Get Creative With The HTML5 Canvas
Create awesome Canvas graphics & animations for websites, apps or games!
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Learn how to draw amazing graphics and animations using the HTML5 Canvas!
The Canvas is a HTML5 element we can use to add a drawing area to our websites, applications or browser based games. The Canvas is packed full of features to create some amazing graphics.
We begin this course with the basic features including:
- Setting up the Canvas and creating fallback content for unsupported browsers
- Scripting
- Drawing shapes such as squares, rectangles, arc's and circles
- Lines & paths
- Line widths and matching to pixels
- Working with different types of corners and miters
- How to remove sections of the canvas
- Adding Canvas text and styling
- Color fills, patterns, gradients and shadows
Then we step things up looking at more advanced techniques such as:
- Bezier & quadratic curves
- How to save and restore the Canvas
- Scaling, rotating and translating drawings
- How to use transformations
- Accessing pixel data to both draw to the canvas and also manipulate images.
- Use loops for repetitive tasks
- Adding canvas animations
This course also includes a free cheat/reference sheet for you to use in the course, or for future reference.
The uses for the Canvas is only limited to your imagination! Everything you need to complete the course is included or free to use, there is no extra software, subscriptions or purchases etc to complete or take this course.
So are you ready to take your skills to the next level?
Join me now and I look forward to having you on board!
Your Instructor
Hello, My name is Chris and I am a web developer and online teacher. I am passionate about what I do and about teaching others. I have started various online and offline businesses.
Whatever your reason for learning to build websites you have made an excellent career choice.
My personal motivation was to become my own boss and have more freedom and flexibility in my life. I also enjoy the technical challenge it provides and the way it constantly evolves. I built my first website back in 1999 and i have watched the web evolve into what it is today.
I try to make my courses enjoyable and try to remember what it was like when I was learning. I also believe the best way to learn is by doing and try to include as many practical examples as possible in my courses.
Thanks for taking an interest and I look forward to you joining me.
Chris
Course Curriculum
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StartSetting up the canvas (6:54)
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StartScripting & drawing rectangles (10:00)
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StartUnderstanding the canvas co-ordinates (2:19)
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StartLines & paths (11:48)
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StartLine widths & matching to pixels (5:22)
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StartCorners & miters (6:51)
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StartArc's & circles (9:26)
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StartAdding canvas text (7:43)
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StartRemoving sections of the canvas (6:24)
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StartGradients (9:21)
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StartAdding images to the canvas (9:27)
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StartPatterns & shadows (8:23)
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StartBezier & quadratic curves (10:10)
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StartSave & restore (6:39)
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StartScale, rotate & translate (5:04)
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StartCanvas transformations (7:28)
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StartWorking with pixels (10:30)
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StartChallenge intro: Converting images to greyscale (3:17)
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StartChallenge: Converting images to greyscale (9:43)
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StartLooping (9:49)
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StartAnimating (5:29)