Comments on: Karma Tutorial Part II: Comparing HTML 5 Canvas and SVG http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/ Code Less, Teach More Mon, 21 Jun 2010 08:06:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: bryanwb http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/#comment-162 bryanwb Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:40:18 +0000 http://karmaeducation.org/?p=314#comment-162 tks Paul, What advantage do you gain by drawing a vector image in canvas? Is it faster overrall? Have you used this approach? tks Paul,

What advantage do you gain by drawing a vector image in canvas? Is it faster overrall? Have you used this approach?

]]> By: Paul http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/#comment-161 Paul Wed, 23 Dec 2009 07:29:07 +0000 http://karmaeducation.org/?p=314#comment-161 “With canvas, you have to manually write the code to draw the image entirely with javascript code and then frequently redraw large portions of it.“ Not entirely true. Opacity (http://likethought.com/opacity/) has the ability to export a javascript function to draw a vector image in a canvas. While SVG support is much more widespread, it is at least possible to use the same kind of workflow for canvas based animation. “With canvas, you have to manually write the code to draw the image entirely with javascript code and then frequently redraw large portions of it.“

Not entirely true. Opacity (http://likethought.com/opacity/) has the ability to export a javascript function to draw a vector image in a canvas. While SVG support is much more widespread, it is at least possible to use the same kind of workflow for canvas based animation.

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]]> By: KChristophD http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/#comment-142 KChristophD Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:05:38 +0000 http://karmaeducation.org/?p=314#comment-142 Great tutorial, keep up the great work! :-) Great tutorial, keep up the great work! :-)

]]> By: Brad Neuberg http://karmaeducation.org/2009/12/17/karma-tutorial-part-ii-comparing-html-5-canvas-and-svg/#comment-141 Brad Neuberg Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:42:18 +0000 http://karmaeducation.org/?p=314#comment-141 Nice writeup! Nice writeup!

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