Rubber Banding in HTML5 - javascript

I wish to draw a rectangle on my canvas but stretching the start point. but how do i erase the previous rectangles drawn during the process. I mean if my background color is red and i want to draw a black rectangle over it. while erasing the intermediate rectangles drawn during rubber banding, i wish to retain the background.

The question is a little hard to understand, but I'm assuming what you want to do is the following using getImageData and putImageData:
// save the entire canvas (in this example, its 500 x 500) to be restored later
image = context.getImageData(0, 0, 500, 500);
function draw() {
context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height); // clear entire canvas
context.putImageData(image, 0, 0); // restore entire canvas saved previously
/** Now, draw other stuff on top of the canvas **/
}

You need to redraw the portion of the background the black rectangle previously occupied. It may be simpler to just redraw the entire background.

You simply have to keep track of every single object you want to draw and redraw every single one of them each frame.
You can optimize the process a bit, but you must keep track of each thing drawn so you can redraw.

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How to clear rectangle on Image in Canvas

I need to clear a rectangle Drawn on Image in Canvas with out damage existing image. I can draw small rectangle points and clear that out. But the problem is when I clear rectangle it remains as white small patch on image.
Can someone tell me how to clear a rectangle on image without damage the existing image.
I have used following methods to clear rectangles but didn't work.
1) context.fillStyle ="white";
2) context.clearRect(xCoordinate, yCoordinate, 10, 08);
Thanks in advance!
Canvas doesn't work that way. It's a single layer, its also transparent by default. So with that in mind, you might be able to achieve what you want by simply giving the canvas element a CSS background. That way anything you draw on top of that background can easily be removed and the background will show through.
#backed-canvas{
background-image: url(http://www.placebear.com/300/200);
}
JSFiddle example: https://jsfiddle.net/yLf5erut/
There is one thing you can do.
When create a rectangle on the canvas just get the image data like:
var imgData = context.getImageData(xCoordinate, yCoordinate, 10, 8);
and draw the rectangle.
When clearing out the rectangle just place then image data back like this:
context.putImageData(imgData, xCoordinate, yCoordinate);
I suggest using 2 canvas elements one over another.
So you can have the original image drawn on the bottom canvas with low zIndex, and the top one with highter zIndex can be used to draw / clear whatever needed. This is a common practice, and for more complecated animations you will end up with better performance.

Canvas: returning to state before drawing

Is it possible to go back after I use drawImage?
Example:
I draw an image and them overdraw another. I want to delete the first image and, on the clear surface, draw a new image.
Is it possible?
if you want to undo drawImage changes, you must save canvas data before doing drawImage like:
tmp = canvas.getContext("2d").getImageData(0, 0, with, height);
//do changes here
canvas.getContext("2d").putImageData(tmp , 0, 0);
//here changes will be lost
this is unswer to the title, question content was not clear for me

Draw a Line with Pen Tool on Canvas Smothly without Having to Redraw All Other Lines

Is there a way to avoid redrawing all the elements on the canvas (so I don't have to keep track of everything), while still having a smooth drawing experience with the currently drawn line?
This is a very good question, but its worded vaguely. Please be more careful wording questions in the future.
Typically when drawing smooth lines you need to redraw the line from the beginning.
You do not need to redraw everything from the beginning though, because you should be following these operations:
Save the current canvas to an in-memory canvas
Begin drawing a new line
As you're drawing, you are constantly:
Clearing the canvas
Drawing from in-memory canvas onto main canvas
Drawing the line-so-far
When the line finishes, you save the new canvas to the in-memory canvas and repeat this process
The only line you need to keep track of (in terms of points) is the "current" one. All the old lines are saved into the bitmap via the in-memory canvas.
Here's an example I made a long time ago, dealing with smooth lines specifically. The code organization is weird because I started with someone elses code, but it should give you the basic idea:
http://jsfiddle.net/NWBV4/10/
The drawing part described above is seen in the mousemove:
this.mousemove = function(ev) {
if (tool.started) {
context.clearRect(0, 0, 300, 300);
// put back the saved content
context.drawImage(memCanvas, 0, 0);
tool.points.push({
x: ev._x,
y: ev._y
});
drawPoints(context, tool.points);
}
};

Is it possible to translate a shape in html5?

I wanted to know if Html5 supports shape translation in canvas..For instance I have a rectangle,is it possible to apply a transformation to it?
canvas = document.getElementById('Canvas');
context =canvas.getContext('2d');
context.rect(myRectangle.x,myRectangle.y,myRectangle.width,myRectangle.height);
There's a few different methods for animating and changing the position that you want to draw your thingy. Either way, if you're after an animation, you're going to need to clear your canvas and keep drawing - like a flip book if you will.
Choices for setting the newly drawn item include:
moveTo - to move to the new position of your thing
translate - to translate the centre point of the canvas and keep the drawing positions the same, but move the underlying coordinate system
.rect(newX, newY, height, width) - drawing the specific position
I mocked together a (contrived) example of using translate on a canvas - which will move the the animating box around the position of your cursor. It's done in a loop - and I'd suggest checking out Paul Irish's article on requestAnimFrame for better animation loops. Here's the example: http://jsbin.com/afofur/2/edit#preview
As the comments say in the previous answer - SVG maintains a object model, so you can reference objects on the page, canvas is a bitmap API (basically), and once the pixels are committed to the canvas, there's no reference to the method or shape behind the drawing, it's just pixels to the canvas API.
No, once it is drawn to the canvas you can't change it anymore, there is no in-memory representation of the shapes you draw on the canvas. However, you can transform the canvas before you draw the shape and reset transform (canvas.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0)) after you've drawn the shape.
Edit
Remember that the canvas API doesn't keep track of which objects you draw. It just fills the pixels with a color where you ask it to draw a rectangle. If you want to make animations, you will have to keep track of which rectangle you drawn yourself (make an object with properties x, y, width, height). Then you will have to do the following in each animation step:
clear the canvas
update the objects for the new time frame
redraw the canvas
You can find a tutorial here.

HTML5 canvas image caching/putImageData questions

I'm using the HTML5 canvas to load a single instance of an image which I then blit multiple times onto a single canvas. The image needs some slight pixel-based manipulation in order to customise it. My initial plan of attack had been to load the image, blit it to a backing canvas, draw my modifications on-top of it, and then grab the image data and cache it for future use.
Here's some code I've written to that effect:
context.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
context.fillStyle = '#ffffff';
context.fillRect(0, 0, 2, 2); // Draw a 2x2 rectangle of white pixels on the top left of the image
imageData = context.getImageData(0, 0, img.width, img.height);
cusomImage = imageData;
While this works, I've noticed that my image (which is a transparent PNG) does not maintain transparency. Instead, when using putImageData to place it onto my front-facing canvas, it is rendered with a black background. How do I maintain transparency?
Any suggestions are welcome!
putImageData() does not do what you might first expect:
http://dropshado.ws/post/1244700472/putimagedata-is-a-complete-jerk
putImageData() direct overrides the pixels of the canvas. So if you draw over something else on the same canvas it will not draw "over" it, it will instead replace the pixels of the canvas in the area with it's pixels.
I ran into this exact issue and finally found out why.
As for a solution, I haven't tried this yet but it seems promising:
Why is putImageData so slow?
[EDIT]: I tested this method and it works fine for me, my data is now displaying transparency correctly.
The canvas is black after being created. Make it transparent first with:
context.fillStyle = 'rgba(0,0,0,0)';
context.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);

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