i+=squareWidth) {
x += squareWidth;
let square = new Square({
x, y: 0, width: squareWidth, height: squareHeight
});
console.log(square)
squares.push(square);
}
console.log(squares.length);
let scene = new Scene();
squares.forEach(square => scene.addSquare(square));
scene.render();
You need a call to ctx.beginPath() before every rectangle. Otherwise, the calls to .rect() are just adding to the path, and fill() fills the whole thing.
draw(ctx) {
let x = this.options.x;
let y = this.options.y;
let width = this.options.width;
let height = this.options.height;
ctx.beginPath(); // <========= this
ctx.moveTo(x,y);
ctx.rect(x, y, width, height);
ctx.fillStyle = "rgba(255,255,255,.1)";
ctx.fill();
}
You might also consider just using .fillRect().
I'm trying to use the clip() function in canvas to create this effect, as pictured: there is a background image, and when your mouse hover on it, part of the image is shown. I got it to work as a circle, but I want this gradient effect you see the picture. How do I achieve that?
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./assets/stylesheet/normalize.css">
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="./assets/stylesheet/style.css">
</head>
<body>
<canvas id="canvas" width="2000" height="1200"></canvas>
<script>
var can = document.getElementById('canvas');
var ctx = can.getContext('2d');
can.addEventListener('mousemove', function(e) {
var mouse = getMouse(e, can);
redraw(mouse);
}, false);
function redraw(mouse) {
console.log('a');
can.width = can.width;
ctx.canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
ctx.canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.rect(0,0,2000,1200);
ctx.arc(mouse.x, mouse.y, 200, 0, Math.PI*2, true)
ctx.clip();
ctx.fillRect(0,0,2000,1200);
}
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function() {
redraw({x: 0, y: 0})
}
img.src = 'http://placekitten.com/2000/1000';
function getMouse(e, canvas) {
var element = canvas,
offsetX = 0,
offsetY = 0,
mx, my;
// Compute the total offset. It's possible to cache this if you want
if (element.offsetParent !== undefined) {
do {
offsetX += element.offsetLeft;
offsetY += element.offsetTop;
} while ((element = element.offsetParent));
}
mx = e.pageX - offsetX;
my = e.pageY - offsetY;
return {
x: mx,
y: my
};
}
</script>
USING a RADIAL gradient
There are many ways to do that but the simplest is a gradient with an alpha.
First you need to define the size of the circle you wish to show.
var cirRadius = 300;
Then the location (canvas coordinates) where this circle will be centered
var posX = 100;
var posY = 100;
Now define the rgb colour
var RGB = [0,0,0] ; // black
Then an array of alpha values to define what is transparent
var alphas = [0,0,0.2,0.5,1]; // zero is transparent;
Now all you do is render the background image
// assume ctx is context and image is loaded
ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0, ctx.canvas.width, ctx.canvas.height); // fill the canvas
Then create the gradient with it centered at the position you want and the second circle at the radius you want. The first 3 numbers define the center and radius of the start of the gradient, the last 3 define the center and radius of the end
var grad = ctx.createRadialGradient(posX,posY,0,posX,posY,cirRadius);
Now add the colour stops using the CSS color string rgba(255,255,255,1) where the last is the alpha value from 0 to 1.
var len = alphas.length-1;
alphas.forEach((a,i) => {
grad.addColorStop(i/len,`rgba(${RGB[0]},${RGB[1]},${RGB[2]},${a})`);
});
or for legacy browsers that do not support arrow functions or template strings
var i,len = alphas.length;
for(i = 0; i < len; i++){
grad.addColorStop(i / (len - 1), "rgba(" + RGB[0] + "," + RGB[1] + "," + RGB[2] + "," + alphas[i] + ")");
}
Then set the fill style to the gradient
ctx.fillStyle = grad;
then just fill a rectangle covering the image
ctx.fillRect(0,0,ctx.canvas.width,ctx.canvas.height);
And you are done.
By setting the position with via a mouse event and then doing the above steps 60times a second using window.requestAnimationFrame you can get the effect you are looking for in real time.
Here is an example
// create a full screen canvas
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.style.position = "absolute";
canvas.style.left = "0px";
canvas.style.top = "0px";
canvas.style.zIndex = 10;
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
document.body.appendChild(canvas);
// var to hold context
var ctx;
// load an image
var image = new Image();
image.src = "https://i.stack.imgur.com/C7qq2.png?s=328&g=1";
// add resize event
var resize = function(){
canvas.width = window.innerWidth;
canvas.height = window.innerHeight;
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
}
// add mouse event. Because it is full screen no need to bother with offsets
var mouse = function(event){
posX = event.clientX;
posY = event.clientY;
}
// incase the canvas size is changed
window.addEventListener("resize",resize);
// listen to the mouse move
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove",mouse)
// Call resize as that gets our context
resize();
// define the gradient
var cirRadius = 300;
var posX = 100; // this will be set by the mouse
var posY = 100;
var RGB = [0,0,0] ; // black any values from 0 to 255
var alphas = [0,0,0.2,0.5,0.9,0.95,1]; // zero is transparent one is not
// the update function
var update = function(){
if(ctx){ // make sure all is in order..
if(image.complete){ // draw the image when it is ready
ctx.drawImage(image,0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height)
}else{ // while waiting for image clear the canvas
ctx.clearRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
}
// create gradient
var grad = ctx.createRadialGradient(posX,posY,0,posX,posY,cirRadius);
// add colour stops
var len = alphas.length-1;
alphas.forEach((a,i) => {
grad.addColorStop(i/len,`rgba(${RGB[0]},${RGB[1]},${RGB[2]},${a})`);
});
// set fill style to gradient
ctx.fillStyle = grad;
// render that gradient
ctx.fillRect(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);
}
requestAnimationFrame(update); // keep doing it till cows come home.
}
// start it all happening;
requestAnimationFrame(update);
I am using a jQuery carousel to display 38 different magnifications/positions of a large SVG image. I would ideally like to use some sort of loop to go through all the different sizes, draw to an individual canvas and place one in each of the li's in my carousel. Can anyone help me achieve this. Here's what I tried:
function drawSlides() {
for (var i = 1; i <= 38; i++) {
var currentCanvas = 'myCanvas_' + slideNumber;
// initialise canvas element
var canvas_i = document.getElementById('' + currentCanvas + '');
var context = canvas_i.getContext('2d');
// position of SVG – these measurements are subject to change!
var destX_i = -6940;
var destY_i = -29240;
var destWidth_i = 9373;
var destHeight_i = 30000;
context.drawImage('/path/image.svg',
destX_i, destY_i, destWidth_i, destHeight_i);
// white rectangle background – these are constant
var topLeftCornerX_i = 453;
var topLeftCornerY_i = -10;
var width_i = 370;
var height_i = 480;
context.beginPath();
context.rect(topLeftCornerX_i, topLeftCornerY_i, width_i, height_i);
context.fillStyle = "rgba(255, 255, 255, 1)";
context.fill();
// orange vertical line – these elements are constant
context.moveTo(453, 0);
context.lineTo(453, 460);
context.lineWidth = 2;
context.strokeStyle = "#f5d7cb";
context.stroke();
//orange ball – these are constant
var centerX_ball_i = 453;
var centerY_ball_i = 323;
var radius = 99;
context.beginPath();
context.arc(centerX_ball_i, centerY_ball_i, radius, 0, 2 * Math.PI, false);
var grd_ball_i = context.createLinearGradient(224, 354, 422, 552);
grd_ball_i.addColorStop(0, "#f5d7cb"); // light orange
grd_ball_i.addColorStop(1, "#ff4900"); // dark orange
context.fillStyle = grd_ball_i;
context.fill();
}
};
drawSlides();
This should get you moving:
var numCarouselItems = 38;
var myUL = document.getElementById('carousel');
var items = myUL.childNodes;
var img = new Image;
img.onload = function(){
for (var i=0;i<numCarouselItems;++i){
// Find the nth li, or create it
var li = items[i] || myUL.appendChild(document.createElement('li'));
// Find the nth canvas, or create it
var canvas = li.getElementsByTagName('canvas')[0] ||
li.appendChild(document.createElement('canvas'));
canvas.width = 1; // Erase the canvas, in case it existed
canvas.width = 320; // Set the width and height as desired
canvas.height = 240;
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
// Use your actual calculations for the SVG size/position here
ctx.drawImage( img, 0, 0 );
}
}
// Be sure to set your image source after your load handler is in place
img.src = "foo.svg";