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11/26/2018- Canvas examples
- Drawing shapes, arcs, paths, and curves
- Drawing text
- Drawing shadows, patterns, and gradients
- Using clipping paths
- Displaying images and video
- Transforming objects with scaling and rotation
- Manipulating raw pixels
- Applying transitions
- Creating animations
Skill Level Intermediate
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- [Joe] The Web has had the ability to work with different types of rich media for many years now. Images, video, animations, audio, you name it, and there was a way to put it into a web page. It wasn't until HTML5 came along, however, that one glaring omission among those native media types was finally addressed: the ability to draw arbitrary graphics on the fly using code. The Canvas element lets you do just that. Using standard JavaScript, you can draw whatever you want in both 2D and 3D graphics. Charts, games, animations, it's all available natively in the browser without having to use any plugins.
This course will show you how to take advantage of these capabilities to create rich and immersive experiences in your web applications. You'll see how to use the basic drawing commands to create simple shapes and paths, and then move on to more complex subjects like transformations, patterns and gradients, and even how to create animations. Hi, I'm Joe Marini, and I've been building software for the Web ever since the Web got started. The Canvas element unlocks a lot of potential for building great web apps, so come join me in my course as we learn all about HTML Canvas.
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Introduction
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1. Overview of Canvas
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Interesting canvas examples2m 41s
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The canvas element5m 27s
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The canvas drawing context4m 57s
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2. Basic Canvas Drawing Techniques
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Colors and styles3m 25s
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Rectangles3m 59s
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Lines8m 50s
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The canvas state3m 29s
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Arcs4m 24s
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Paths3m 18s
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Bezier and quadratic curves4m 48s
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Drawing text6m 23s
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3. Complex Canvas Drawing
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Drawing shadows5m 15s
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Using patterns6m 5s
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Using gradients5m 24s
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Images and video5m 51s
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Clipping paths3m 45s
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4. Advanced Drawing APIs
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Using translate2m 53s
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Using scaling3m 19s
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Using rotation4m 48s
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Custom transformations4m 55s
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Compositing and globalAlpha2m 58s
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Manipulating raw pixels5m 51s
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5. Practical Examples
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Building an image slideshow3m 52s
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Using smooth transitions4m 30s
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Basic animation4m 40s
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Double-buffered animation8m 17s
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Conclusion
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Next steps56s
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