html - Cutting an Image into pieces through Javascript

Question

I am creating a simple Jigsaw puzzle. In order to do this, I need to cut the picture I am using into 20 pieces. Is there a way in Javascript to cut a picture into 20 equal pieces and save them as 20 different objects within the webpage? Or do I just have to go into photoshop and cut each picture out myself and call it in?

Answer 1

This is easy to do with Canvas. The general idea is:

var image = new Image();
image.onload = cutImageUp;
image.src = 'myimage.png';

function cutImageUp() {
    var imagePieces = [];
    for(var x = 0; x < numColsToCut; ++x) {
        for(var y = 0; y < numRowsToCut; ++y) {
            var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
            canvas.width = widthOfOnePiece;
            canvas.height = heightOfOnePiece;
            var context = canvas.getContext('2d');
            context.drawImage(image, x * widthOfOnePiece, y * heightOfOnePiece, widthOfOnePiece, heightOfOnePiece, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
            imagePieces.push(canvas.toDataURL());
        }
    }

    // imagePieces now contains data urls of all the pieces of the image

    // load one piece onto the page
    var anImageElement = document.getElementById('myImageElementInTheDom');
    anImageElement.src = imagePieces[0];
}