In the following example I will be using an external image as the backdrop of a small line graph. Using backdrops can make your script considerably smaller because we don't need to draw an elaborate background. I'm only using one image here so I use the image object's onload event handler to execute the drawing statements. The drawImage method places the backdrop on the coordinate (0,0) which is the top left corner of the canvas.

下面一个例子我用一个外部图像作为一线性图的背景。用背景图我们就不需要绘制负责的背景，省下不少代码。这里只用到一个 image 对象，于是就在它的 onload 事件响应函数中触发绘制动作。drawImage 方法将背景图放置在 canvas 的左上角 (0,0) 处。

function draw() {   

function draw() { var ctx = document.getElementById('canvas').getContext('2d'); var img = new Image(); img.onload = function(){ ctx.drawImage(img,0,0); ctx.beginPath(); ctx.moveTo(30,96); ctx.lineTo(70,66); ctx.lineTo(103,76); ctx.lineTo(170,15); ctx.stroke(); } img.src = 'images/backdrop.png'; } 缩放 Scaling

The second variant of the drawImage method adds two new parameters and it allows us to place scaled images on the canvas.

drawImage 方法的又一变种是增加了两个用于控制图像在 canvas 中缩放的参数。

drawImage(image, x, y, width, height)

Where width and height is the image's size on the target canvas. 当中 width 和 height 分别是图像在 canvas 中显示大小。

drawImage 示例 2

 In this example I'm going to use an image as a wallpaper and repeat it several times on the canvas. This is done simply by looping and placing the scaled images at different positions. In the code below the first for loops through the rows the second for loop the columns. The image is scaled one third of its original size which is 50x38 pixels. We'll see how this could also have been achieved, by creating a custom pattern, later in this tutorial.

在这个例子里，我会用一张图片像背景一样在 canvas 中以重复平铺开来。实现起来也很简单，只需要循环铺开经过缩放的图片即可。见下面的代码，第一层 for 循环是做行重复，第二层是做列重复的。图像大小被缩放至原来的三分之一，50x38 px。这种方法可以用来很好的达到背景图案的效果，在下面的教程中会看到。

Note: Images can become blurry when scaling up or grainy if they're scaled down too much. Scaling is probably best not done if you've got some text in it which needs to remain legible.

注意：图像可能会因为大幅度的缩放而变得起杂点或者模糊。如果您的图像里面有文字，那么最好还是不要进行缩放，因为那样处理之后很可能图像里的文字就会变得无法辨认了。

function draw() {   

function draw() { var ctx = document.getElementById('canvas').getContext('2d'); var img = new Image(); img.onload = function(){ for (i=0;i<4;i++){ for (j=0;j<3;j++){ ctx.drawImage(img,j*50,i*38,50,38); } } } img.src = 'images/rhino.jpg'; } 切片 Slicing

The third and last variant of the drawImage method has eight new parameters. We can use this method to slice parts of a source image and draw them to the canvas.

drawImage 方法的第三个也是最后一个变种有8个新参数，用于控制做切片显示的。

drawImage(image, sx, sy, sWidth, sHeight, dx, dy, dWidth, dHeight)

The first parameter image, just as with the other variants, is either a reference to an image object or a reference to a different canvas element. For the other eight parametes it's best to look at the image on the right. The first four parameters define the location and size of the slice on the source image. The last four parameters define the position and size on the destination canvas.

第一个参数和其它的是相同的，都是一个图像或者另一个 canvas 的引用。其它8个参数最好是参照右边的图解，前4个是定义图像源的切片位置和大小，后4个则是定义切片的目标显示位置和大小。

Slicing can be a useful tool when you want to make compositions. You could have all elements in a single image file and use this method to composite a complete drawing. For instance, if you want to make a chart you could have a PNG image containing all the necessary text in a single file and depending on your data could change the scale of your chart without very much diffculty. Another advantage is that you don't need to load every image individually.

切片是个做图像合成的强大工具。假设有一张包含了所有元素的图像，那么你可以用这个方法来合成一个完整图像。例如，你想画一张图表，而手上有一个包含所有必需的文字的 PNG 文件，那么你可以很轻易的根据实际数据的需要来改变最终显示的图表。这方法的另一个好处就是你不需要单独装载每一个图像。

drawImage 示例 3