HTML5 Image Effects: Sepia

Today we continue our HTML5 canvas examples. Today I want to share with you a method of applying a sepia effect to images. This is not a very difficult method, anyone can repeat it. In our demo we can play with different images by adding a sepia effect to them, as well as ‘export’ our result on the image element (<img>).

Here are our demo and downloadable package:

Live Demo

download in package

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Ok, download the example files and lets start coding !

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Step 1. HTML Markup

This is the markup of our demo page. Here it is:

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" >
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <title>HTML5 Image Effects - Sepia | Script Tutorials</title>
        <link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

        <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
        <script>
            google.load("jquery", "1.7.1");
        </script>
        <script src="js/script.js"></script>
    </head>
    <body>
        <header>
            <h2>HTML5 Image Effects - Sepia</h2>
            <a href="http://www.script-tutorials.com/html5-image-effects-sepia/" class="stuts">Back to original tutorial on <span>Script Tutorials</span></a>
        </header>
        <div id="container" class="container">
            <table cellspacing=0>
                <tr>
                    <td><p>Canvas Object <CANVAS></p></td>
                    <td><p>Image Object <IMG></p></td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td><canvas id="source" width="500" height="500"></canvas><div id="next" class="button">Next image</div></td>
                    <td><img id="img" src="images/button.png" /></td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td><div id="sepia" class="button">Apply Sepia Effect</div></td>
                    <td><div id="toImage" class="button">To Image</div></td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>

Basically – it contains just one canvas object, one image, and three ‘buttons’ (div elements).

Step 2. CSS

Here are our stylesheets:

css/main.css

*{
    margin:0;
    padding:0;
}
body {
    background-image:url(../images/bg.png);
    color:#fff;
    font:14px/1.3 Arial,sans-serif;
}
header {
    background-color:#212121;
    box-shadow: 0 -1px 2px #111111;
    display:block;
    height:70px;
    position:relative;
    width:100%;
    z-index:100;
}
header h2{
    font-size:22px;
    font-weight:normal;
    left:50%;
    margin-left:-400px;
    padding:22px 0;
    position:absolute;
    width:540px;
}
header a.stuts,a.stuts:visited {
    border:none;
    text-decoration:none;
    color:#fcfcfc;
    font-size:14px;
    left:50%;
    line-height:31px;
    margin:23px 0 0 110px;
    position:absolute;
    top:0;
}
header .stuts span {
    font-size:22px;
    font-weight:bold;
    margin-left:5px;
}
.container {
    color: #000000;
    margin: 20px auto;
    overflow: hidden;
    position: relative;
    width: 1005px;
}
table {
    background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);
}
table td {
    border: 1px inset #888888;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
}
table td p {
    display: block;
    padding: 10px 0;
}
.button {
    cursor: pointer;
    height: 20px;
    padding: 15px 0;
    position: relative;
    text-align: center;
    width: 500px;

   -moz-user-select: none;
   -khtml-user-select: none;
   user-select: none;
}

Step 3. JS

Finally – our Javascript code generating the sepia effect:

js/script.js

// variables
var canvas, ctx;
var imgObj;

// set of sepia colors
var r = [0, 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 8, 8, 8, 9, 9, 9, 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 11, 11, 12, 12, 12, 12, 13, 13, 13, 14, 14, 15, 15, 16, 16, 17, 17, 17, 18, 19, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 41, 42, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 52, 54, 55, 57, 59, 60, 62, 65, 67, 69, 70, 72, 74, 77, 79, 81, 83, 86, 88, 90, 92, 94, 97, 99, 101, 103, 107, 109, 111, 112, 116, 118, 120, 124, 126, 127, 129, 133, 135, 136, 140, 142, 143, 145, 149, 150, 152, 155, 157, 159, 162, 163, 165, 167, 170, 171, 173, 176, 177, 178, 180, 183, 184, 185, 188, 189, 190, 192, 194, 195, 196, 198, 200, 201, 202, 203, 204, 206, 207, 208, 209, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 219, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 227, 228, 229, 229, 230, 231, 232, 232, 233, 234, 234, 235, 236, 236, 237, 238, 238, 239, 239, 240, 241, 241, 242, 242, 243, 244, 244, 245, 245, 245, 246, 247, 247, 248, 248, 249, 249, 249, 250, 251, 251, 252, 252, 252, 253, 254, 254, 254, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255],
    g = [0, 0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 7, 8, 8, 10, 11, 11, 12, 13, 15, 15, 16, 17, 18, 18, 19, 21, 22, 22, 23, 24, 26, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 81, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 89, 90, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 100, 101, 102, 103, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 135, 136, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 192, 193, 194, 195, 195, 196, 197, 199, 200, 201, 202, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 223, 224, 225, 226, 226, 227, 228, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 232, 232, 233, 234, 235, 235, 236, 236, 237, 238, 238, 239, 239, 240, 240, 241, 242, 242, 242, 243, 244, 245, 245, 246, 246, 247, 247, 248, 249, 249, 249, 250, 251, 251, 252, 252, 252, 253, 254, 255],
    b = [53, 53, 53, 54, 54, 54, 55, 55, 55, 56, 57, 57, 57, 58, 58, 58, 59, 59, 59, 60, 61, 61, 61, 62, 62, 63, 63, 63, 64, 65, 65, 65, 66, 66, 67, 67, 67, 68, 69, 69, 69, 70, 70, 71, 71, 72, 73, 73, 73, 74, 74, 75, 75, 76, 77, 77, 78, 78, 79, 79, 80, 81, 81, 82, 82, 83, 83, 84, 85, 85, 86, 86, 87, 87, 88, 89, 89, 90, 90, 91, 91, 93, 93, 94, 94, 95, 95, 96, 97, 98, 98, 99, 99, 100, 101, 102, 102, 103, 104, 105, 105, 106, 106, 107, 108, 109, 109, 110, 111, 111, 112, 113, 114, 114, 115, 116, 117, 117, 118, 119, 119, 121, 121, 122, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 126, 127, 128, 129, 129, 130, 131, 132, 132, 133, 134, 134, 135, 136, 137, 137, 138, 139, 140, 140, 141, 142, 142, 143, 144, 145, 145, 146, 146, 148, 148, 149, 149, 150, 151, 152, 152, 153, 153, 154, 155, 156, 156, 157, 157, 158, 159, 160, 160, 161, 161, 162, 162, 163, 164, 164, 165, 165, 166, 166, 167, 168, 168, 169, 169, 170, 170, 171, 172, 172, 173, 173, 174, 174, 175, 176, 176, 177, 177, 177, 178, 178, 179, 180, 180, 181, 181, 181, 182, 182, 183, 184, 184, 184, 185, 185, 186, 186, 186, 187, 188, 188, 188, 189, 189, 189, 190, 190, 191, 191, 192, 192, 193, 193, 193, 194, 194, 194, 195, 196, 196, 196, 197, 197, 197, 198, 199];

// noise value
var noise = 20;

function processSepia() {
    // get current image data
    var imageData = ctx.getImageData(0,0,canvas.width,canvas.height);

    for (var i=0; i < imageData.data.length; i+=4) {

        // change image colors
        imageData.data[i] = r[imageData.data[i]];
        imageData.data[i+1] = g[imageData.data[i+1]];
        imageData.data[i+2] = b[imageData.data[i+2]];

        // apply noise
        if (noise > 0) {
            var noise = Math.round(noise - Math.random() * noise);

            for(var j=0; j<3; j++){
                var iPN = noise + imageData.data[i+j];
                imageData.data[i+j] = (iPN > 255) ? 255 : iPN;
            }
        }
    }

    // put image data back to context
    ctx.putImageData(imageData, 0, 0);
};

$(function () {

    // create canvas and context objects
    canvas = document.getElementById('source');
    ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

    // load source image
    imgObj = new Image();
    imgObj.onload = function () {

        // draw image
        ctx.drawImage(this, 0, 0, this.width, this.height, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
    }
    imgObj.src="images/pic1.jpg";

    // different onclick handlers
    var iCur = 1;
    $('#next').click(function () {
        iCur++;
        if (iCur > 6) iCur = 1;
        imgObj.src="images/pic" + iCur + '.jpg';
    });
    $('#sepia').click(function () {
        processSepia();
    });
    $('#toImage').click(function () {
        $('#img').attr('src', canvas.toDataURL('image/jpeg'));
    });
});

Main idea: as we know – sepia images have their own, quite predefined colors. So our script will walk through all pixels of the original image, and change the pixel color to the corresponding sepia color. Plus, we will add a little of noise to our image.

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Live Demo

download in package

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Conclusion

I hope that our demo looks fine. Today we have added a new interesting effect to our html5 application – Sepia. I will be glad to see your thanks and comments. Good luck!