I want to load two separate images in my script. I've acplished it using:
<img src="iphone4.png" id="img1">
<img src="screenshot.png" id="img2">
<script>
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = document.getElementById('img1');
var img2 = document.getElementById('img2');
</script>
Problem here though is that the images should not be visible on the page but are when loaded using markup. I simply want to load them through the script without first having to add them in the markup. I realize this is an extremely trivial problem, but searching for a solution has given me nothing.
I tried this approach:
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = "iphone4.png";
var img2 = "screenshot.png";
But this did not work. Can someone with some mon JS sense please give me some input on this issue.
EDIT : So this is how the markup/JS looks now, the images are still displayed and the final merge of the images won't show. The error I get is:
IndexSizeError: Index or size is negative or greater than the allowed amount
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var image1 = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
And this is the syntax:
<body>
<img src="" id="img1">
<img src="" id="img2">
<p>Blended image<br><canvas id="canvas"></canvas></p>
<script>
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = document.getElementById('img1');
var img2 = document.getElementById('img2');
img1.src = "iphone4.png";
img2.src = "screenshot.png";
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var width = img1.width;
var height = img1.height;
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
var pixels = 4 * width * height;
context.drawImage(img1, 0, 0);
var image1 = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
var imageData1 = image1.data;
context.drawImage(img2, 73, 265);
var image2 = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
var imageData2 = image2.data;
while (pixels--) {
imageData1[pixels] = imageData1[pixels] * 0 + imageData2[pixels] * 1;
}
image1.data = imageData1;
context.putImageData(image1, 0, 0);
};
</script>
I want to load two separate images in my script. I've acplished it using:
<img src="iphone4.png" id="img1">
<img src="screenshot.png" id="img2">
<script>
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = document.getElementById('img1');
var img2 = document.getElementById('img2');
</script>
Problem here though is that the images should not be visible on the page but are when loaded using markup. I simply want to load them through the script without first having to add them in the markup. I realize this is an extremely trivial problem, but searching for a solution has given me nothing.
I tried this approach:
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = "iphone4.png";
var img2 = "screenshot.png";
But this did not work. Can someone with some mon JS sense please give me some input on this issue.
EDIT : So this is how the markup/JS looks now, the images are still displayed and the final merge of the images won't show. The error I get is:
IndexSizeError: Index or size is negative or greater than the allowed amount
[Stanna vid fel]
var image1 = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
And this is the syntax:
<body>
<img src="" id="img1">
<img src="" id="img2">
<p>Blended image<br><canvas id="canvas"></canvas></p>
<script>
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = document.getElementById('img1');
var img2 = document.getElementById('img2');
img1.src = "iphone4.png";
img2.src = "screenshot.png";
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
var width = img1.width;
var height = img1.height;
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
var pixels = 4 * width * height;
context.drawImage(img1, 0, 0);
var image1 = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
var imageData1 = image1.data;
context.drawImage(img2, 73, 265);
var image2 = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
var imageData2 = image2.data;
while (pixels--) {
imageData1[pixels] = imageData1[pixels] * 0 + imageData2[pixels] * 1;
}
image1.data = imageData1;
context.putImageData(image1, 0, 0);
};
</script>
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- "Problem here though is that the images also have to be visible on the page", I am not sure what you are trying to achieve, because with the HTML you posted, the images will be visible on the page AND will be loaded as well by the browser. What are you trying to achieve? – plalx Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 12:51
- Thanks for the input plalx. What I'm doing is merging two images using JS. I have it running now, the two images are merged into one which currently is displayed beneath the two initial images. Problem is though that I would like to only have the new bined image showing, and not the two initial images. However, I have not found a way of making it work without loading the the images in the markup and from there take it in to the JS. I would like to be able to load the two initial images directly into JS without having to first add them as visible tags in the markup. I hope this clears it up. – AndroidHustle Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 12:57
- What merging technique are you using? – plalx Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 13:02
- @plalx This one here: stackoverflow./questions/3648312/… – AndroidHustle Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 13:03
- Check my solution, it should be what you need ;) – plalx Commented Apr 22, 2013 at 13:25
6 Answers
Reset to default 3You can create an Image
without having the actual tag in the markup:
var img = new Image();
img.src = 'iphone4.png';
//use img however you want
Hope this helps.
window.onload = function () {
var img1 = new Image();
var img2 = new Image();
//EDIT2 you can hide img, or simply not add them to the DOM...
img1.style.display = "none";
img2.style.display = "none";
img1.src = "iphone4.png";
img2.src = "screenshot.png";
EDIT: DO NOT DO THAT and your images won't be displayed
document.body.append(img1);
OR
document.getElementById("myID").append(img2);
"What I'm doing is merging two images using JS"
Your problem is probably due to the fact that you are trying to draw images that have not been loaded yet. To circumvent this issue, you could create the images dynamically and set their src
attribute to start loading the image and listen to the image's load event to know when they are fully loaded so that you can perform the merge safely.
I have not tested the code, but it should give you the idea.
var images = [
'iphone4.png',
'screenshot.png'
],
len = images.length,
i = 0,
loadedCount = 0,
img;
for (; i < len; i++) {
img = document.createElement('img');
//listener has to be added before setting the src attribute in case the image is cached
img.addEventListener('load', imgLoadHandler);
img.src = images[i];
images[i] = img;
}
function mergeImages() {
var img1 = images[0],
img2 = images[1];
//do the merging stuff
}
function imgLoadHandler() {
if (++loadedCount === len) {
mergeImages();
}
}
There is a way with HTML5, but it would still require the user to have dropped the file into a drop target or use a box.
Using the File API you can read files, and potentially decode them.
Actually reading the file blob and displaying it locally may be tricky though. You may be able to use the FileReader.readAsDataURL method to set the content as a data: URL for the image tag.
example:
$('#f').on('change', function(ev) {
var f = ev.target.files[0];
var fr = new FileReader();
fr.onload = function(ev2) {
console.dir(ev2);
$('#i').attr('src', ev2.target.result);
};
fr.readAsDataURL(f);
});
see the working fiddle here : http://jsfiddle/alnitak/Qszjg/
using jquery:
$('#my_image').attr('src','image.jpg');
using javasript:
document.getElementById("my_image").src="image.jpg";
just check path to your image
Write the below code in head block
<script>
window.onload = function () {
document.getElementById("img1").src="iphone4.png";
document.getElementById("img2").src="screenshot.png";
}
</script>
This will work
Thanks