Rendering HTML5 Illustration

by Matthew David

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and CANVAS are two new tools introduced in HTML5 that you can use to add illustration and interactive animation to your Web pages. Understand why there are two different formats, how you can use them, and where they can be used today.

* Create SVG and CANVAS illustrations * Add gradients to SVG and CANVAS illustrations * Animate CANVAS designs * Add text to your HTML5 illustrations

Rendering HTML5 Illustration is the third of five articles on the new Web standard, HTML5. These five full-color articles feature ample visuals to illustrate what your Web sites can do with the help of HTML5. The articles are also combined in the book , HTML5, which will add exclusive material in the form of a related real-life project to go alongside each article. This article is equivalent to 43 print pages.

HTML 5, is the first major update to the core language of the Web in over a decade

The focus of this book is on innovations that most directly effect Web site design and multimedia integration

The companion Web site features working demonstrations and tutorial media for hands-on practice

41 pages, Kindle Edition

First published March 1, 2010