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ImageBitmap

Category
Graphics
Type
New or changed feature
Status
Enabled by default (Chrome 50)
Intent stage
None

Summary

An ImageBitmap object represents a bitmap image that can be painted to a canvas without undue latency. An ImageBitmap object can be obtained from a variety of different objects, using the createImageBitmap() method. ImageBitmap provides an asynchronous and resource efficient pathway to prepare textures for rendering in WebGL.

Standards & signals

Docs: https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2016/03/createimagebitmap-in-chrome-50 https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ImageBitmap https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ImageBitmapFactories/createImageBitmap

Samples: https://ebidel.github.io/demos/images2video/index.html

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