Well it’s New Year’s Eve, and you can be absolutely sure that all over the world people will be celebrating with fireworks. What better way to usher in a new digital year than with a canvas-based equivalent? I tell you, … Continue reading
It’s no secret that canvas leaves a lot to be desired when it comes to even the most basic typography. But at least we can still use more than just the usual web safe font suspects! This installment of our … Continue reading
Blurring an image with JavaScript should be a simple operation, however doing it in an optimal and fast way is not so easy. The cheapest way to blur an image is to copy the image and overlay it multiple times … Continue reading
There are often times that we’re forced to supply angles in radians rather than degrees, here’s one you might recognise: // startAngle and endAngle must be given in radians! ctx.arc(x, y, radius, startAngle, endAngle, anticlockwise); Luckily we can convert between … Continue reading
There’s still a metric tonne of turkey left to eat, so let’s work up an appetite Canvas provides no obvious way to set an individual pixel, nor read the colour of one… unless you know where to look! The … Continue reading