Edge smoothing with radial gradient

by fangsmile

HTML

<canvas id="c" width="500" height="300"></canvas>

CSS

canvas { border: 1px solid #ccc }

JavaScript

var el = document.getElementById('c');
var ctx = el.getContext('2d');
var isDrawing;

el.onmousedown = function(e) {
  isDrawing = true;
  ctx.moveTo(e.clientX, e.clientY);
};
el.onmousemove = function(e) {
  if (isDrawing) {
    var radgrad = ctx.createRadialGradient(
      e.clientX,e.clientY,10,e.clientX,e.clientY,20);
    
    radgrad.addColorStop(0, '#000');
    radgrad.addColorStop(0.5, 'rgba(0,0,0,0.5)');
    radgrad.addColorStop(1, 'rgba(0,0,0,0)');
    ctx.fillStyle = radgrad;
    
    ctx.fillRect(e.clientX-20, e.clientY-20, 40, 40);
  }
};
el.onmouseup = function() {
  isDrawing = false;
};