waterpipe.js - smoky backgrounds generator (HTML5 Canvas)

waterpipe.js is a jQuery plugin for smoky backgrounds developed by dragdropsite.com

Examples

Here are some examples generated using waterpipe.js plugin.

Usage

1. Include jQuery and waterpipe.js

<script src="lib/jquery-1.11.0.min.js"></script>
<script src="waterpipe.js"></script>

2. Create wrapper with canvas element inside

<div id="wavybg-wrapper" style="width: 100%; height: 100%;"> 
    <canvas>Your browser does not support HTML5 canvas.</canvas>
</div>

3. Initialize with

var smokyBG = $('#wavybg-wrapper').waterpipe({
    //Default values
    gradientStart: '#000000',
    gradientEnd: '#222222',
    smokeOpacity: 0.1,
    numCircles: 1,
    maxMaxRad: 'auto',
    minMaxRad: 'auto',
    minRadFactor: 0,
    iterations: 8,
    drawsPerFrame: 10,
    lineWidth: 2,
    speed: 1,
    bgColorInner: "#ffffff",
    bgColorOuter: "#666666"
});

Options, Option, Type, Default, Description, ---------------, ---------------, -----------, --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, gradientStart, string, '#000000', Gradient start color in hex format., gradientEnd, string, '#222222', Gradient end color in hex format., smokeOpacity, number, 0.1, Smoke opacity 0 to 1., numCircles, int, 1, Number of circles (smokes)., maxMaxRad, int or 'auto', 'auto', Could be used to change circle radius size, minMaxRad, int or 'auto', 'auto', Could be used to change circle radius size, minRadFactor, int, It's a factor representing the size of the smallest radius with respect to the largest possible. Integer from 0 to 1., iterations, int, 8, The number of subdividing steps to take when creating a single fractal curve. Can use more, but anything over 10 (thus 1024 points) is overkill for a moderately sized canvas., drawsPerFrame, int, 10, Number of curves to draw on every tick of the timer, lineWidth, number, 2, Line width, speed, int, 1, Drawing speed (tick of timer in ms), bgColorInner, string, '#ffffff', Background outer color in hex format, bgColorOuter, string, '#666666', Background inner color in hex format, ## Methods

The following code could be used to call a method: smokyBG.data('waterpipe').generate();Please make sure variable smokyBG exists, Method, Arguments, Description, -----------, -------------, -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------, generate, Generates background canvas, setOption, optionName,, Set a new value to an option. Please check the above table for possible option names and values, optionValue, download, width: int,, Download size in pixels, height: int, ## Demo

Please check the demo to generate and download your own smoky backgrounds: http://dragdropsite.github.io/waterpipe.js

Credits

rectangleworld.com - big part of code has been taken from the examples provided on this blog

License

Licensed under MIT license