[whatwg] Adding SVG Filter-like functionality to Canvas 2D Context

Ian Hickson ian at hixie.ch
Mon Jul 6 18:04:57 PDT 2009


On Tue, 7 Jul 2009, Hans Schmucker wrote:
> >
> > If we add filters to <canvas>, I would expect to be defined in a way 
> > that doesn't leave edge cases undefined.
>
> But for all practical purposes, that would be what we'd do if we just 
> said "just use your usual SVG filter system",

That's possible, I haven't looked into it. As I mentioned, I think we're 
better off waiting some time before adding this feature anyway.

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