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How to Transition an Image from B&W to Color with Canvas
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How to Transition an Image from B&W to Color with Canvas

Recently, in the CodeCanyon forums, a question was brought up: “How do I transition an image from black and white, to color — using only one image?” Unfortunately, at this point in time, it’s not possible with CSS. However, if we’re creative with JavaScript and canvas, we can create a solution relatively easily. I’ll show you how in today’s video tutorial!

Canvas from Scratch: Pixel Manipulation

Canvas from Scratch: Pixel Manipulation

In the last article, you learned all about transformations, shadows and gradients. Today, I’m going to show you how to manipulate pixels in canvas; from simply accessing color values, to editing images within the canvas just like a photo editor.

This is easily one of the most powerful features built into canvas directly, and once you’ve learned it, I guarantee that you’ll have a whole range of exciting ideas.


This entry is part 4 of 4 in the Canvas From Scratch Session
Canvas From Scratch: Transformations and Gradients

Canvas From Scratch: Transformations and Gradients

In this article, I’m going to walk you through transformations in the canvas, as well as shadows and gradients. Transformations are an extremely valuable set of methods that allow you to start being creative with the way you draw objects on the canvas. Let’s get started after the jump!


This entry is part 3 of 4 in the Canvas From Scratch Session
Canvas From Scratch: Advanced Drawing

Canvas From Scratch: Advanced Drawing

In the previous article in this series, you learned about the canvas element, and the basics for drawing on it. In this article, I’m going to demonstrate some of the more advanced drawing functionality.


This entry is part 2 of 4 in the Canvas From Scratch Session
Canvas From Scratch: Introducing Canvas
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Canvas From Scratch: Introducing Canvas

This is the first article in a series that will bring you up to speed with HTML5 canvas, the plugin-less drawing functionality built into modern browsers. In this introductory article, I’ll show you how to access the canvas element, draw shapes, change colours, and erase things. It’s a whistle-stop tour of the basics of this amazing new Web technology.


This entry is part 1 of 4 in the Canvas From Scratch Session
Build a Canvas Image Editor with Canvas: New Premium Tutorial
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Build a Canvas Image Editor with Canvas: New Premium Tutorial

The HTML5 canvas element makes so many things possible: animation, graphing and data visualisation, gaming, and much more. One thing it makes possible is the creation and manipulation of images. And when I say manipulation, I mean true pixel-level manipulation. In this Premium tutorial and companion screencast, we’ll build a basic image manipulator implemented using the canvas element.

Become a Premium member to read this tutorial, as well as hundreds of other advanced tutorials and screencasts.

7 Exciting Web Development Trends for 2011

7 Exciting Web Development Trends for 2011

At the end of December, you read Andrew’s list of the hottest technologies, tools, and resources to come from 2010. Today, we’re going to look forward, and take a peek at some exciting emerging technologies and trends.

How to Generate Noise with Canvas
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How to Generate Noise with Canvas

Not too long ago, I noted on Twitter that it’d be fantastic if, one day, CSS3 provided support for adding noise to elements (not audio, but texture). After a bit of experimentation and Googling, I came across a solution that uses JavaScript and canvas to dynamically create noise.

How to Create a Web-Based Drawing Application Using Canvas: New Premium Tutorial
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How to Create a Web-Based Drawing Application Using Canvas: New Premium Tutorial

Combining HTML with the all new <canvas> feature, you can make some pretty awesome web apps! In this Premium exclusive tutorial, we will create a neat interactive drawing application using HTML and JavaScript. Along the way, we’ll also learn the basic concepts of the all new <canvas> feature. Become a Premium member to access this, as well as many other amazing tutorials and screencasts.

21 Ridiculously Impressive HTML5 Canvas Experiments

21 Ridiculously Impressive HTML5 Canvas Experiments

HTML5 is the thing to talk about these day. Today, we have a collection of some ridiculously impressive HTML5 canvas-based experiments that will make you say, “Wow!” Let’s take a peek at some of the latest, cutting edge examples out there.

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