weird behavior inside canvas when animating a human stripes - javascript

this is my jsfiddle : http://jsfiddle.net/yKvuK/6/
if (keydown.right) {
characterImg.src = 'http://pixenate.com/pixenate//cache/photo_e2094a30725ccd74a6d889648d34343b.jpg';
character.CurentPos++;
character.x += character.speed;
if (character.x > CanvasWidth - character.width) { // make the character keep walking even if he step outside the canvas
character.x = 0;
}
}
if (keydown.up) {
characterImg.src = "http://pixenate.com/pixenate//cache/photo_1_5ef90294cd2afeb4486dedd663cfd872.jpg";
character.y -= character.speed;
if (character.y < 0) {
character.y = 0;
}
character.CurentPos++;
}
if (keydown.down) { //going down
characterImg.src = "http://pixenate.com/pixenate//cache/photo_1_ff6712ddd80b138f1865eb4937622d1b.jpg";
character.CurentPos++;
character.y += character.speed;
if (character.y > CanvasHeight - character.height) {
character.y = CanvasHeight - character.height;
}
}
you can see the problem when trying to move the character up and down can anyone help me ?

You need to create a new version of your images, I mean make a new png file one for each. jpg does not support transparency.
(I made on for you, you can see in the url under)
When you have the files you can do like:
var characterImgL = new Image(); // Image Left to be loaded and drawn on canvas
var characterImgR = new Image(); // Image Right to be loaded and drawn on canvas
var characterImgU = new Image(); // Image Up to be loaded and drawn on canvas
var characterImgD = new Image(); // Image Down to be loaded and drawn on canvas
...
function init() {
characterImgL.src = "http://david.blob.core.windows.net/easeljstutorials/img/MonsterARun.png";
characterImgR.src = "http://s23.postimg.org/8j8gi9owb/Monster_ARun_R.png";
characterImgU.src = "http://s23.postimg.org/8j8gi9owb/Monster_ARun_R.png";
characterImgD.src = "http://s23.postimg.org/8j8gi9owb/Monster_ARun_R.png";
characterImg = characterImgL; //Start image = Left image
}
and then on each movement you assign the characterImg to the right one.
Like
characterImg = characterImgR; if movement to right
characterImg = characterImgL; if movement to left
Check the fiddle, the left / right is working, the up, down you have to fix png for that it will take some minutes to rotate each frame.
(you can copy the .png for the right movement from the url in the fiddle)
Option 1: (the easy way)
Use as in the fiddle. Notice that the Monster_ARun_R.png image is almost correct, it has 10 images inside it and they should change position. The one you see to the left should be in the right looking to the right. The second one should be the next last (also looking to the right, ect)
Example (numbers are images):
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 should be 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 BUT looking to the right (otherwise is the same as MonsterARun.png
Option 2: (a bit more work)
If you will have Right, Left, Up & Down movement you need a different png/file for each movement. Each png file is made of several images to make an animation. The one I fixed I just flipped horizontally the original png file (like mirror view) but to be well done you need to also invert the order of each image. And then the same for up & down movement. AND all png files are horizontal. The ones you put in your fiddle are vertical you need a image like this:

Related

flashing base64 image in canvas

I can't understand why when I'm creating an image from a base64 source (coming from another canvas cnvBase) it 'flashes' : the real image imgBW is OK and remains in place until a new base64 image is sended by cnvBase, but in cnvBW it appears for a fraction of a second and disappears immediately.
HTML
<canvas id="cnvBase"></canvas>
<img id="imgBW">
<canvas id="cnvBW"></canvas>
JS
function createBWImg(){
console.log('image '+imageNB.substr(0,50)) // data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KG....
document.getElementById('imgBW').style.width = w+'px';
document.getElementById('imgBW').style.height = y+'px';
document.getElementById('imgBW').src = imageNB;
let newimage = new Image();
newimage.onload = function() {
ctxBW.drawImage(newimage, 0, 0);
};
newimage.src = imageNB;
}
Note: cnvBase sends a new image every second when User moves his smartphone (beta value):
window.addEventListener('deviceorientation', function(event) {
alpha= Math.round(event.alpha);
beta = Math.round(event.beta);
gamma= Math.round(event.gamma);
setTimeout(function() {
if (beta >= 0 && beta <= 90) {
getValues(alpha,beta,gamma);
}
}, 1000);
});
The getValues(a,b,g) function retrieves a part of the camera stream and places it in cnvBase according to the value of b
EDIT
OK, I think that image 'seems' to remain the same but in fact not. With this code, canvas keeps the right color for one second without flashing... I think something happens (but what?) during image production: something is sent to canvas (but what?).
let color;
if(b>=0 &&b<34) color='red';
if(b>=34 &&b<67) color='green';
if(b>=67 &&b<90) color='blue';
ctxBW.fillStyle = color;
ctxBW.fillRect(0, 0, w, y);
EDIT 2
More and more strange. When adding this part of code for PCs (because changing beta orientation is hard to obtain) it works perfectly: image in canvas doesn't flash and remains in place, but not on phones where it appears and disappears as soon as created (flash effect)
if(screen > 600){ // screen is screen width
setInterval(function(){
send_pseudo_beta(Math.floor((Math.random() * 10)+1)*8) // random beta
},1000);
}

How to make the effect of moving the image in the window canvas?

For example I have a limited canvas, smaller width/height than the uploaded image in it.
Guys how to make the effect of moving the image in the canvas window? In other words, the canvas window does not change, and the picture we "run". thanks
Animation basic movement
Like all animation to make something appear as if it moves is to draw a sequence of still images (a frame), each image slightly different. If the rate of frames are high enough (over about 20 per second) the human eye and mind see the sequence of still images as a continuous movement. From the first movies to today's high end games this is how animation is done.
So for the canvas the process of drawing a frame is simple. Create a function that clears the canvas, draws what you need, exit the function so that the browser can move the completed frame to the display. (Note that while in the function anything draw on the canvas is not seen on the display, you must exit the function to see what is drawn)
To animate you must do the above at at least more than 20 times a seconds. For the best results you should do it at the same rate as the display hardware shows frames. For the browser that is always 60 frames per second (fps).
Animation in the browser
To help sync with the display you use the function requestAnimationFrame(myDrawFunction) it tells the browser that you are animating, and that the results of the rendering should be displayed only when the display hardware is ready to show a new complete frame, not when the draw function has exited (which may be halfway through a hardware frame).
Animation Object
So as a simple example let's create a animation object.
const imageSrc = "https://i.stack.imgur.com/C7qq2.png?s=328&g=1";
const myImage = {
posX: 0, // current position of object
posY: 0,
speed: 3, // speed in pixels per frame (1/60th second)
direction: 0, // direction of movement in radians 0 is at 3oclock
image: (() => { // create and load an image (Image will take time to load
// and may not be ready until after the code has run.
const image = new Image;
image.src = imageSrc;
})(),
Draw function
Then a draw function that draws the object on the canvas
draw(ctx) {
ctx.drawImage(this.image, this.posX, this.posY);
},
Update function
As we are animating we need to move the object once per frame, to do this we create a update function.
update() {
this.posX += (mx = Math.cos(this.direction)) * this.speed;
this.posY += (my = Math.sin(this.direction)) * this.speed;
}
} // end of object
Many times a second
To do the animation we create a main loop that is call for every hardware display frame via requestAnimationFrame.
function mainLoop() {
// clear the canvas
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
// update the obj
myImage.update();
// draw the object
myImage.draw(ctx);
// request the next frame
requestAnimationFrame(mainLoop);
// note all of the above code is not seen by the use until the
// next hardwares display frame. If you used setTimeout or setInterval
// then it would be displayed when this function exits (which may be
// halfway through a frame resulting in the animation being cut in two)
}
// request the first frame
requestAnimationFrame(mainLoop);
Some extras
And that is the most basic animation. of course you need to get the canvas context and wait for the image to load. Also because the image moves of the canvas you would need to check when it does and either stop the animation.
Eg to stop animation is image is off screen
if(myImage.posX < canvas.width){ // only render while image is on the canvas
requestAnimationFrame(mainLoop);
} else {
console.log("Animation has ended");
}
Now to put it together as a demo.
The demo
The demo has some extra smarts to make the image wrap around, ensure that the image has loaded before starting and make it start off screen, but is basicly the same as outlined above.
// get the 2D context from the canvas id
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
// setup the font and text rendering
ctx.font = "32px arial";
ctx.textAlign = "center";
ctx.textBaseline = "middle";
// create the image object and load the image
const imageSrc = "https://i.stack.imgur.com/C7qq2.png?s=328&g=1";
const myImage = {
posX: 0, // current position of object
posY: 0,
speed: 3, // speed in pixels per frame (1/60th second)
direction: 0, // direction of movement in radians 0 is at 3oclock
image: (() => { // create and load an image (Image will take time to load
// and may not be ready until after the code has run.
const image = new Image;
image.src = imageSrc;
// to start move the image of the display
image.onload = function(){
const imageDiagonalSize = Math.sqrt(
image.width * image.width + image.height * image.height
)
myImage.posX = (canvas.width / 2) - imageDiagonalSize - Math.cos(myImage.direction) * imageDiagonalSize;
myImage.posX = (canvas.height / 2) - imageDiagonalSize - Math.sin(myImage.direction) * imageDiagonalSize;
}
return image;
})(),
draw(ctx) {
ctx.drawImage(this.image, this.posX, this.posY);
},
update() {
var mx,my; // get movement x and y
this.posX += (mx = Math.cos(this.direction)) * this.speed;
this.posY += (my = Math.sin(this.direction)) * this.speed;
// if the image moves of the screen move it to the other side
if(mx > 0) { // if moving right
if(this.posX > canvas.width){
this.posX = 0-this.image.width;
}
}else if(mx < 0) { // if moving left
if(this.posX + this.image.width < 0){
this.posX = canvas.width;
}
}
if(my > 0) { // if moving down
if(this.posY > canvas.height){
this.posY = 0-this.image.height;
}
}else if(my < 0) { // if moving up
if(this.posY + this.image.height < 0){
this.posY = canvas.height;
}
}
}
}
function mainLoop() {
// clear the canvas
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
if(myImage.image.complete) { // wait for image to load
myImage.update();
myImage.draw(ctx);
}else{ // some feedback to say the image is loading
ctx.fillText("Loading image..",canvas.width / 2, canvas.height / 2);
}
// request the next frame
requestAnimationFrame(mainLoop);
}
// request the first frame
requestAnimationFrame(mainLoop);
canvas {
border: 2px solid black;
}
<!-- id's must be unique to the page -->
<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>
Please note that the above code uses ES6 and will need a code pre processor like Babel to run on legacy browsers.
Check out this answer: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30739547/3200577
Basically, the way that html canvas works is very different from how html elements are rendered and painted. Whereas you can select and move an html element on the page, you cannot select and move something that you have added to a canvas because all you can do on a canvas is add and clear pixels. So, when you add an image to a canvas, you are adding the pixels of the image to the canvas. If you were to add the image again but a little to the left, then it would look like you've added two images, where the second one overlaps the first, which is not what you want.
So, to animate the motion of an image on the canvas, you need to:
choose an x and y as the position of the image on the canvas
draw the image on the canvas at x and y
increment the values of x and y to the new position that you want
clear the canvas
redraw the image at the new x and y
A more abstract description of this flow: basically, you need to create, store, and manage your own model of what your canvas looks like; when you want to add, remove of change things that you've painted on the canvas, you actually aren't going to be adding, removing, or changing anything directly on the canvas. You would add, remove and change things in your own model, clear the canvas, and then redraw the canvas on the basis of your model.
For instance, your model might be a JS object such as
myModel = {
images: [
{ url: "my/picture.png", position: [123,556] },
{ url: "another/picture.jpg", position: [95,111] }
]
}
and you would write functions for 1) incrementing the values of the positions of the images in the model, 2) clearing the canvas, and 3) drawing your model onto the canvas. Then, you would create a loop (using requestAnimationFrame or setInterval) that would repeatedly execute those three functions.
For large or complex projects, I strongly recommend using a canvas library such as paperjs, which implements that flow for you (so that you don't have to think about creating a model and clearing and redrawing the canvas). It provides high-level functionality such as animation right out of the box.

Custom cursors for canvas caricatures?

I'm making a whiteboard app just for fun and have tools like the brush tool, eraser, etc and I draw on an HTML5 canvas.
I'm trying to implement custom cursors for my tools (like brush, line, square) and was just going to use the CSS cursor property depending on which tool is selected but I'd like sizes to vary depending on the current line width.
For example, in MS Paint you'll notice with the brush and eraser tool, depending on the size of the line width, the cursor is differently sized when drawing on the canvas.
So I have two questions. The first is if I can use CSS still and somehow alternate the cursor size dynamically from JS.
The second is how you would implement this solution by just deleting the cursor and drawing your own on the canvas that follows the mouse movement. I'm a bit concerned that the latter would be quite glitchy and more complex so am hoping that the first one is possible.
Maintaining the position of your own cursor does not work very well on the browsers. By the time you have handled the mouse move, waited for the next animation frame you are one frame behind. (drawing immediately to canvas in the mouse event does help) The is very off putting, even if you set the cursor to "none" so the two do not overlap, the 1/60th of a second can make a big difference from where you see your rendered cursor to and where the hardware cursor (for want of a better name) is.
But it turns out that the browsers Chrome and Firefox allow you to have full control of the hardware cursor image. I have personally exploited it to the limits and it is a robust and tolerant system.
I started with pre made cursors as DataURLs. But now most of my cursors are dynamic. If a control uses the mouse wheel, I add the wheel indicator on the cursor, when using resize cursor, instead of 8 directions N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW It is created on demand to line up with whatever I happen to be resizing at what ever angle it is. When drawing the cursor is continuously reorienting to avoid covering pixels I may be working on.
To set a custom cursor, set the elements style.cursor to an image URL, followed by two numbers that are the hotspot (Where the click is focused), and a cursor name. I just use the same name "pointer" and generate the image URL on the fly with toDataURL.
Below is a quick example of changing the cursor dynamically. I am unsure what the limits are in terms of size, but so far I haven't wanted a cursor that it has not given me. Some of them, in games have been very big (lol as cursors go) (128*128 pixels +)
Note a slight bug in code. Will return to fix the first rendered word being clipped soon.
The only issue with this is IE does not support this what of doing cursors, so you will need a fallback
// create an image to use to create cursors
var image = document.createElement("canvas");
image.width = 200;
image.height = 14;
image.ctx = image.getContext("2d");
// some graphic cursors
var cursors = [
"url('data:image/png;base64,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') 0 0, cursor",
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];
// Do the stuff that does the stuff
var el = document.getElementById("customeCurs");
var over = false;
// set up canvas rendering
var c = image.ctx;
// some stuff to say and ABC are graphic flags
var stuff = "A C Hello pointy clicky things are great and easy to use A B C B".split(" ");
var tHandle;
var wordPos=0;
function createCursor(){ // creates cursors from the canvas
// get a word from the word list
var w = stuff[wordPos % stuff.length];
if(w === "A" || w === "B" || w === "C"){ // display graphics cursor
// just for fun. to much time on
// my hands. I really need a job.
var datURL;
switch(w){
case "A":
datURL = cursors[0];
break;
case "B":
datURL = cursors[1];
break;
case "C":
datURL = cursors[2];
}
el.style.cursor = datURL;
}else{ // create a dynamic cursor from canvas image
// get the size. Must do this
var size = c.measureText(w).width + 4;
// resize the canvas
image.width = size;
image.height = 36;
c.font = "28px arial black";
c.textAlign ="center";
c.textBaseline = "middle";
c.lineCap = "round";
c.lineJoin = "round";
// Please always give user a visual guide to the hotspot.
// following draws a little arrow to the hotspot.
// Always outline as single colours can get lost to the background
c.lineWidth = 3;
c.strokeStyle = "white";
c.moveTo(1,5);
c.lineTo(1,1);
c.lineTo(5,1);
c.moveTo(1,1);
c.lineTo(8,8);
c.stroke();
c.strokeStyle = "black";
c.lineWidth = 1;
c.moveTo(1,5);
c.lineTo(1,1);
c.lineTo(5,1);
c.moveTo(1,1);
c.lineTo(8,8);
c.stroke();
c.lineWidth = 5;
c.strokeStyle = "black";
c.fillStyle = "White";
// Draw the text outline
c.strokeText(w, image.width / 2, image.height / 2+2);
// and inside
c.fillText(w, image.width / 2, image.height / 2);
// create a cursor and add it to the element CSS curso property
el.style.cursor = "url('"+image.toDataURL("image/png")+"') 0 0 , pointer"; // last two
// numbers are the
// cursor hot spot.
}
// Next word
wordPos += 1;
// if the mouse still over then do it again in 700 ticks of the tocker.
if(over){
tHandle = setTimeout(createCursor,700);
}
}
// mouse over event to start cursor rendering
el.addEventListener("mouseover",function(){
over = true;
if(tHandle === undefined){
createCursor();
}
});
el.addEventListener("mouseout",function(){
over = false; // clean up if the mouse moves out. But leave the cursor
clearTimeout(tHandle);
tHandle = undefined;
});
<div id="customeCurs" >Move Mouse Over ME.</div>
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pixijs swapping out an image without it jumping

I am working on a html 5 javascript game. It has a heavily textured background. I am looking at having one 3d background item and swapping it out on the fly. So in this instance we see a room with a closed door - then when a js event is fired - the image is swapped out to show an open door.
I am trying to create the function and although I can swap the image - I am unable to stop it from jumping.
so a new image path comes in - I null and remove the old backdrop and replace it with the new. I have read about adding it to the texture cache - not sure how to do that? Its my first time using pixijs
GroundPlane.prototype.resetBackdrop = function (imagePath) {
if(this.backdrop) {
this.backdrop.alpha = 0;
this.removeChild(this.backdrop);
this.backdrop = null;
this.backdrop = PIXI.Sprite.fromImage(imagePath);
this.backdrop.anchor.x = .5;
this.backdrop.anchor.y = .5;/*
this.backdrop.scale.x = 1.2;
this.backdrop.scale.y = 1.2;*/
this.addChildAt(this.backdrop, 0);
this.backdrop.alpha = 1;
}
};
The reason for the "jump" is that the image being swapped in takes some time to load before it can be displayed on the screen.
To prevent this, you can load the image into the TextureCache ahead of time, so when you swap images, there won't be any delay.
//set the initial backdrop image
this.backdrop = PIXI.Sprite.fromImage("Image1.png");
this.backdrop.anchor.x = 0.5;
this.backdrop.anchor.y = 0.5;
this.backdrop.scale.x = 1.2;
this.backdrop.scale.y = 1.2;
//this will store the second image into the texture cache
PIXI.Texture.fromImage("Image2.png");
//if you need to keep track of when the image has finished loading,
//use a new PIXI.ImageLoader() instead.
GroundPlane.prototype.resetBackdrop = function (imagePath)
{
//Update the image Texture
this.backdrop.setTexture(PIXI.Texture.fromFrame(imagePath));
};

Flip a sprite in canvas

I'm using canvas to display some sprites, and I need to flip one horizontally (so it faces left or right). I can't see any method to do that with drawImage, however.
Here's my relevant code:
this.idleSprite = new Image();
this.idleSprite.src = "/game/images/idleSprite.png";
this.idleSprite.frameWidth = 28;
this.idleSprite.frameHeight = 40;
this.idleSprite.frames = 12;
this.idleSprite.frameCount = 0;
this.draw = function() {
if(this.state == "idle") {
c.drawImage(this.idleSprite, this.idleSprite.frameWidth * this.idleSprite.frameCount, 0, this.idleSprite.frameWidth, this.idleSprite.frameHeight, this.xpos, this.ypos, this.idleSprite.frameWidth, this.idleSprite.frameHeight);
if(this.idleSprite.frameCount < this.idleSprite.frames - 1) { this.idleSprite.frameCount++; } else { this.idleSprite.frameCount = 0; }
} else if(this.state == "running") {
c.drawImage(this.runningSprite, this.runningSprite.frameWidth * this.runningSprite.frameCount, 0, this.runningSprite.frameWidth, this.runningSprite.frameHeight, this.xpos, this.ypos, this.runningSprite.frameWidth, this.runningSprite.frameHeight);
if(this.runningSprite.frameCount < this.runningSprite.frames - 1) { this.runningSprite.frameCount++; } else { this.runningSprite.frameCount = 0; }
}
}
As you can see, I'm using the drawImage method to draw my sprites to the canvas. The only way to flip a sprite that I can see is to flip/rotate the entire canvas, which isn't what I want to do.
Is there a way to do that? Or will I need to make a new sprite facing the other way and use that?
While Gaurav has shown the technical way to flip a sprite in canvas...
Do not do this for your game.
Instead make a second image (or make your current image larger) that is a flipped version of the spite-sheet. The performance difference between "flipping the context and drawing an image" vs "just drawing an image" can be massive. In Opera and Safari flipping the canvas results in drawing that is ten times slower, and in Chrome it is twice as slow. See this jsPerf for an example.
Pre-computing your flipped sprites will always be faster, and in games canvas performance really matters.
You can transform the canvas drawing context without flipping the entire canvas.
c.save();
c.scale(-1, 1);
will mirror the context. Draw your image, then
c.restore();
and you can draw normally again. For more information, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/HTML/Canvas_tutorial/Transformations
Use this to flip your sprite sheet
http://flipapicture.com/

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