I implemented a zoom in and out function on a canvas element. it works by scaling the canvas, translating it, and then redraw the whole scene again. the problem is that it t
added image into canvas
var image = new Image();
image.src = "1.jpg";
image.onload = function() {
context.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
};
The drawImage() method can draw to a canvas using another canvas instead of an image.
You could create a 'backup' canvas, of the same size as your original, draw the first one to there and then draw that one back to the original when you need it.
e.g.
// Assume we have a main canvas
// canvas = <main canvas>
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
..
// create backing canvas
var backCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
backCanvas.width = canvas.width;
backCanvas.height = canvas.height;
var backCtx = backCanvas.getContext('2d');
// save main canvas contents
backCtx.drawImage(canvas, 0,0);
..
// restore main canvas
ctx.drawImage(backCanvas, 0,0);
There are a few ways to do it theres the getImageData
and putImageData
methods Reference, However putImageData
and getImageData
are pretty slow. Another way is to save the data to an image
in memory and recall it from that which is much faster, then the third way is the one above mentioned by andrewmu which involves copying to another canvas element. I have included examples for the first and second type.
Image in memory method
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"),
savedData = new Image();
function save(){
// get the data
savedData.src = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
}
function restore(){
// restore the old canvas
ctx.drawImage(savedData,0,0)
}
getImageData putImageData method
// Setup our vars, make a new image to store the canvas data
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"),
ctx = canvas.getContext("2d"),
canvasData = '';
function save(){
// get the data
canvasData = ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 100, 100);
}
function restore(){
// restore the old canvas
ctx.putImageData(canvasData, 0, 0);
}