[webkit-dev] Feature announcement: canvas pixel access API additions for high-resolution backing stores

[Dirk Schulze]

On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:30 PM, Maciej Stachowiak wrote:

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> On Apr 16, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Dirk Schulze wrote:
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>>> Different developers will have different priorities. HD image data and async readback both have potential benefits in image quality and nonblocking responsiveness respectively. Here is an example of an application using getImageData which would clearly benefit from HD, but it's not obvious that async would be useful:
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>>> http://mudcu.be/sketchpad/
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>> This seems to be a use case for SVG and not canvas :)
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> It's a raster-oriented paint app, not a vector-oriented draw app, so I don't think SVG would be helpful.
This is off topic, but I disagree. The only thing that you want is a rasterized result at the end. In the meantime it can be object and vector based (and in high resolution) on the screen. This would even allow you to create high resolution PNGs. I see a lot more benefits, but we can discuss it on another place.

Dirk

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> Regards,
> Maciej
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