On Nov 9, 2012, at 4:39 PM, Rik Cabanier <caban...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I'd like to add support for blending modes to Canvas.
> The spec for this feature can be found here: 
> https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/rawfile/tip/compositing/index.html#canvascompositingandblending
> 
> The implementation will be tracked by a meta bug: 
> https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=100069
> I also attached a large patch that shows how this feature can be implemented.

Looking at your patches on bug 100069 and bug 101804, I actually have some 
questions. If I understand your API changes correctly, the 
'globalCompositeOperation' property gets more keywords. The new keywords will 
be the same as for the 'blend-mode' property of the CSS Compositing spec. Does 
it mean that blend mode always will use the compositing operator 'source-over'?

The example implementation of GraphicsContext::setPlatformCompositeOperation on 
CG indicates that it would be possible to combine blend modes with different 
compositing operators in CG already. If you set both with the same property 
'globalCompositeOperation', it won't be possible to mix them in the future. If 
more implementations are capable to support mixing alpha compositing and 
blending, the property can not be changed anymore. 

Wouldn't it be better to add a new property to canvas for blending? At the 
beginning, implementations are just require to use different blend modes in 
combination with 'source-over'. Btw. why is this addition in CSS Compositing 
and not in the Canvas spec?

Greetings,
Dirk


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