Merge Image using Javascript

Question

Is it possible to merge pictures using javascript?

For example, if you have 2 rectangle .jpg or .png images files of the same size, is it possible that you can align it side by side and produce a merged copy of the two in a new .jpg or .png image file?

Answer 1

You can use JavaScript to 'merge' them into one canvas, and convert that canvas to image.

var c=document.getElementById("myCanvas");
var ctx=c.getContext("2d");
var imageObj1 = new Image();
var imageObj2 = new Image();
imageObj1.src = "1.png"
imageObj1.onload = function() {
   ctx.drawImage(imageObj1, 0, 0, 328, 526);
   imageObj2.src = "2.png";
   imageObj2.onload = function() {
      ctx.drawImage(imageObj2, 15, 85, 300, 300);
      var img = c.toDataURL("image/png");
      document.write('<img src="' + img + '" width="328" height="526"/>');
   }
};

Due to security, your two images must be on the same domain with your JavaScript file (i.e http://123.com/1.png, http://123.com/2.png and http://123.com/script.js) otherwise the function toDataURL() will raise an error.