CanvasRenderingContext2D.imageSmoothingQuality

The imageSmoothingQuality property of the CanvasRenderingContext2D interface, part of the Canvas API, lets you set the quality of image smoothing.

Note: For this property to have an effect, imageSmoothingEnabled must be true.

Value

One of the following:

"low": Low quality.
"medium": Medium quality.
"high": High quality.

Examples

Setting image smoothing quality

This example uses the imageSmoothingQuality property with a scaled image.

HTML

<canvas id="canvas"></canvas>

JavaScript

const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");

let img = new Image();
img.src = "canvas_createpattern.png";
img.onload = () => {
  ctx.imageSmoothingQuality = "low";
  ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, 300, 150);
};

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # dom-context-2d-imagesmoothingquality-dev

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