CanvasRenderingContext2D: imageSmoothingQuality property

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.

The default value is "low".

Examples

Setting image smoothing quality

This example uses the imageSmoothingQuality property with a scaled image.

HTML

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

JavaScript

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

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

Result

Specifications

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

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imageSmoothingQuality

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

See also