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Filter Effects 1.0

Editor's Draft 3 October 2012

This version:
http://dvcs.w3.org/hg/FXTF/raw-file/tip/filters/index.html
Latest version:
http://www.w3.org/TR/filter-effects/
Editors:
Vincent Hardy, Adobe Systems,
Dean Jackson, Apple Inc.,
Erik Dahlström, Opera Software ASA,
Dirk Schulze, Adobe Systems,
Authors:
The authors of this specification are the participants of the W3C CSS and SVG Working Groups.
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Abstract

Filter effects are a way of processing an element's rendering before it is displayed in the document. Typically, rendering an element via CSS or SVG can conceptually described as if the element, including its children, are drawn into a buffer (such as a raster image) and then that buffer is composited into the elements parent. Filters apply an effect before the compositing stage. Examples of such effects are blurring, changing color intensity and warping the image.

Although originally designed for use in SVG, filter effects are a set a set of operations to apply on an image buffer and therefore can be applied to nearly any presentational environment, including CSS. They are triggered by a style instruction (the ‘filter’ property). This specification describes filters in a manner that allows them to be used in content styled by CSS, such as HTML and SVG. It also defines a CSS property value function that produces a CSS <image> value.

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Table of contents

1. Introduction

A filter effect is a graphical operation that is applied to an element as it is drawn into the document. It is an image-based effect, in that it takes zero or more images as input, a number of parameters specific to the effect, and then produces an image as output. The output image is either rendered into the document instead of the original element, used as an input image to another filter effect, or provided as a CSS image value.

A simple example of a filter effect is a "flood". It takes no image inputs but has a parameter defining a color. The effect produces an output image that is completely filled with the given color. A slightly more complex example is an "inversion" which takes a single image input (typically an image of the element as it would normally be rendered into its parent) and adjusts each pixel such that they have the opposite color values.

Filter effects are exposed with three levels of complexity:

  1. A small set of canned filter functions that are given by name. While not particularly powerful, these are convenient and easily understood and provide a simple approach to achieving common effects, such as blurring.
  2. A graph of individual filter effects described in markup that define an overall effect. The graph is agnostic to its input in that the effect can be applied to any content. While such graphs are the combination of effects that may be simple in isolation, the graph as a whole can produce complex effects. An example is given below.
  3. A customizable system that exposes a shading language allowing control over the geometry and pixel values of filtered output.

The following shows an example of a filter effect.

Example filters01 - introducing filter effects.

Example Filter

View this example as SVG

The filter effect used in the example above is repeated here with reference numbers in the left column before each of the six filter primitives:

 
 
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<filter id="MyFilter" filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" width="200" height="120">
  <desc>Produces a 3D lighting effect.</desc>
  <feGaussianBlur in="SourceAlpha" stdDeviation="4" result="blur"/>
  <feOffset in="blur" dx="4" dy="4" result="offsetBlur"/>
  <feSpecularLighting in="blur" surfaceScale="5" specularConstant=".75" 
                      specularExponent="20" lighting-color="#bbbbbb" 
                      result="specOut">
    <fePointLight x="-5000" y="-10000" z="20000"/>
  </feSpecularLighting>
  <feComposite in="specOut" in2="SourceAlpha" operator="in" result="specOut"/>
  <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="specOut" operator="arithmetic" 
               k1="0" k2="1" k3="1" k4="0" result="litPaint"/>
  <feMerge>
    <feMergeNode in="offsetBlur"/>
    <feMergeNode in="litPaint"/>
  </feMerge>
</filter>

The following pictures show the intermediate image results from each of the six filter elements:

filters01 - original source graphic
Source graphic

 

filters01 - after filter element 1
After filter primitive 1

 

filters01 - after filter element 2
After filter primitive 2

 

filters01 - after filter element 3
After filter primitive 3

   
   

filters01 - after filter element 4
After filter primitive 4

 

filters01 - after filter element 5
After filter primitive 5

 

filters01 - after filter element 6
After filter primitive 6

  1. Filter primitive feGaussianBlur takes input SourceAlpha, which is the alpha channel of the source graphic. The result is stored in a temporary buffer named "blur". Note that "blur" is used as input to both filter primitives 2 and 3.
  2. Filter primitive feOffset takes buffer "blur", shifts the result in a positive direction in both x and y, and creates a new buffer named "offsetBlur". The effect is that of a drop shadow.
  3. Filter primitive feSpecularLighting, uses buffer "blur" as a model of a surface elevation and generates a lighting effect from a single point source. The result is stored in buffer "specOut".
  4. Filter primitive feComposite masks out the result of filter primitive 3 by the original source graphics alpha channel so that the intermediate result is no bigger than the original source graphic.
  5. Filter primitive feComposite composites the result of the specular lighting with the original source graphic.
  6. Filter primitive feMerge composites two layers together. The lower layer consists of the drop shadow result from filter primitive 2. The upper layer consists of the specular lighting result from filter primitive 5.

2. Reading This Document

Each section of this document is normative unless otherwise specified.

This document contains explicit conformance criteria that overlap with some RelaxNG definitions in requirements. If there is any conflict between the two, the explicit conformance criteria are the definitive reference.

Note that even though this specification references parts of SVG 1.1 [SVG11] it does not require an SVG 1.1 implementation.

Add link to conformance classes here.

3. Definitions

When used in this specification, terms have the meanings assigned in this section.

null filter

The null filter output is all transparent black pixels. If applied to an element it means that the element (and children if any) becomes invisible. Note that it does not affect event processing.

transfer function elements
The set of feFuncR, feFuncG, feFuncB, feFuncA elements, that define the transfer function for the feComponentTransfer filter primitive.
bounding client rect

The union of all border boxes for the element that has an associated CSS layout box and is not in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace and it's descendant elements. Or the object bounding box [SVG11], if the element does not have an associated CSS layout box and is in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace (See getBoundingClientRect [CSSOM]]).

local coordinate system

In general, a coordinate system defines locations and distances on the current canvas. The current local coordinate system (also user coordinate system) is the coordinate system that is currently active and which is used to define how coordinates and lengths are located and computed, respectively, on the current canvas [CSS3-TRANSFORMS].

For elements that have an associated CSS layout box, the current user coordinate system has its origin at the top-left corner of the bounding client rect and one unit equals one CSS pixel. The viewport for resolving percentage values is defined by the width and height of the bounding client rect.

If the element does not have an associated CSS layout box and is in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace, the current local coordinate system has its origin at the top-left corner of the element's nearest viewport.

user coordinate system
See definition of local coordinate system.
object bounding box units
The bounding client rect defines the coordinate system in which to resolve values, as defined in object bounding box units [SVG11].
filter primitives, filter primitive elements

The set of elements that control the output of a filter element, particularly: feSpotLight, feBlend, feColorMatrix, feComponentTransfer, feComposite, feConvolveMatrix, feDiffuseLighting, feDisplacementMap, feFlood, feGaussianBlur, feImage, feMerge, feMorphology, feOffset, feSpecularLighting, feTile, feTurbulence, feDropShadow, feDiffuseSpecular, feUnsharpMask, feCustom.

light sources

The following elements are light sources: feDistantLight, fePointLight, feSpotLight.

filter primitive attributes
All filter primitives share ‘x’, ‘y’, ‘width’ and ‘height’ as filter primitive attributes.
vertex mesh
The vertex mesh defines the geometry that is processed by the vertex shader.

4. The ‘filter’ property

The description of the ‘filter’ property is as follows:

Name: filter
Value: none | <filter-function> [ <filter-function> ]*
Initial: none
Applies to: All elements In SVG 1.1 it applies only to "container elements (except ‘mask’) and graphics elements"
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Animatable: yes

If the value of the ‘filter’ property is ‘none’ then there is no filter effect applied. Otherwise, the list of functions (described below) are applied in order.

The application of the ‘filter’ property to an element formatted with the CSS box model establishes a pseudo-stacking-context the same way that CSS opacity does, and all the element's descendants are rendered together as a group with the filter effect applied to the group as a whole.

The ‘filter’ property has no effect on the geometry of the target element's CSS boxes, even though ‘filter’ can cause painting outside of an element's border box.

The compositing model follows the SVG compositing model [SVG11]: first any filter effect is applied, then any clipping, masking and opacity. These effects all apply after any other CSS effects such as ‘border’. As per SVG, the application of ‘filter’ has no effect on hit-testing.

The CSS WG wants to look into how to apply the filter to certain parts of an object (background, border) instead of just the whole group with descendants.

5. The ‘filter-margin-top’, ‘filter-margin-bottom’, ‘filter-margin-left’, ‘filter-margin-right’, and ‘filter-margin’ properties

The filter-margin properties define the filter effect region for the filter functionscustom()’. If the filter property references a filter element, then the filter effect region defined by the element takes precedence over the ‘filter-margin’ property.

On a regular filter element, the x, y, width and height attributes define the filter effects region.

The following sections describe the ‘filter-margin-top’, ‘filter-margin-left’, ‘filter-margin-bottom’, ‘filter-margin-right’ properties.

The filter-margin properties are a shorthand mechanism for defining a filter region equivalent to:

<filter filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
        x="fx(targetBox, [filter-margin-left])"
        y="fy(targetBox, [filter-margin-top])"
        width="fw(targetBox, [filter-margin-left], [filter-margin-right])"
        height="fh(targetBox, [filter-margin-top], [filter-margin-bottom])">
    <!-- filter primitives for the filter function -->
</filter>

Where:

Margin properties specify the width of the filter region of a box. The ‘filter-margin’ shorthand property sets the margin for all four sides while the other margin properties only set their respective side. These properties apply to all elements (which is different from the regular margin properties where vertical margins will not have any effect on non-replaced inline elements).

The ‘filter-margin-top’, ‘filter-margin-bottom’, ‘filter-margin-left’, ‘filter-margin-right’ can take the same values as the ‘margin-top’, ‘margin-bottom’, ‘margin-left’ and ‘margin-right’ properties, respectively. In addition, they can take the ‘auto’ value which is also their default value.

The ‘filter-margin’ property can take the same values as the ‘margin’ property and is a shorthand for setting ‘filter-margin-top’, ‘filter-margin-right’, ‘filter-margin-bottom’ and ‘filter-margin-left’ at the same place in the stylesheet.

The following figure illustrates how the various filter-margin properties affect the filter region.

The filter region

The filter region

The blue border delimit the filter region. The margins are represented by:

Name: filter-margin-top, filter-margin-right, filter-margin-bottom, filter-margin-left
Value: <margin-width> | auto
Initial auto
Applies to: all elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: refer to the dimension of the bounding client rect
Media: visual
Computed value: the percentage as specified or the absolute length. A value of auto computes to 10% of the bounding client rect
Name: filter-margin
Value: <margin-width>{1,4} | auto
Initial auto
Applies to: all elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: refer to the dimension of the bounding client rect
Media: visual
Computed value: the percentage as specified or the absolute length. A value of auto computes to 10% of the bounding client rect

6. The ‘color-interpolation-filters’ property

The description of the ‘color-interpolation-filters’ property is as follows:

Name: color-interpolation-filters
Value:   auto | sRGB | linearRGB
Initial:   linearRGB
Applies to:   filter primitives
Inherited:   yes
Percentages:   N/A
Media:   visual
Animatable:   yes
auto
Indicates that the user agent can choose either the ‘sRGB or ’linearRGB'‘ spaces for filter effects color operations. This option indicates that the author doesn’t require that color operations occur in a particular color space.
sRGB
Indicates that filter effects color operations should occur in the sRGB color space.
linearRGB
Indicates that filter effects color operations should occur in the linearized RGB color space.

The ‘color-interpolation-filters’ property specifies the color space for imaging operations performed via filter effects.

Note that ‘color-interpolation-filters’ has a different initial value than ‘color-interpolation’. ‘color-interpolation-filters’ has an initial value of ‘linearRGB’, where as ‘color-interpolation’ has an initial value of ‘sRGB’. Thus, in the default case, filter effects operations occur in the linearRGB color space, whereas all other color interpolations occur by default in the sRGB color space.

At the moment it is unspecified how the ‘color-interpolation-filters’ property applies to short hand filters. The FXTF discussed to apply it to the whole filter chain.

7. Filter Functions

The value of the ‘filter’ property is a list of <filter-function>s applied in the order provided. The individual filter functions are separated by whitespace. The set of allowed filter functions is given below.

<FuncIRI>
An IRI reference to a filter element that defines the filter effect. For example ‘url(commonfilters.xml#large-blur)’. If the IRI references a non-existent object or the referenced object is not a filter element, then the null filter will be applied instead.
grayscale(<number> | <percentage>)
Converts the input image to grayscale. The passed parameter defines the proportion of the conversion. A value of 100% is completely grayscale. A value of 0% leaves the input unchanged. Values between 0% and 100% are linear multipliers on the effect. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
sepia(<number> | <percentage>)
Converts the input image to sepia. The passed parameter defines the proportion of the conversion. A value of 100% is completely sepia. A value of 0 leaves the input unchanged. Values between 0% and 100% are linear multipliers on the effect. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
saturate(<number> | <percentage>)
Saturates the input image. The passed parameter defines the proportion of the conversion. A value of 0% is completely un-saturated. A value of 100% leaves the input unchanged. Other values are linear multipliers on the effect. Values of amount over 100% are allowed, providing super-saturated results. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
hue-rotate(<angle>)
Applies a hue rotation on the input image. The passed parameter defines the number of degrees around the color circle the input samples will be adjusted. A value of 0deg leaves the input unchanged. If the parameter is missing, a value of 0deg is used. Implementations should not normalize this value in order to allow animations beyond 360deg. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
invert(<number> | <percentage>)
Inverts the samples in the input image. The passed parameter defines the proportion of the conversion. A value of 100% is completely inverted. A value of 0% leaves the input unchanged. Values between 0% and 100% are linear multipliers on the effect. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
opacity(<number> | <percentage>)
Applies transparency to the samples in the input image. The passed parameter defines the proportion of the conversion. A value of 0% is completely transparent. A value of 100% leaves the input unchanged. Values between 0% and 100% are linear multipliers on the effect. This is equivalent to multiplying the input image samples by amount. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
brightness(<number> | <percentage>)
Applies a linear multiplier to input image, making it appear more or less bright. A value of 0% will create an image that is completely black. A value of 100% leaves the input unchanged. Other values are linear multipliers on the effect. Values of amount over 100% are allowed, providing brighter results. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
contrast(<number> | <percentage>)
Adjusts the contrast of the input. A value of 0% will create an image that is completely black. A value of 100% leaves the input unchanged. Values of amount over 100% are allowed, providing results with less contrast. If the parameter is missing, a value of 100% is used. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
blur(<length>)
Applies a Gaussian blur to the input image. The passed parameter (the radius) defines the value of the standard deviation to the Gaussian function. If no parameter is provided, then a value 0 is used. The parameter is specified a CSS length, but does not accept percentage values. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
drop-shadow(<shadow>)
Applies a drop shadow effect to the input image. A drop shadow is effectively a blurred, offset version of the input image's alpha mask drawn in a particular color, composited below the image. The function accepts a parameter of type <shadow> (defined in CSS3 Backgrounds), with the exception that the ‘inset’ keyword is not allowed. The markup equivalent of this function is given below.
custom(<vertex-shader> <fragment-shader>? [ , <vertex-mesh> ]? [ , <params> ]?)
<vertex-shader> none | <uri>
<fragment-shader> none | <uri> | mix(<uri> [ <blend-mode> || <alpha-compositing> ]?)
<vertex-mesh> <integer>{0,2} <box>? [ detached | attached ]?
<box> filter-box | border-box | padding-box | content-box
<params> See the feCustoms params attribute.
The <vertex-shader> and <fragment-shader> parameters reference the shader sources. The <vertex-mesh> parameter specifies the granularity of the vertex mesh. The <params> specify the parameters and corresponding passed to the shader programs. The markup equivalent is given below.

It might be clearer to name the custom() function the shader() function instead and introduce an feCustomShader filter primitive instead of ’feCustom'.

The above list is a collection of effects that can be easily defined in terms of SVG filters. However, there are many more interesting effects that can be considered for inclusion. If accepted, there will have to be equivalent XML elements for the effect. Effects considered include:

The first function in the list takes the element (SourceGraphic) as the input image. Subsequent operations take the output from the previous function as the input image. The exception is the function that references a filter element, which can specify an alternate input, but still uses the previous output as its SourceGraphic.

8. The filter element

Name: filter
Categories: None.
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFilterElement

The description of the filter element follows:

Attribute definitions:

filterUnits = "userSpaceOnUse | objectBoundingBox"
See filter effects region.
primitiveUnits = "userSpaceOnUse | objectBoundingBox"
Specifies the coordinate system for the various length values within the filter primitives and for the attributes that define the filter primitive subregion.
If primitiveUnits="userSpaceOnUse", any length values within the filter definitions represent values in the current user coordinate system in place at the time when the filter element is referenced (i.e., the user coordinate system for the element referencing the filter element via a ‘filter’ property).
If primitiveUnits="objectBoundingBox", then any length values within the filter definitions represent fractions or percentages of the bounding box on the referencing element (see object bounding box units). Note that if only one number was specified in a <number-optional-number> value this number is expanded out before the primitiveUnits computation takes place.
The lacuna value for primitiveUnits is userSpaceOnUse.
Animatable: yes.
x = "<coordinate>"
See filter effects region.
y = "<coordinate>"
See filter effects region.
width = "<length>"
See filter effects region.
height = "<length>"
See filter effects region.
filterRes = "<number-optional-number>"
See filter effects region.
xlink:href = "<IRI>"
An IRI reference to another filter element within the current SVG document fragment. Any attributes which are defined on the referenced filter element which are not defined on this element are inherited by this element. If this element has no defined filter nodes, and the referenced element has defined filter nodes (possibly due to its own href attribute), then this element inherits the filter nodes defined from the referenced filter element. Inheritance can be indirect to an arbitrary level; thus, if the referenced filter element inherits attributes or its filter node specification due to its own href attribute, then the current element can inherit those attributes or filter node specifications.
This attribute is deprecated and should not be used in new content, it's included for backwards compatibility reasons only.

Animatable: yes.

Properties inherit into the filter element from its ancestors; properties do not inherit from the element referencing the filter element.

filter elements are never rendered directly; their only usage is as something that can be referenced using the ‘filter’ property. The display property does not apply to the filter element; thus, filter elements are not directly rendered even if the display property is set to a value other than none, and filter elements are available for referencing even when the display property on the filter element or any of its ancestors is set to none.


9. Filter effects region

A filter element can define a region on the canvas to which a given filter effect applies and can provide a resolution for any intermediate continuous tone images used to process any raster-based filter primitives. The filter element has the following attributes which work together to define the filter effects region:

filterUnits

Defines the coordinate system for attributes x, y, width, height.

If filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse", x, y, width, height represent values in the current user coordinate system in place at the time when the filter element is referenced (i.e., the user coordinate system for the element referencing the filter element via a ‘filter’ property).

If filterUnits="objectBoundingBox", then x, y, width, height represent fractions or percentages of the bounding box on the referencing element (see object bounding box units).

The lacuna value for filterUnits is objectBoundingBox.

Animatable: yes.

x, y, width, height

These attributes define a rectangular region on the canvas to which this filter applies.

The amount of memory and processing time required to apply the filter are related to the size of this rectangle and the filterRes attribute of the filter.

The coordinate system for these attributes depends on the value for attribute filterUnits.

The bounds of this rectangle act as a hard clipping region for each filter primitive included with a given filter element; thus, if the effect of a given filter primitive would extend beyond the bounds of the rectangle (this sometimes happens when using a feGaussianBlur filter primitive with a very large stdDeviation), parts of the effect will get clipped.

The lacuna value for x and y is -10%.

The lacuna value for width and height is 120%.

Negative or zero values for width or height disable rendering of the element which referenced the filter.

Animatable: yes.

filterRes

Defines the width and height of the intermediate images in pixels. If not provided, then the user agent will use reasonable values to produce a high-quality result on the output device.

Care should be taken when assigning a non-default value to this attribute. Too small of a value may result in unwanted pixelation in the result. Too large of a value may result in slow processing and large memory usage.

Non-integer values are truncated, i.e rounded to the closest integer value towards zero.

Negative or zero values disable rendering of the element which referenced the filter.

Animatable: yes.

Note that both of the two possible value for filterUnits (i.e., objectBoundingBox and userSpaceOnUse) result in a filter region whose coordinate system has its X-axis and Y-axis each parallel to the X-axis and Y-axis, respectively, of the user coordinate system for the element to which the filter will be applied.

Sometimes implementers can achieve faster performance when the filter region can be mapped directly to device pixels; thus, for best performance on display devices, it is suggested that authors define their region such that the user agent can align the filter region pixel-for-pixel with the background. In particular, for best filter effects performance, avoid rotating or skewing the user coordinate system. Explicit values for attribute filterRes can either help or harm performance. If filterRes is smaller than the automatic (i.e., default) filter resolution, then filter effect might have faster performance (usually at the expense of quality). If filterRes is larger than the automatic (i.e., default) filter resolution, then filter effects performance will usually be slower.

It is often necessary to provide padding space because the filter effect might impact bits slightly outside the tight-fitting bounding box on a given object. For these purposes, it is possible to provide negative percentage values for x, y and percentages values greater than 100% for width, height. This, for example, is why the defaults for the filter effects region are x="-10%" y="-10%" width="120%" height="120%".

10. Accessing the background image

Two possible pseudo input images for filter effects are BackgroundImage and BackgroundAlpha, which each represent an image snapshot of the canvas under the filter region at the time that the filter element is invoked. BackgroundImage represents both the color values and alpha channel of the canvas (i.e., RGBA pixel values), whereas BackgroundAlpha represents only the alpha channel.

Implementations will often need to maintain supplemental background image buffers in order to support the BackgroundImage and BackgroundAlpha pseudo input images. Sometimes, the background image buffers will contain an in-memory copy of the accumulated painting operations on the current canvas.

Because in-memory image buffers can take up significant system resources, content must explicitly indicate to the user agent that the document needs access to the background image before BackgroundImage and BackgroundAlpha pseudo input images can be used.

A background image is what's been rendered before the current element. The host language is responsible for defining what rendered before in this context means. For SVG, that uses the painter's algorithm, rendered before means all of the prior elements in pre order traversal previous to the element to which the filter is applied.

The property which enables access to the background image is ‘enable-background’:

Name: enable-background
Value: accumulate | new
Initial: accumulate
Applies to: Typically elements that can contain renderable elements. language is responsible for defining the applicable set of elements. For SVG: container elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Animatable: no

enable-background’ is only applicable to container elements and specifies how the SVG user agent manages the accumulation of the background image.

new

accumulate (the initial/default value)

If a filter effect specifies either the BackgroundImage or the BackgroundAlpha pseudo input images and no ancestor container element element has a property value of ‘enable-background: new’, then the background image request is technically in error. Processing will proceed without interruption (i.e., no error message) and a transparent black image shall be provided in response to the request.

10.1. Accessing the background image in SVG

This section only applies to the SVG definition of enable-background.

Assume you have an element E in the document and that E has a series of ancestors A1 (its immediate parent), A2, etc. (Note: A0 is E.) Each ancestor Ai will have a corresponding temporary background image offscreen buffer BUFi. The contents of the background image available to a filter referenced by E is defined as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
  "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="13.5cm" height="2.7cm" viewBox="0 0 1350 270"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">
  <title>Example enable-background01</title>
  <desc>This test case shows five pictures which illustrate the rules
        for background image processing.</desc>

  <defs>
    <filter id="ShiftBGAndBlur" 
            filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" width="1200" height="400">
      <desc>
        This filter discards the SourceGraphic, if any, and just produces
        a result consisting of the BackgroundImage shifted down 125 units
        and then blurred.
      </desc>
      <feOffset in="BackgroundImage" dx="0" dy="125" />
      <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="8" />
    </filter>
    <filter id="ShiftBGAndBlur_WithSourceGraphic" 
            filterUnits="userSpaceOnUse" x="0" y="0" width="1200" height="400">
      <desc>
        This filter takes the BackgroundImage, shifts it down 125 units, blurs it,
        and then renders the SourceGraphic on top of the shifted/blurred background.
      </desc>
      <feOffset in="BackgroundImage" dx="0" dy="125" />
      <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="8" result="blur" />
      <feMerge>
        <feMergeNode in="blur"/>
        <feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic"/>
      </feMerge>
    </filter>
  </defs>

  <g transform="translate(0,0)">
    <desc>The first picture is our reference graphic without filters.</desc>
    <rect x="25" y="25" width="100" height="100" fill="red"/>
    <g opacity=".5">
      <circle cx="125" cy="75" r="45" fill="green"/>
      <polygon points="160,25 160,125 240,75" fill="blue"/>
    </g>
    <rect x="5" y="5" width="260" height="260" fill="none" stroke="blue"/>
  </g>

  <g enable-background="new" transform="translate(270,0)">
    <desc>The second adds an empty 'g' element which invokes ShiftBGAndBlur.</desc>
    <rect x="25" y="25" width="100" height="100" fill="red"/>
    <g opacity=".5">
      <circle cx="125" cy="75" r="45" fill="green"/>
      <polygon points="160,25 160,125 240,75" fill="blue"/>
    </g>
    <g filter="url(#ShiftBGAndBlur)"/>
    <rect x="5" y="5" width="260" height="260" fill="none" stroke="blue"/>
  </g>

  <g enable-background="new" transform="translate(540,0)">
    <desc>The third invokes ShiftBGAndBlur on the inner group.</desc>
    <rect x="25" y="25" width="100" height="100" fill="red"/>
    <g filter="url(#ShiftBGAndBlur)" opacity=".5">
      <circle cx="125" cy="75" r="45" fill="green"/>
      <polygon points="160,25 160,125 240,75" fill="blue"/>
    </g>
    <rect x="5" y="5" width="260" height="260" fill="none" stroke="blue"/>
  </g>

  <g enable-background="new" transform="translate(810,0)">
    <desc>The fourth invokes ShiftBGAndBlur on the triangle.</desc>
    <rect x="25" y="25" width="100" height="100" fill="red"/>
    <g opacity=".5">
      <circle cx="125" cy="75" r="45" fill="green"/>
      <polygon points="160,25 160,125 240,75" fill="blue"
               filter="url(#ShiftBGAndBlur)"/>
    </g>
    <rect x="5" y="5" width="260" height="260" fill="none" stroke="blue"/>
  </g>

  <g enable-background="new" transform="translate(1080,0)">
    <desc>The fifth invokes ShiftBGAndBlur_WithSourceGraphic on the triangle.</desc>
    <rect x="25" y="25" width="100" height="100" fill="red"/>
    <g opacity=".5">
      <circle cx="125" cy="75" r="45" fill="green"/>
      <polygon points="160,25 160,125 240,75" fill="blue"
               filter="url(#ShiftBGAndBlur_WithSourceGraphic)"/>
    </g>
    <rect x="5" y="5" width="260" height="260" fill="none" stroke="blue"/>
  </g>
</svg>
Example
Example

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The example above contains five parts, described as follows:

  1. The first set is the reference graphic. The reference graphic consists of a red rectangle followed by a 50% transparent g element. Inside the g is a green circle that partially overlaps the rectangle and a a blue triangle that partially overlaps the circle. The three objects are then outlined by a rectangle stroked with a thin blue line. No filters are applied to the reference graphic.
  2. The second set enables background image processing and adds an empty g element which invokes the ShiftBGAndBlur filter. This filter takes the current accumulated background image (i.e., the entire reference graphic) as input, shifts its offscreen down, blurs it, and then writes the result to the canvas. Note that the offscreen for the filter is initialized to transparent black, which allows the already rendered rectangle, circle and triangle to show through after the filter renders its own result to the canvas.
  3. The third set enables background image processing and instead invokes the ShiftBGAndBlur filter on the inner g element. The accumulated background at the time the filter is applied contains only the red rectangle. Because the children of the inner g (i.e., the circle and triangle) are not part of the inner g element's background and because ShiftBGAndBlur ignores SourceGraphic, the children of the inner g do not appear in the result.
  4. The fourth set enables background image processing and invokes the ShiftBGAndBlur on the polygon element that draws the triangle. The accumulated background at the time the filter is applied contains the red rectangle plus the green circle ignoring the effect of the opacity property on the inner g element. (Note that the blurred green circle at the bottom does not let the red rectangle show through on its left side. This is due to ignoring the effect of the opacity property.) Because the triangle itself is not part of the accumulated background and because ShiftBGAndBlur ignores SourceGraphic, the triangle does not appear in the result.
  5. The fifth set is the same as the fourth except that filter ShiftBGAndBlur_WithSourceGraphic is invoked instead of ShiftBGAndBlur. ShiftBGAndBlur_WithSourceGraphic performs the same effect as ShiftBGAndBlur, but then renders the SourceGraphic on top of the shifted, blurred background image. In this case, SourceGraphic is the blue triangle; thus, the result is the same as in the fourth case except that the blue triangle now appears.

11. Filter primitives overview

11.1. Overview

This section describes the various filter primitives that can be assembled to achieve a particular filter effect.

Unless otherwise stated, all image filters operate on premultiplied RGBA samples. Filters which work more naturally on non-premultiplied data (feColorMatrix, feCustom and feComponentTransfer) will temporarily undo and redo premultiplication as specified. All raster effect filtering operations take 1 to N input RGBA images, additional attributes as parameters, and produce a single output RGBA image.

The RGBA result from each filter primitive will be clamped into the allowable ranges for colors and opacity values. Thus, for example, the result from a given filter primitive will have any negative color values or opacity values adjusted up to color/opacity of zero.

The color space in which a particular filter primitive performs its operations is determined by the value of property color-interpolation-filters on the given filter primitive. A different property, color-interpolation determines the color space for other color operations. Because these two properties have different initial values (color-interpolation-filters has an initial value of linearRGB whereas color-interpolation has an initial value of ‘sRGB’), in some cases to achieve certain results (e.g., when coordinating gradient interpolation with a filtering operation) it will be necessary to explicitly set color-interpolation to ‘linearRGB’ or ‘color-interpolation-filters’ to ‘sRGB’ on particular elements. Note that the examples below do not explicitly set either color-interpolation or ‘color-interpolation-filters’, so the initial values for these properties apply to the examples.

Sometimes filter primitives result in undefined pixels. For example, filter primitive feOffset can shift an image down and to the right, leaving undefined pixels at the top and left. In these cases, the undefined pixels are set to transparent black.

11.2. Common attributes

The following attributes are available for most of the filter primitives:

Attribute definitions:

x = "<coordinate>"

The minimum x coordinate for the subregion which restricts calculation and rendering of the given filter primitive. See filter primitive subregion.

The lacuna value for x is 0%.

Animatable: yes.

y = "<coordinate>"

The minimum y coordinate for the subregion which restricts calculation and rendering of the given filter primitive. See filter primitive subregion.

The lacuna value for y is 0%.

Animatable: yes.

width = "<length>"

The width of the subregion which restricts calculation and rendering of the given filter primitive. See filter primitive subregion.

A negative or zero value disables the effect of the given filter primitive (i.e., the result is a transparent black image).

The lacuna value for width is 100%.

Animatable: yes.

height = "<length>"

The height of the subregion which restricts calculation and rendering of the given filter primitive. See filter primitive subregion.

A negative or zero value disables the effect of the given filter primitive (i.e., the result is a transparent black image).

The lacuna value for height is 100%.

Animatable: yes.

result = "<filter-primitive-reference>"

Assigned name for this filter primitive. If supplied, then graphics that result from processing this filter primitive can be referenced by an in attribute on a subsequent filter primitive within the same filter element. If no value is provided, the output will only be available for re-use as the implicit input into the next filter primitive if that filter primitive provides no value for its in attribute.

Can <filter-primitive-reference> be defined as <author-ident> as in CSS Values and Units?

Note that a <filter-primitive-reference> is not an XML ID; instead, a <filter-primitive-reference> is only meaningful within a given filter element and thus have only local scope. It is legal for the same <filter-primitive-reference> to appear multiple times within the same filter element. When referenced, the <filter-primitive-reference> will use the closest preceding filter primitive with the given result.

Animatable: yes.

in = "SourceGraphic | SourceAlpha | BackgroundImage | BackgroundAlpha | FillPaint | StrokePaint | <filter-primitive-reference>"

Identifies input for the given filter primitive. The value can be either one of six keywords or can be a string which matches a previous result attribute value within the same filter element. If no value is provided and this is the first filter primitive, then this filter primitive will use SourceGraphic as its input. If no value is provided and this is a subsequent filter primitive, then this filter primitive will use the result from the previous filter primitive as its input.

If the value for result appears multiple times within a given filter element, then a reference to that result will use the closest preceding filter primitive with the given value for attribute result. Forward references to results are not allowed, and will be treated as if no result was specified.

Definitions for the six keywords:

SourceGraphic

This keyword represents the graphics elements that were the original input into the filter element. For raster effects filter primitives, the graphics elements will be rasterized into an initially clear RGBA raster in image space. Pixels left untouched by the original graphic will be left clear. The image is specified to be rendered in linear RGBA pixels. The alpha channel of this image captures any anti-aliasing specified by SVG. (Since the raster is linear, the alpha channel of this image will represent the exact percent coverage of each pixel.)

SourceAlpha

This keyword represents the graphics elements that were the original input into the filter element. SourceAlpha has all of the same rules as SourceGraphic except that only the alpha channel is used. The input image is an RGBA image consisting of implicitly black color values for the RGB channels, but whose alpha channel is the same as SourceGraphic.

If this option is used, then some implementations might need to rasterize the graphics elements in order to extract the alpha channel.

BackgroundImage

This keyword represents an image snapshot of the canvas under the filter region at the time that the filter element was invoked. See accessing the background image.

BackgroundAlpha

Same as BackgroundImage except only the alpha channel is used. See SourceAlpha and accessing the background image.

FillPaint

This keyword represents the target element rendered filled.

For svg this keyword represents the value of the fill property on the target element for the filter effect.

For non-SVG cases FillPaint generates a transparent black image.

Consider whether this should be e.g the bounding client rect filled with the current color, or if it makes sense to use the ‘fill’ property for this case too.

Note that text is generally painted filled, not stroked.

The FillPaint image has conceptually infinite extent. Frequently this image is opaque everywhere, but it might not be if the "paint" itself has alpha, as in the case of a gradient or pattern which itself includes transparent or semi-transparent parts.

StrokePaint

This keyword represents the target element rendered stroked.

For svg this keyword represents the value of the stroke on the target element for the filter effect.

For non-SVG cases StrokePaint generates a transparent black image.

Consider whether this should be e.g the bounding client rect filled with the one of the border colors, or if it makes sense to use the ‘stroke’ property for this case too.

Note that text is generally painted filled, not stroked.

The StrokePaint image has conceptually infinite extent. Frequently this image is opaque everywhere, but it might not be if the "paint" itself has alpha, as in the case of a gradient or pattern which itself includes transparent or semi-transparent parts.

Animatable: yes.

11.3. Filter primitive subregion

Define filter primitive subregion for shorthands. E.g. the outout bounds of the previous filter functions, extended by affected area of current filter function.

All filter primitives have attributes x, y, width and height which together identify a subregion which restricts calculation and rendering of the given filter primitive. The x, y, width and height attributes are defined according to the same rules as other filter primitives coordinate and length attributes and thus represent values in the coordinate system established by attribute ’primitiveUnits' on the filter element.

x, y, width and height default to the union (i.e., tightest fitting bounding box) of the subregions defined for all referenced nodes. If there are no referenced nodes (e.g., for feImage or feTurbulence), or one or more of the referenced nodes is a standard input (one of SourceGraphic, SourceAlpha, BackgroundImage, BackgroundAlpha, FillPaint or StrokePaint), or for feTile (which is special because its principal function is to replicate the referenced node in X and Y and thereby produce a usually larger result), the default subregion is 0%, 0%, 100%, 100%, where as a special-case the percentages are relative to the dimensions of the filter region, thus making the default filter primitive subregion equal to the filter region.

If the filter primitive subregion has a negative or zero width or height, the effect of the filter primitive is disabled.

The filter primitive subregion act as a hard clip clipping rectangle on both the filter primitive's input image(s) and the filter primitive result.

Consider making it possible to do select between clip-input, clip-output, clip-both or none.

All intermediate offscreens are defined to not exceed the intersection of the filter primitive subregion with the filter region. The filter region and any of the filter primitive subregions are to be set up such that all offscreens are made big enough to accommodate any pixels which even partly intersect with either the filter region or the filter primitive subregions.

feTile references a previous filter primitive and then stitches the tiles together based on the filter primitive subregion of the referenced filter primitive in order to fill its own filter primitive subregion.

<svg width="400" height="400" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> 
  <defs>
    <filter id="flood" x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%" primitiveUnits="objectBoundingBox">
       <feFlood x="25%" y="25%" width="50%" height="50%"
          flood-color="green" flood-opacity="0.75"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="blend" primitiveUnits="objectBoundingBox">
       <feBlend x="25%" y="25%" width="50%" height="50%"
          in2="SourceGraphic" mode="multiply"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="merge" primitiveUnits="objectBoundingBox">
       <feMerge x="25%" y="25%" width="50%" height="50%">
        <feMergeNode in="SourceGraphic"/>
        <feMergeNode in="FillPaint"/>
       </feMerge>
    </filter>
  </defs>
  
  <g fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="4">
     <rect width="200" height="200"/>
     <line x2="200" y2="200"/>
     <line x1="200" y2="200"/>
  </g>
  <circle fill="green" filter="url(#flood)" cx="100" cy="100" r="90"/>

  <g transform="translate(200 0)">
    <g fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="4">
       <rect width="200" height="200"/>
       <line x2="200" y2="200"/>
       <line x1="200" y2="200"/>
    </g>
    <circle fill="green" filter="url(#blend)" cx="100" cy="100" r="90"/>
  </g>
  
  <g transform="translate(0 200)">
    <g fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="4">
       <rect width="200" height="200"/>
       <line x2="200" y2="200"/>
       <line x1="200" y2="200"/>
    </g>
    <circle fill="green" fill-opacity="0.5" filter="url(#merge)" cx="100" cy="100" r="90"/>
  </g>
</svg>
Example
Example

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In the example above there are three rects that each have a cross and a circle in them. The circle element in each one has a different filter applied, but with the same filter primitive subregion. The filter output should be limited to the filter primitive subregion, so you should never see the circles themselves, just the rects that make up the filter primitive subregion.

12. Light source elements and properties

12.1. Introduction

The following sections define the elements that define a light source, feDistantLight, fePointLight and feSpotLight, and property ‘lighting-color’, which defines the color of the light.

12.2. Light source feDistantLight

Name: feDistantLight
Categories: Light source element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEDistantLightElement

Attribute definitions:

azimuth = "<number>"
Direction angle for the light source on the XY plane (clockwise), in degrees from the x axis.
The lacuna value for azimuth is 0.
Animatable: yes.
elevation = "<number>"
Direction angle for the light source from the XY plane towards the Z-axis, in degrees. Note that the positive Z-axis points towards the viewer.
The lacuna value for elevation is 0.
Animatable: yes.

The following diagram illustrates the angles which azimuth and elevation represent in an XYZ coordinate system.

Angles which azimuth and elevation represent

12.3. Light source fePointLight

Name: fePointLight
Categories: Light source element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEPointLightElement

Attribute definitions:

x = "<number>"
X location for the light source in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
The lacuna value for x is 0.
Animatable: yes.
y = "<number>"
Y location for the light source in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
The lacuna value for y is 0.
Animatable: yes.
z = "<number>"
Z location for the light source in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element, assuming that, in the initial coordinate system , the positive Z-axis comes out towards the person viewing the content and assuming that one unit along the Z-axis equals one unit in X and Y.
The lacuna value for z is 0.
Animatable: yes.

12.4. Light source feSpotLight

Name: feSpotLight
Categories: Light source element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFESpotLightElement

Attribute definitions:

x = "<number>"
X location for the light source in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
The lacuna value for x is 0.
Animatable: yes.
y = "<number>"
Y location for the light source in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
The lacuna value for y is 0.
Animatable: yes.
z = "<number>"
Z location for the light source in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element, assuming that, in the initial coordinate system , the positive Z-axis comes out towards the person viewing the content and assuming that one unit along the Z-axis equals one unit in X and Y.
The lacuna value for z is 0.
Animatable: yes.
pointsAtX = "<number>"
X location in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element of the point at which the light source is pointing.
The lacuna value for pointsAtX is 0.
Animatable: yes.
pointsAtY = "<number>"
Y location in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element of the point at which the light source is pointing.
The lacuna value for pointsAtY is 0.
Animatable: yes.
pointsAtZ = "<number>"
Z location in the coordinate system established by the attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element of the point at which the light source is pointing, assuming that, in the initial coordinate system, the positive Z-axis comes out towards the person viewing the content and assuming that one unit along the Z-axis equals one unit in X and Y.
The lacuna value for pointsAtZ is 0.
Animatable: yes.
specularExponent = "<number>"
Exponent value controlling the focus for the light source.
The lacuna value for specularExponent is 1.
Animatable: yes.
limitingConeAngle = "<number>"
A limiting cone which restricts the region where the light is projected. No light is projected outside the cone. limitingConeAngle represents the angle in degrees between the spot light axis (i.e. the axis between the light source and the point to which it is pointing at) and the spot light cone. User agents should apply a smoothing technique such as anti-aliasing at the boundary of the cone.
If no value is specified, then no limiting cone will be applied.
Animatable: yes.

12.5. The ‘lighting-color’ property

The ‘lighting-color’ property defines the color of the light source for filter primitives feDiffuseLighting and feSpecularLighting.

Name: lighting-color
Value: currentColor | <color> <icccolor>?
Initial: white
Applies to: feDiffuseLighting and feSpecularLighting elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Animatable: yes

13. Filter primitive feBlend

Name: feBlend
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEBlendElement

This filter composites two objects together using commonly used imaging software blending modes. It performs a pixel-wise combination of two input images.

Attribute definitions:

mode = "normal | multiply | screen | darken | lighten"
One of the image blending modes (see table below). The lacuna value for mode is normal.
Animatable: yes.
in2 = "(see in attribute)"
The second input image to the blending operation. This attribute can take on the same values as the in attribute.
Animatable: yes.

For all feBlend modes, the result opacity is computed as follows:

qr = 1 - (1-qa)*(1-qb)

For the compositing formulas below, the following definitions apply:

image A = in
image B = in2
cr = Result color (RGB) - premultiplied 
qa = Opacity value at a given pixel for image A 
qb = Opacity value at a given pixel for image B 
ca = Color (RGB) at a given pixel for image A - premultiplied 
cb = Color (RGB) at a given pixel for image B - premultiplied 

The following table provides the list of available image blending modes:

Image Blending Mode Formula for computing result color
normal cr = (1 - qa) * cb + ca
multiply cr = (1-qa)*cb + (1-qb)*ca + ca*cb
screen cr = cb + ca - ca * cb
darken cr = Min ((1 - qa) * cb + ca, (1 - qb) * ca + cb)
lighten cr = Max ((1 - qa) * cb + ca, (1 - qb) * ca + cb)

The normal blend mode is equivalent to operator="over" on the feComposite filter primitive, matches the blending method used by feMerge and matches the simple alpha compositing technique used in SVG for all compositing outside of filter effects.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="5cm" height="5cm" viewBox="0 0 500 500"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">
  <title>Example feBlend - Examples of feBlend modes</title>
  <desc>Five text strings blended into a gradient,
        with one text string for each of the five feBlend modes.</desc>
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="MyGradient" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
            x1="100" y1="0" x2="300" y2="0">
      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#000000" />
      <stop offset=".33" stop-color="#ffffff" />
      <stop offset=".67" stop-color="#ff0000" />
      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#808080" />
    </linearGradient>
    <filter id="Normal">
      <feBlend mode="normal" in2="BackgroundImage" in="SourceGraphic"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Multiply">
      <feBlend mode="multiply" in2="BackgroundImage" in="SourceGraphic"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Screen">
      <feBlend mode="screen" in2="BackgroundImage" in="SourceGraphic"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Darken">
      <feBlend mode="darken" in2="BackgroundImage" in="SourceGraphic"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Lighten">
      <feBlend mode="lighten" in2="BackgroundImage" in="SourceGraphic"/>
    </filter>
  </defs>
  <rect fill="none" stroke="blue"  
        x="1" y="1" width="498" height="498"/>
  <g enable-background="new" >
    <rect x="100" y="20" width="300" height="460" fill="url(#MyGradient)" />
    <g font-family="Verdana" font-size="75" fill="#888888" fill-opacity=".6" >
      <text x="50" y="90" filter="url(#Normal)" >Normal</text>
      <text x="50" y="180" filter="url(#Multiply)" >Multiply</text>
      <text x="50" y="270" filter="url(#Screen)" >Screen</text>
      <text x="50" y="360" filter="url(#Darken)" >Darken</text>
      <text x="50" y="450" filter="url(#Lighten)" >Lighten</text>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>
Example
Example

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14. Filter primitive feColorMatrix

Name: feColorMatrix
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEColorMatrixElement

This filter applies a matrix transformation:

| R' |     | a00 a01 a02 a03 a04 |   | R |
| G' |     | a10 a11 a12 a13 a14 |   | G |
| B' |  =  | a20 a21 a22 a23 a24 | * | B |
| A' |     | a30 a31 a32 a33 a34 |   | A |
| 1  |     |  0   0   0   0   1  |   | 1 |

on the RGBA color and alpha values of every pixel on the input graphics to produce a result with a new set of RGBA color and alpha values.

The calculations are performed on non-premultiplied color values. If the input graphics consists of premultiplied color values, those values are automatically converted into non-premultiplied color values for this operation.

These matrices often perform an identity mapping in the alpha channel. If that is the case, an implementation can avoid the costly undoing and redoing of the premultiplication for all pixels with A = 1.

Attribute definitions:

type = "matrix | saturate | hueRotate | luminanceToAlpha"
Indicates the type of matrix operation. The keyword matrix indicates that a full 5x4 matrix of values will be provided. The other keywords represent convenience shortcuts to allow commonly used color operations to be performed without specifying a complete matrix. The lacuna value for type is matrix.
Animatable: yes.
values = "list of <number>s"
The contents of values depends on the value of attribute type:
  • For type="matrix", values is a list of 20 matrix values (a00 a01 a02 a03 a04 a10 a11 ... a34), separated by whitespace and/or a comma. For example, the identity matrix could be expressed as:
    type="matrix" 
    values="1 0 0 0 0  0 1 0 0 0  0 0 1 0 0  0 0 0 1 0"
  • For type="saturate", values is a single real number value. A saturate operation is equivalent to the following matrix operation:

    | R' |     | (0.2126 + 0.7873s)  (0.7152 - 0.7152s)  (0.0722 - 0.0722s) 0  0 |   | R |
    | G' |     | (0.2126 - 0.2126s)  (0.7152 + 0.2848s)  (0.0722 - 0.0722s) 0  0 |   | G |
    | B' |  =  | (0.2126 - 0.2126s)  (0.7152 - 0.7152s)  (0.0722 + 0.9278s) 0  0 | * | B |
    | A' |     |           0                   0                   0        1  0 |   | A |
    | 1  |     |           0                   0                   0        0  1 |   | 1 |

    A value of 0 produces a fully desaturated (grayscale) filter result, while a value of 1 passes the filter input image through unchanged. Values outside the 0..1 range under- or oversaturates the filter input image respectively.
  • For type="hueRotate", values is a single one real number value (degrees). A hueRotate operation is equivalent to the following matrix operation:

    | R' |     | a00  a01  a02  0  0 |   | R |
    | G' |     | a10  a11  a12  0  0 |   | G |
    | B' |  =  | a20  a21  a22  0  0 | * | B |
    | A' |     | 0    0    0    1  0 |   | A |
    | 1  |     | 0    0    0    0  1 |   | 1 |

    where the terms a00, a01, etc. are calculated as follows:

    | a00 a01 a02 |     [0.2126 0.7152 0.0722]
    | a10 a11 a12 | =   [0.2126 0.7152 0.0722] +
    | a20 a21 a22 |     [0.2126 0.7152 0.0722]
    
                                                [ 0.7873 -0.7152 -0.0722]
                        cos(hueRotate value) *  [-0.2126  0.2848 -0.0722] +
                                                [-0.2126 -0.7152  0.9278]
    
                                                [-0.2126 -0.7152  0.9278]
                        sin(hueRotate value) *  [ 0.143   0.140  -0.283 ]
                                                [-0.7873  0.7152  0.0722]

    Thus, the upper left term of the hue matrix turns out to be:

    0.2127 + cos(hueRotate value) * 0.7873 - sin(hueRotate value) * 0.2127

  • For type="luminanceToAlpha", values is not applicable. A luminanceToAlpha operation is equivalent to the following matrix operation:

       | R' |     |      0        0        0  0  0 |   | R |
       | G' |     |      0        0        0  0  0 |   | G |
       | B' |  =  |      0        0        0  0  0 | * | B |
       | A' |     | 0.2126   0.7152   0.0722  0  0 |   | A |
       | 1  |     |      0        0        0  0  1 |   | 1 |

If the attribute is not specified, then the default behavior depends on the value of attribute type. If type="matrix", then this attribute defaults to the identity matrix. If type="saturate", then this attribute defaults to the value 1, which results in the identity matrix. If type="hueRotate", then this attribute defaults to the value 0, which results in the identity matrix.
Animatable: yes.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="8cm" height="5cm" viewBox="0 0 800 500"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">
  <title>Example feColorMatrix - Examples of feColorMatrix operations</title>
  <desc>Five text strings showing the effects of feColorMatrix: 
        an unfiltered text string acting as a reference, 
        use of the feColorMatrix matrix option to convert to grayscale,
        use of the feColorMatrix saturate option,
        use of the feColorMatrix hueRotate option,
        and use of the feColorMatrix luminanceToAlpha option.</desc>
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="MyGradient" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
            x1="100" y1="0" x2="500" y2="0">
      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#ff00ff" />
      <stop offset=".33" stop-color="#88ff88" />
      <stop offset=".67" stop-color="#2020ff" />
      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#d00000" />
    </linearGradient>
    <filter id="Matrix" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feColorMatrix type="matrix" in="SourceGraphic"
           values=".33 .33 .33 0 0 
                   .33 .33 .33 0 0 
                   .33 .33 .33 0 0 
                   .33 .33 .33 0 0"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Saturate40" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feColorMatrix type="saturate" in="SourceGraphic" values="0.4"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="HueRotate90" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feColorMatrix type="hueRotate" in="SourceGraphic" values="90"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="LuminanceToAlpha" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feColorMatrix type="luminanceToAlpha" in="SourceGraphic" result="a"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="a" operator="in" />
    </filter>
  </defs>
  <rect fill="none" stroke="blue"  
        x="1" y="1" width="798" height="498"/>
  <g font-family="Verdana" font-size="75" 
            font-weight="bold" fill="url(#MyGradient)" >
    <rect x="100" y="0" width="500" height="20" />
    <text x="100" y="90">Unfiltered</text>
    <text x="100" y="190" filter="url(#Matrix)" >Matrix</text>
    <text x="100" y="290" filter="url(#Saturate40)" >Saturate</text>
    <text x="100" y="390" filter="url(#HueRotate90)" >HueRotate</text>
    <text x="100" y="490" filter="url(#LuminanceToAlpha)" >Luminance</text>
  </g>
</svg>
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15. Filter primitive feComponentTransfer

Name: feComponentTransfer
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEComponentTransferElement

This filter primitive performs component-wise remapping of data as follows:

R' = feFuncR( R )
G' = feFuncG( G )
B' = feFuncB( B )
A' = feFuncA( A )

for every pixel. It allows operations like brightness adjustment, contrast adjustment, color balance or thresholding.

The calculations are performed on non-premultiplied color values. If the input graphics consists of premultiplied color values, those values are automatically converted into non-premultiplied color values for this operation. (Note that the undoing and redoing of the premultiplication can be avoided if feFuncA is the identity transform and all alpha values on the source graphic are set to 1.)

The child elements of a feComponentTransfer element specify the transfer functions for the four channels:

The following rules apply to the processing of the feComponentTransfer element:

Name: feFuncR
Categories: Transfer function element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEFuncRElement
Name: feFuncG
Categories: Transfer function element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEFuncGElement
Name: feFuncB
Categories: Transfer function element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEFuncBElement
Name: feFuncA
Categories: Transfer function element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEFuncAElement

The attributes below are the transfer function element attributes, which apply to the transfer function elements.

Attribute definitions:

type = "identity | table | discrete | linear | gamma"

Indicates the type of component transfer function. The type of function determines the applicability of the other attributes.

In the following, C is the initial component (e.g., feFuncR), C' is the remapped component; both in the closed interval [0,1].

  • For identity:
    C' = C
  • For table, the function is defined by linear interpolation between values given in the attribute tableValues. The table has n+1 values (i.e., v0 to vn) specifying the start and end values for n evenly sized interpolation regions. Interpolations use the following formula:

    For a value C < 1 find k such that:

    k/n <= C < (k+1)/n

    The result C' is given by:

    C' = vk + (C - k/n)*n * (vk+1 - vk)

    If C = 1 then:

    C' = vn.

  • For discrete, the function is defined by the step function given in the attribute tableValues, which provides a list of n values (i.e., v0 to vn-1) in order to identify a step function consisting of n steps. The step function is defined by the following formula:

    For a value C < 1 find k such that:

    k/n <= C < (k+1)/n

    For a value C pick a k such that:

    k/N <= C < (k+1)/N

    The result C' is given by:

    C' = vk

    If C = 1 then:

    C' = vn-1.

  • For linear, the function is defined by the following linear equation:

    C' = slope * C + intercept

  • For gamma, the function is defined by the following exponential function:

    C' = amplitude * pow(C, exponent) + offset

Animatable: yes.
tableValues = "(list of <number>s)"
When type="table", the list of <number> s v0,v1,...vn, separated by white space and/or a comma, which define the lookup table. An empty list results in an identity transfer function. If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if an empty list were provided.
Animatable: yes.
slope = "<number>"
When type="linear", the slope of the linear function.
The lacuna value for slope is 1.
Animatable: yes.
intercept = "<number>"
When type="linear", the intercept of the linear function.
The lacuna value for intercept is 0.
Animatable: yes.
amplitude = "<number>"
When type="gamma", the amplitude of the gamma function.
The lacuna value for amplitude is 1.
Animatable: yes.
exponent = "<number>"
When type="gamma", the exponent of the gamma function.
The lacuna value for exponent is 1.
Animatable: yes.
offset = "<number>"
When type="gamma", the offset of the gamma function.
The lacuna value for offset is 0.
Animatable: yes.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="8cm" height="4cm" viewBox="0 0 800 400"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">
  <title>Example feComponentTransfer - Examples of feComponentTransfer operations</title>
  <desc>Four text strings showing the effects of feComponentTransfer: 
        an identity function acting as a reference, 
        use of the feComponentTransfer table option,
        use of the feComponentTransfer linear option,
        and use of the feComponentTransfer gamma option.</desc>
  <defs>
    <linearGradient id="MyGradient" gradientUnits="userSpaceOnUse"
            x1="100" y1="0" x2="600" y2="0">
      <stop offset="0" stop-color="#ff0000" />
      <stop offset=".33" stop-color="#00ff00" />
      <stop offset=".67" stop-color="#0000ff" />
      <stop offset="1" stop-color="#000000" />
    </linearGradient>
    <filter id="Identity" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="identity"/>
        <feFuncG type="identity"/>
        <feFuncB type="identity"/>
        <feFuncA type="identity"/>
      </feComponentTransfer>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Table" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="table" tableValues="0 0 1 1"/>
        <feFuncG type="table" tableValues="1 1 0 0"/>
        <feFuncB type="table" tableValues="0 1 1 0"/>
      </feComponentTransfer>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Linear" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="linear" slope=".5" intercept=".25"/>
        <feFuncG type="linear" slope=".5" intercept="0"/>
        <feFuncB type="linear" slope=".5" intercept=".5"/>
      </feComponentTransfer>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Gamma" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
      <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="gamma" amplitude="2" exponent="5" offset="0"/>
        <feFuncG type="gamma" amplitude="2" exponent="3" offset="0"/>
        <feFuncB type="gamma" amplitude="2" exponent="1" offset="0"/>
      </feComponentTransfer>
    </filter>
  </defs>
  <rect fill="none" stroke="blue"  
        x="1" y="1" width="798" height="398"/>
  <g font-family="Verdana" font-size="75" 
            font-weight="bold" fill="url(#MyGradient)" >
    <rect x="100" y="0" width="600" height="20" />
    <text x="100" y="90">Identity</text>
    <text x="100" y="190" filter="url(#Table)" >TableLookup</text>
    <text x="100" y="290" filter="url(#Linear)" >LinearFunc</text>
    <text x="100" y="390" filter="url(#Gamma)" >GammaFunc</text>
  </g>
</svg>
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16. Filter primitive feComposite

Name: feComposite
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFECompositeElement

This filter performs the combination of the two input images pixel-wise in image space using one of the Porter-Duff [PORTERDUFF] compositing operations: over, in, atop, out, xor [SVG-COMPOSITING]. Additionally, a component-wise arithmetic operation (with the result clamped between [0..1]) can be applied.

The arithmetic operation is useful for combining the output from the feDiffuseLighting and feSpecularLighting filters with texture data. It is also useful for implementing dissolve. If the arithmetic operation is chosen, each result pixel is computed using the following formula:

result = k1*i1*i2 + k2*i1 + k3*i2 + k4
where:
  • i1 and i2 indicate the corresponding pixel channel values of the input image, which map to in and in2 respectively
  • k1, k2, k3 and k4 indicate the values of the attributes with the same name

For this filter primitive, the extent of the resulting image might grow as described in the section that describes the filter primitive subregion.

Attribute definitions:

operator = "over | in | out | atop | xor | arithmetic"
The compositing operation that is to be performed. All of the operator types except arithmetic match the corresponding operation as described in [PORTERDUFF]. The arithmetic operator is described above. The lacuna value for operator is over.
Animatable: yes.
k1 = "<number>"
Only applicable if operator="arithmetic".
The lacuna value for k1 is 0.
Animatable: yes.
k2 = "<number>"
Only applicable if operator="arithmetic".
The lacuna value for k2 is 0.
Animatable: yes.
k3 = "<number>"
Only applicable if operator="arithmetic".
The lacuna value for k3 is 0.
Animatable: yes.
k4 = "<number>"
Only applicable if operator="arithmetic".
The lacuna value for k4 is 0.
Animatable: yes.
in2 = "(see in attribute)"
The second input image to the compositing operation. This attribute can take on the same values as the in attribute.
Animatable: yes.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="330" height="195" viewBox="0 0 1100 650" version="1.1"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <title>Example feComposite - Examples of feComposite operations</title>
  <desc>Four rows of six pairs of overlapping triangles depicting
        the six different feComposite operators under different
        opacity values and different clearing of the background.</desc>
  <defs>
    <desc>Define two sets of six filters for each of the six compositing operators.
          The first set wipes out the background image by flooding with opaque white.
          The second set does not wipe out the background, with the result
          that the background sometimes shines through and is other cases
          is blended into itself (i.e., "double-counting").</desc>
    <filter id="overFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feFlood flood-color="#ffffff" flood-opacity="1" result="flood"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="over" result="comp"/>
      <feMerge> <feMergeNode in="flood"/> <feMergeNode in="comp"/> </feMerge>
    </filter>
    <filter id="inFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feFlood flood-color="#ffffff" flood-opacity="1" result="flood"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="in" result="comp"/>
      <feMerge> <feMergeNode in="flood"/> <feMergeNode in="comp"/> </feMerge>
    </filter>
    <filter id="outFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feFlood flood-color="#ffffff" flood-opacity="1" result="flood"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="out" result="comp"/>
      <feMerge> <feMergeNode in="flood"/> <feMergeNode in="comp"/> </feMerge>
    </filter>
    <filter id="atopFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feFlood flood-color="#ffffff" flood-opacity="1" result="flood"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="atop" result="comp"/>
      <feMerge> <feMergeNode in="flood"/> <feMergeNode in="comp"/> </feMerge>
    </filter>
    <filter id="xorFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feFlood flood-color="#ffffff" flood-opacity="1" result="flood"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="xor" result="comp"/>
      <feMerge> <feMergeNode in="flood"/> <feMergeNode in="comp"/> </feMerge>
    </filter>
    <filter id="arithmeticFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feFlood flood-color="#ffffff" flood-opacity="1" result="flood"/>
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" result="comp"
                   operator="arithmetic" k1=".5" k2=".5" k3=".5" k4=".5"/>
      <feMerge> <feMergeNode in="flood"/> <feMergeNode in="comp"/> </feMerge>
    </filter>
    <filter id="overNoFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="over" result="comp"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="inNoFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="in" result="comp"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="outNoFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="out" result="comp"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="atopNoFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="atop" result="comp"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="xorNoFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" operator="xor" result="comp"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="arithmeticNoFlood" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
            x="-5%" y="-5%" width="110%" height="110%">
      <feComposite in="SourceGraphic" in2="BackgroundImage" result="comp"
                   operator="arithmetic" k1=".5" k2=".5" k3=".5" k4=".5"/>
    </filter>
    <path id="Blue100" d="M 0 0 L 100 0 L 100 100 z" fill="#00ffff" />
    <path id="Red100" d="M 0 0 L 0 100 L 100 0 z" fill="#ff00ff" />
    <path id="Blue50" d="M 0 125 L 100 125 L 100 225 z" fill="#00ffff" fill-opacity=".5" />
    <path id="Red50" d="M 0 125 L 0 225 L 100 125 z" fill="#ff00ff" fill-opacity=".5" />
    <g id="TwoBlueTriangles">
      <use xlink:href="#Blue100"/>
      <use xlink:href="#Blue50"/>
    </g>
    <g id="BlueTriangles">
      <use transform="translate(275,25)" xlink:href="#TwoBlueTriangles"/>
      <use transform="translate(400,25)" xlink:href="#TwoBlueTriangles"/>
      <use transform="translate(525,25)" xlink:href="#TwoBlueTriangles"/>
      <use transform="translate(650,25)" xlink:href="#TwoBlueTriangles"/>
      <use transform="translate(775,25)" xlink:href="#TwoBlueTriangles"/>
      <use transform="translate(900,25)" xlink:href="#TwoBlueTriangles"/>
    </g>
  </defs>

  <rect fill="none" stroke="blue" x="1" y="1" width="1098" height="648"/>
  <g font-family="Verdana" font-size="40" shape-rendering="crispEdges">
    <desc>Render the examples using the filters that draw on top of
          an opaque white surface, thus obliterating the background.</desc>
    <g enable-background="new">
      <text x="15" y="75">opacity 1.0</text>
      <text x="15" y="115" font-size="27">(with feFlood)</text>
      <text x="15" y="200">opacity 0.5</text>
      <text x="15" y="240" font-size="27">(with feFlood)</text>
      <use xlink:href="#BlueTriangles"/>
      <g transform="translate(275,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#overFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#overFlood)" />
        <text x="5" y="275">over</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(400,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#inFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#inFlood)" />
        <text x="35" y="275">in</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(525,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#outFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#outFlood)" />
        <text x="15" y="275">out</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(650,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#atopFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#atopFlood)" />
        <text x="10" y="275">atop</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(775,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#xorFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#xorFlood)" />
        <text x="15" y="275">xor</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(900,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#arithmeticFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#arithmeticFlood)" />
        <text x="-25" y="275">arithmetic</text>
      </g>
    </g>
    <g transform="translate(0,325)" enable-background="new">
    <desc>Render the examples using the filters that do not obliterate
          the background, thus sometimes causing the background to continue
          to appear in some cases, and in other cases the background
          image blends into itself ("double-counting").</desc>
      <text x="15" y="75">opacity 1.0</text>
      <text x="15" y="115" font-size="27">(without feFlood)</text>
      <text x="15" y="200">opacity 0.5</text>
      <text x="15" y="240" font-size="27">(without feFlood)</text>
      <use xlink:href="#BlueTriangles"/>
      <g transform="translate(275,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#overNoFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#overNoFlood)" />
        <text x="5" y="275">over</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(400,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#inNoFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#inNoFlood)" />
        <text x="35" y="275">in</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(525,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#outNoFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#outNoFlood)" />
        <text x="15" y="275">out</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(650,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#atopNoFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#atopNoFlood)" />
        <text x="10" y="275">atop</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(775,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#xorNoFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#xorNoFlood)" />
        <text x="15" y="275">xor</text>
      </g>
      <g transform="translate(900,25)">
        <use xlink:href="#Red100" filter="url(#arithmeticNoFlood)" />
        <use xlink:href="#Red50" filter="url(#arithmeticNoFlood)" />
        <text x="-25" y="275">arithmetic</text>
      </g>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>
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17. Filter primitive feConvolveMatrix

Name: feConvolveMatrix
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEConvolveMatrixElement

feConvolveMatrix applies a matrix convolution filter effect. A convolution combines pixels in the input image with neighboring pixels to produce a resulting image. A wide variety of imaging operations can be achieved through convolutions, including blurring, edge detection, sharpening, embossing and beveling.

A matrix convolution is based on an n-by-m matrix (the convolution kernel) which describes how a given pixel value in the input image is combined with its neighboring pixel values to produce a resulting pixel value. Each result pixel is determined by applying the kernel matrix to the corresponding source pixel and its neighboring pixels. The basic convolution formula which is applied to each color value for a given pixel is:

COLORX,Y = ( 
              SUM I=0 to [orderY-1] { 
                SUM J=0 to [orderX-1] { 
                  SOURCE X-targetX+J, Y-targetY+I *  kernelMatrixorderX-J-1,  orderY-I-1 
                } 
              } 
            ) /  divisor +  bias * ALPHAX,Y

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where "orderX" and "orderY" represent the X and Y values for the order attribute, "targetX" represents the value of the targetX attribute, "targetY" represents the value of the targetY attribute, "kernelMatrix" represents the value of the kernelMatrix attribute, "divisor" represents the value of the divisor attribute, and "bias" represents the value of the bias attribute.

Note in the above formulas that the values in the kernel matrix are applied such that the kernel matrix is rotated 180 degrees relative to the source and destination images in order to match convolution theory as described in many computer graphics textbooks.

To illustrate, suppose you have a input image which is 5 pixels by 5 pixels, whose color values for one of the color channels are as follows:

    0  20  40 235 235
  100 120 140 235 235
  200 220 240 235 235
  225 225 255 255 255
  225 225 255 255 255
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and you define a 3-by-3 convolution kernel as follows:

  1 2 3
  4 5 6
  7 8 9
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Let's focus on the color value at the second row and second column of the image (source pixel value is 120). Assuming the simplest case (where the input image's pixel grid aligns perfectly with the kernel's pixel grid) and assuming default values for attributes divisor, targetX and targetY, then resulting color value will be:

(9*  0 + 8* 20 + 7* 40 +
6*100 + 5*120 + 4*140 +
3*200 + 2*220 + 1*240) / (9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1)
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Because they operate on pixels, matrix convolutions are inherently resolution-dependent. To make feConvolveMatrix produce resolution-independent results, an explicit value should be provided for either the filterRes attribute on the filter element and/or attribute kernelUnitLength.

kernelUnitLength, in combination with the other attributes, defines an implicit pixel grid in the filter effects coordinate system (i.e., the coordinate system established by the primitiveUnits attribute). If the pixel grid established by kernelUnitLength is not scaled to match the pixel grid established by attribute filterRes (implicitly or explicitly), then the input image will be temporarily rescaled to match its pixels with kernelUnitLength. The convolution happens on the resampled image. After applying the convolution, the image is resampled back to the original resolution.

When the image must be resampled to match the coordinate system defined by kernelUnitLength prior to convolution, or resampled to match the device coordinate system after convolution, it is recommended that high quality viewers make use of appropriate interpolation techniques, for example bilinear or bicubic. Depending on the speed of the available interpolents, this choice may be affected by the image-rendering property setting. Note that implementations might choose approaches that minimize or eliminate resampling when not necessary to produce proper results, such as when the document is zoomed out such that kernelUnitLength is considerably smaller than a device pixel.

Attribute definitions:

order = "<number-optional-number>"
Indicates the number of cells in each dimension for kernelMatrix. The values provided must be <integer> s greater than zero. Values that are not integers will be truncated, i.e. rounded to the closest integer value towards zero. The first number, <orderX>, indicates the number of columns in the matrix. The second number, <orderY>, indicates the number of rows in the matrix. If <orderY> is not provided, it defaults to <orderX>.
It is recommended that only small values (e.g., 3) be used; higher values may result in very high CPU overhead and usually do not produce results that justify the impact on performance.
The lacuna value for order is 3.
Animatable: yes.
kernelMatrix = "<list of numbers>"
The list of <number> s that make up the kernel matrix for the convolution. Values are separated by space characters and/or a comma. The number of entries in the list must equal <orderX> times <orderY>.
Animatable: yes.
divisor = "<number>"
After applying the kernelMatrix to the input image to yield a number, that number is divided by divisor to yield the final destination color value. A divisor that is the sum of all the matrix values tends to have an evening effect on the overall color intensity of the result. If the specified divisor is zero then the default value will be used instead. The lacuna value is the sum of all values in kernelMatrix, with the exception that if the sum is zero, then the divisor is set to 1.
Animatable: yes.
bias = "<number>"
After applying the kernelMatrix to the input image to yield a number and applying the divisor, the bias attribute is added to each component. One application of bias is when it is desirable to have .5 gray value be the zero response of the filter. The bias property shifts the range of the filter. This allows representation of values that would otherwise be clamped to 0 or 1.
The lacuna value for bias is 0.
Animatable: yes.
targetX = "<integer>"
Determines the positioning in X of the convolution matrix relative to a given target pixel in the input image. The leftmost column of the matrix is column number zero. The value must be such that: 0 <= targetX < orderX. By default, the convolution matrix is centered in X over each pixel of the input image (i.e., targetX = floor ( orderX / 2 )).
Animatable: yes.
targetY = "<integer>"
Determines the positioning in Y of the convolution matrix relative to a given target pixel in the input image. The topmost row of the matrix is row number zero. The value must be such that: 0 <= targetY < orderY. By default, the convolution matrix is centered in Y over each pixel of the input image (i.e., targetY = floor ( orderY / 2 )).
Animatable: yes.
edgeMode = "duplicate | wrap | none"

Determines how to extend the input image as necessary with color values so that the matrix operations can be applied when the kernel is positioned at or near the edge of the input image.

"duplicate" indicates that the input image is extended along each of its borders as necessary by duplicating the color values at the given edge of the input image.

Original N-by-M image, where m=M-1 and n=N-1:
          11 12 ... 1m 1M
          21 22 ... 2m 2M
          .. .. ... .. ..
          n1 n2 ... nm nM
          N1 N2 ... Nm NM
Extended by two pixels using "duplicate":
  11 11   11 12 ... 1m 1M   1M 1M
  11 11   11 12 ... 1m 1M   1M 1M
  11 11   11 12 ... 1m 1M   1M 1M
  21 21   21 22 ... 2m 2M   2M 2M
  .. ..   .. .. ... .. ..   .. ..
  n1 n1   n1 n2 ... nm nM   nM nM
  N1 N1   N1 N2 ... Nm NM   NM NM
  N1 N1   N1 N2 ... Nm NM   NM NM
  N1 N1   N1 N2 ... Nm NM   NM NM
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"wrap" indicates that the input image is extended by taking the color values from the opposite edge of the image.

Extended by two pixels using "wrap":
  nm nM   n1 n2 ... nm nM   n1 n2
  Nm NM   N1 N2 ... Nm NM   N1 N2
  1m 1M   11 12 ... 1m 1M   11 12
  2m 2M   21 22 ... 2m 2M   21 22
  .. ..   .. .. ... .. ..   .. ..
  nm nM   n1 n2 ... nm nM   n1 n2
  Nm NM   N1 N2 ... Nm NM   N1 N2
  1m 1M   11 12 ... 1m 1M   11 12
  2m 2M   21 22 ... 2m 2M   21 22
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The value none indicates that the input image is extended with pixel values of zero for R, G, B and A.

The lacuna value for edgeMode is duplicate.

Animatable: yes.

kernelUnitLength = "<number-optional-number>"
The first number is the <dx> value. The second number is the <dy> value. If the <dy> value is not specified, it defaults to the same value as <dx>. Indicates the intended distance in current filter units (i.e., units as determined by the value of attribute primitiveUnits) between successive columns and rows, respectively, in the kernelMatrix. By specifying value(s) for kernelUnitLength, the kernel becomes defined in a scalable, abstract coordinate system. If kernelUnitLength is not specified, the default value is one pixel in the offscreen bitmap, which is a pixel-based coordinate system, and thus potentially not scalable. For some level of consistency across display media and user agents, it is necessary that a value be provided for at least one of filterRes and kernelUnitLength. In some implementations, the most consistent results and the fastest performance will be achieved if the pixel grid of the temporary offscreen images aligns with the pixel grid of the kernel.
If a negative or zero value is specified the default value will be used instead.
Animatable: yes.
preserveAlpha = "false | true"
A value of false indicates that the convolution will apply to all channels, including the alpha channel. In this case the ALPHAX,Y of the convolution formula for a given pixel is:

ALPHAX,Y = ( 
              SUM I=0 to [orderY-1] { 
                SUM J=0 to [orderX-1] { 
                  SOURCE X-targetX+J, Y-targetY+I *  kernelMatrixorderX-J-1,  orderY-I-1 
                } 
              } 
            ) /  divisor +  bias 


A value of true indicates that the convolution will only apply to the color channels. In this case, the filter will temporarily unpremultiply the color component values, apply the kernel, and then re-premultiply at the end. In this case the ALPHAX,Y of the convolution formula for a given pixel is:

ALPHAX,Y = SOURCEX,Y

The lacuna value for preserveAlpha is false.
Animatable: yes.

18. Filter primitive feDiffuseLighting

Name: feDiffuseLighting
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of descriptive elements and exactly one light source element, in any order.
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEDiffuseLightingElement

This filter primitive lights an image using the alpha channel as a bump map. The resulting image is an RGBA opaque image based on the light color with alpha = 1.0 everywhere. The lighting calculation follows the standard diffuse component of the Phong lighting model. The resulting image depends on the light color, light position and surface geometry of the input bump map.

The light map produced by this filter primitive can be combined with a texture image using the multiply term of the arithmetic feComposite compositing method. Multiple light sources can be simulated by adding several of these light maps together before applying it to the texture image.

The formulas below make use of 3x3 filters. Because they operate on pixels, such filters are inherently resolution-dependent. To make feDiffuseLighting produce resolution-independent results, an explicit value should be provided for either the filterRes attribute on the filter element and/or attribute kernelUnitLength.

kernelUnitLength, in combination with the other attributes, defines an implicit pixel grid in the filter effects coordinate system (i.e., the coordinate system established by the primitiveUnits attribute). If the pixel grid established by kernelUnitLength is not scaled to match the pixel grid established by attribute filterRes (implicitly or explicitly), then the input image will be temporarily rescaled to match its pixels with kernelUnitLength. The 3x3 filters are applied to the resampled image. After applying the filter, the image is resampled back to its original resolution.

When the image must be resampled, it is recommended that high quality viewers make use of appropriate interpolation techniques, for example bilinear or bicubic. Depending on the speed of the available interpolents, this choice may be affected by the image-rendering property setting. Note that implementations might choose approaches that minimize or eliminate resampling when not necessary to produce proper results, such as when the document is zoomed out such that kernelUnitLength is considerably smaller than a device pixel.

For the formulas that follow, the Norm(Ax,Ay,Az) function is defined as:

ED: Consider making the following in mathml

Norm(Ax,Ay,Az) = sqrt(Ax^2+Ay^2+Az^2)

The resulting RGBA image is computed as follows:

Dr = kd * N.L * Lr
Dg = kd * N.L * Lg
Db = kd * N.L * Lb
Da = 1.0

where

kd = diffuse lighting constant
N = surface normal unit vector, a function of x and y
L = unit vector pointing from surface to light, a function of x and y in the point and spot light cases
Lr,Lg,Lb = RGB components of light, a function of x and y in the spot light case

N is a function of x and y and depends on the surface gradient as follows:

The surface described by the input alpha image I(x,y) is:

Z (x,y) = surfaceScale * I(x,y)

Surface normal is calculated using the Sobel gradient 3x3 filter. Different filter kernels are used depending on whether the given pixel is on the interior or an edge. For each case, the formula is:

Nx (x,y) = - surfaceScale * FACTORx *
           (Kx(0,0)*I(x-dx,y-dy) + Kx(1,0)*I(x,y-dy) + Kx(2,0)*I(x+dx,y-dy) +
            Kx(0,1)*I(x-dx,y)    + Kx(1,1)*I(x,y)    + Kx(2,1)*I(x+dx,y)    +
            Kx(0,2)*I(x-dx,y+dy) + Kx(1,2)*I(x,y+dy) + Kx(2,2)*I(x+dx,y+dy))
Ny (x,y) = - surfaceScale * FACTORy *
           (Ky(0,0)*I(x-dx,y-dy) + Ky(1,0)*I(x,y-dy) + Ky(2,0)*I(x+dx,y-dy) +
            Ky(0,1)*I(x-dx,y)    + Ky(1,1)*I(x,y)    + Ky(2,1)*I(x+dx,y)    +
            Ky(0,2)*I(x-dx,y+dy) + Ky(1,2)*I(x,y+dy) + Ky(2,2)*I(x+dx,y+dy))
Nz (x,y) = 1.0

N = (Nx, Ny, Nz) / Norm((Nx,Ny,Nz))

In these formulas, the dx and dy values (e.g., I(x-dx,y-dy)), represent deltas relative to a given (x,y) position for the purpose of estimating the slope of the surface at that point. These deltas are determined by the value (explicit or implicit) of attribute kernelUnitLength.

Top/left corner:

FACTORx=2/(3*dx)
Kx =
    |  0  0  0 |
    |  0 -2  2 |
    |  0 -1  1 |

FACTORy=2/(3*dy)
Ky =  
    |  0  0  0 |
    |  0 -2 -1 |
    |  0  2  1 |

Top row:

FACTORx=1/(3*dx)
Kx =
    |  0  0  0 |
    | -2  0  2 |
    | -1  0  1 |

FACTORy=1/(2*dy)
Ky =  
    |  0  0  0 |
    | -1 -2 -1 |
    |  1  2  1 |

Top/right corner:

FACTORx=2/(3*dx)
Kx =
    |  0  0  0 |
    | -2  2  0 |
    | -1  1  0 |

FACTORy=2/(3*dy)
Ky =  
    |  0  0  0 |
    | -1 -2  0 |
    |  1  2  0 |

Left column:

FACTORx=1/(2*dx)
Kx =
    | 0 -1  1 |
    | 0 -2  2 |
    | 0 -1  1 |

FACTORy=1/(3*dy)
Ky =  
    |  0 -2 -1 |
    |  0  0  0 |
    |  0  2  1 |

Interior pixels:

FACTORx=1/(4*dx)
Kx =
    | -1  0  1 |
    | -2  0  2 |
    | -1  0  1 |

FACTORy=1/(4*dy)
Ky =  
    | -1 -2 -1 |
    |  0  0  0 |
    |  1  2  1 |

Right column:

FACTORx=1/(2*dx)
Kx =
    | -1  1  0|
    | -2  2  0|
    | -1  1  0|

FACTORy=1/(3*dy)
Ky =  
    | -1 -2  0 |
    |  0  0  0 |
    |  1  2  0 |

Bottom/left corner:

FACTORx=2/(3*dx)
Kx =
    | 0 -1  1 |
    | 0 -2  2 |
    | 0  0  0 |

FACTORy=2/(3*dy)
Ky =  
    |  0 -2 -1 |
    |  0  2  1 |
    |  0  0  0 |

Bottom row:

FACTORx=1/(3*dx)
Kx =
    | -1  0  1 |
    | -2  0  2 |
    |  0  0  0 |

FACTORy=1/(2*dy)
Ky =  
    | -1 -2 -1 |
    |  1  2  1 |
    |  0  0  0 |

Bottom/right corner:

FACTORx=2/(3*dx)
Kx =
    | -1  1  0 |
    | -2  2  0 |
    |  0  0  0 |

FACTORy=2/(3*dy)
Ky =  
    | -1 -2  0 |
    |  1  2  0 |
    |  0  0  0 |

L, the unit vector from the image sample to the light, is calculated as follows:

For Infinite light sources it is constant:

Lx = cos(azimuth)*cos(elevation)
Ly = sin(azimuth)*cos(elevation)
Lz = sin(elevation)

For Point and spot lights it is a function of position:

Lx = Lightx - x
Ly = Lighty - y
Lz = Lightz - Z(x,y)

L = (Lx, Ly, Lz) / Norm(Lx, Ly, Lz)

where Lightx, Lighty, and Lightz are the input light position.

Lr,Lg,Lb, the light color vector, is a function of position in the spot light case only:

Lr = Lightr*pow((-L.S),specularExponent)
Lg = Lightg*pow((-L.S),specularExponent)
Lb = Lightb*pow((-L.S),specularExponent)

where S is the unit vector pointing from the light to the point (pointsAtX, pointsAtY, pointsAtZ) in the x-y plane:

Sx = pointsAtX - Lightx
Sy = pointsAtY - Lighty
Sz = pointsAtZ - Lightz

S = (Sx, Sy, Sz) / Norm(Sx, Sy, Sz)

If L.S is positive, no light is present. (Lr = Lg = Lb = 0). If limitingConeAngle is specified, -L.S < cos(limitingConeAngle) also indicates that no light is present.

Attribute definitions:

surfaceScale = "<number>"
height of surface when Ain = 1.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 1 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
diffuseConstant = "<number>"
kd in Phong lighting model. In SVG, this can be any non-negative number.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 1 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
kernelUnitLength = "<number-optional-number>"
The first number is the <dx> value. The second number is the <dy> value. If the <dy> value is not specified, it defaults to the same value as <dx>. Indicates the intended distance in current filter units (i.e., units as determined by the value of attribute primitiveUnits) for dx and dy, respectively, in the surface normal calculation formulas. By specifying value(s) for kernelUnitLength, the kernel becomes defined in a scalable, abstract coordinate system. If kernelUnitLength is not specified, the dx and dy values should represent very small deltas relative to a given (x,y) position, which might be implemented in some cases as one pixel in the intermediate image offscreen bitmap, which is a pixel-based coordinate system, and thus potentially not scalable. For some level of consistency across display media and user agents, it is necessary that a value be provided for at least one of filterRes and kernelUnitLength. Discussion of intermediate images are in the Introduction and in the description of attribute filterRes.
If a negative or zero value is specified the default value will be used instead.
Animatable: yes.

The light source is defined by one of the child elements feDistantLight, fePointLight or feSpotLight. The light color is specified by property lighting-color.

19. Filter primitive feDisplacementMap

Name: feDisplacementMap
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEDisplacementMapElement

This filter primitive uses the pixels values from the image from in2 to spatially displace the image from in. This is the transformation to be performed:

 P'(x,y) ← P( x + scale * (XC(x,y) - .5), y + scale * (YC(x,y) - .5))
  

where P(x,y) is the input image, in, and P'(x,y) is the destination. XC(x,y) and YC(x,y) are the component values of the channel designated by the xChannelSelector and yChannelSelector. For example, to use the R component of in2 to control displacement in x and the G component of Image2 to control displacement in y, set xChannelSelector to "R" and yChannelSelector to "G".

The displacement map, in2, defines the inverse of the mapping performed.

The input image in is to remain premultiplied for this filter primitive. The calculations using the pixel values from in2 are performed using non-premultiplied color values. If the image from in2 consists of premultiplied color values, those values are automatically converted into non-premultiplied color values before performing this operation.

This filter can have arbitrary non-localized effect on the input which might require substantial buffering in the processing pipeline. However with this formulation, any intermediate buffering needs can be determined by scale which represents the maximum range of displacement in either x or y.

When applying this filter, the source pixel location will often lie between several source pixels. In this case it is recommended that high quality viewers apply an interpolent on the surrounding pixels, for example bilinear or bicubic, rather than simply selecting the nearest source pixel. Depending on the speed of the available interpolents, this choice may be affected by the image-rendering property setting.

The color-interpolation-filters property only applies to the in2 source image and does not apply to the in source image. The in source image must remain in its current color space.

Attribute definitions:

scale = "<number>"
Displacement scale factor. The amount is expressed in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
When the value of this attribute is 0, this operation has no effect on the source image.

The lacuna value for scale is 0.

Animatable: yes.
xChannelSelector = "R | G | B | A"
Indicates which channel from in2 to use to displace the pixels in in along the x-axis. The lacuna value for xChannelSelector is A.
Animatable: yes.
yChannelSelector = "R | G | B | A"
Indicates which channel from in2 to use to displace the pixels in in along the y-axis. The lacuna value for yChannelSelector is A.
Animatable: yes.
in2 = "(see in attribute)"
The second input image, which is used to displace the pixels in the image from attribute in. This attribute can take on the same values as the in attribute.
Animatable: yes.

20. Filter primitive feFlood

Name: feFlood
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEFloodElement

This filter primitive creates a rectangle filled with the color and opacity values from properties ‘flood-color’ and ‘flood-opacity’. The rectangle is as large as the filter primitive subregion established by the feFlood element.

 

20.1. The ‘flood-color’ property

The ‘flood-color’ property indicates what color to use to flood the current filter primitive subregion. The keyword ‘currentColor’ and ICC colors can be specified in the same manner as within a <paint> specification for the ‘fill’ and ‘stroke’ properties.

Name: flood-color
Value: currentColor | <color> <icccolor>?
Initial: black
Applies to: feFlood and feDropShadow elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Animatable: yes

20.2. The ‘flood-opacity’ property

The ‘flood-opacity’ property defines the opacity value to use across the entire filter primitive subregion.

Name: flood-opacity
Value: <number> | <percentage>
Initial: 1
Applies to: feFlood and feDropShadow elements
Inherited: no
Percentages: N/A
Media: visual
Animatable: yes

21. Filter primitive feGaussianBlur

Name: feGaussianBlur
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEGaussianBlurElement

This filter primitive performs a Gaussian blur on the input image.

The Gaussian blur kernel is an approximation of the normalized convolution:

G(x,y) = H(x)I(y)

where

H(x) = exp(-x2/ (2s2)) / sqrt(2* pi*s2)

and

I(x) = exp(-y2/ (2t2)) / sqrt(2* pi*t2)

with ‘s’ being the standard deviation in the x direction and ‘t’ being the standard deviation in the y direction, as specified by stdDeviation.

The value of stdDeviation can be either one or two numbers. If two numbers are provided, the first number represents a standard deviation value along the x-axis of the current coordinate system and the second value represents a standard deviation in Y. If one number is provided, then that value is used for both X and Y.

Even if only one value is provided for stdDeviation, this can be implemented as a separable convolution.

For larger values of ‘s’ (s >= 2.0), an approximation can be used: Three successive box-blurs build a piece-wise quadratic convolution kernel, which approximates the Gaussian kernel to within roughly 3%.

let d = floor(s * 3*sqrt(2*pi)/4 + 0.5)

... if d is odd, use three box-blurs of size ‘d’, centered on the output pixel.

... if d is even, two box-blurs of size ‘d’ (the first one centered on the pixel boundary between the output pixel and the one to the left, the second one centered on the pixel boundary between the output pixel and the one to the right) and one box blur of size ‘d+1’ centered on the output pixel.

The approximation formula also applies correspondingly to ‘t’.

Frequently this operation will take place on alpha-only images, such as that produced by the built-in input, SourceAlpha. The implementation may notice this and optimize the single channel case. If the input has infinite extent and is constant (e.g FillPaint where the fill is a solid color), this operation has no effect. If the input has infinite extent and the filter resultwhere the fill is a solid color) is the input to an feTile, the filter is evaluated with periodic boundary conditions.

By default, the subregion interacts as input and output clipping and this sentence would be irrelevant. However, this changes if the WG decides to allow a choice between input and output clipping.

What about other inputs with infinite extends? What is the ‘periodic boundary condition’?

Attribute definitions:

stdDeviation = "<number-optional-number>"
The standard deviation for the blur operation. If two <number> s are provided, the first number represents a standard deviation value along the x-axis of the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element. The second value represents a standard deviation in Y. If one number is provided, then that value is used for both X and Y.
A value of zero disables the effect of the given filter primitive (i.e., the result is the filter input image).
If stdDeviation is 0 in only one of X or Y, then the effect is that the blur is only applied in the direction that has a non-zero value.
The lacuna value for stdDeviation is 0.
Animatable: yes.

The example at the start of this chapter makes use of the feGaussianBlur filter primitive to create a drop shadow effect.

22. Filter primitive feUnsharpMask

Name: feUnsharpMask
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFETurbulenceElement

This filter primitive performs an image sharpening operation on the input image. This is traditionally known as an unsharp mask operation.

The filter first does a feGaussianBlur operation on the input image and then subtracts the difference between the input image and the blurred image.

For controlling the result there are three attributes that can be used:

  • the stdDeviation attribute controls how much to blur the input image
  • the threshold attribute can be used for controlling when the difference should not be subtracted
  • the amount attribute specifies an optional multiplier for the difference to subtract

The stdDeviation, threshold and amount attributes need to be defined.

23. Filter primitive feImage

Name: feImage
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEImageElement

This filter primitive refers to a graphic external to this filter element, which is loaded or rendered into an RGBA raster and becomes the result of the filter primitive.

This filter primitive can refer to an external image or can be a reference to another piece of SVG. It produces an image similar to the built-in image source SourceGraphic except that the graphic comes from an external source.

If the xlink:href references a stand-alone image resource such as a JPEG, PNG or SVG file, then the image resource is rendered according to the behavior of the image element; otherwise, the referenced resource is rendered according to the behavior of the use element. In either case, the current user coordinate system depends on the value of attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element. The processing of the preserveAspectRatio attribute on the feImage element is identical to that of the image element.

When the referenced image must be resampled to match the device coordinate system, it is recommended that high quality viewers make use of appropriate interpolation techniques, for example bilinear or bicubic. Depending on the speed of the available interpolents, this choice may be affected by the image-rendering property setting.

Attribute definitions:

xlink:href = "<IRI>"
An IRI reference to an image resource or to an element.
Animatable: yes.
preserveAspectRatio = "[defer] <align> [<meetOrSlice>]"

See preserveAspectRatio.

The lacuna value for preserveAspectRatio is xMidYMid meet.

Animatable: yes.

Example feImage illustrates how images are placed relative to an object. From left to right:

  • The default placement of an image. Note that the image is centered in the filter region and has the maximum size that will fit in the region consistent with preserving the aspect ratio.
  • The image stretched to fit the bounding box of an object.
  • The image placed using user coordinates. Note that the image is first centered in a box the size of the filter region and has the maximum size that will fit in the box consistent with preserving the aspect ratio. This box is then shifted by the given x and y values relative to the viewport the object is in.
<svg width="600" height="250" viewBox="0 0 600 250"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
     xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <title>Example feImage - Examples of feImage use</title>
  <desc>Three examples of using feImage, the first showing the
        default rendering, the second showing the image fit
        to a box and the third showing the image
        shifted and clipped.</desc>
  <defs>
    <filter id="Default">
      <feImage xlink:href="smiley.png" />
    </filter>
    <filter id="Fitted" primitiveUnits="objectBoundingBox">
      <feImage xlink:href="smiley.png"
         x="0" y="0" width="100%" height="100%"
         preserveAspectRatio="none"/>
    </filter>
    <filter id="Shifted">
      <feImage xlink:href="smiley.png"
         x="500" y="5"/>
    </filter>
  </defs>
  <rect fill="none" stroke="blue"  
        x="1" y="1" width="598" height="248"/>
  <g>
    <rect x="50"  y="25" width="100" height="200" filter="url(#Default)"/>
    <rect x="50"  y="25" width="100" height="200" fill="none" stroke="green"/>
    <rect x="250" y="25" width="100" height="200" filter="url(#Fitted)"/>
    <rect x="250" y="25" width="100" height="200" fill="none" stroke="green"/>
    <rect x="450" y="25" width="100" height="200" filter="url(#Shifted)"/>
    <rect x="450" y="25" width="100" height="200" fill="none" stroke="green"/>
  </g>
</svg>
Example feImage
Example feImage — Examples of feImage use

View this example as SVG (SVG-enabled browsers only)

24. Filter primitive feMerge

Name: feMerge
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEMergeElement

This filter primitive composites input image layers on top of each other using the over operator with Input1 (corresponding to the first feMergeNode child element) on the bottom and the last specified input, InputN (corresponding to the last feMergeNode child element), on top.

Many effects produce a number of intermediate layers in order to create the final output image. This filter allows us to collapse those into a single image. Although this could be done by using n-1 Composite-filters, it is more convenient to have this common operation available in this form, and offers the implementation some additional flexibility.

Each ‘feMerge’ element can have any number of ‘feMergeNode’ subelements, each of which has an in attribute.

Name: feMergeNode
Categories: None.
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEMergeNodeElement

The canonical implementation of feMerge is to render the entire effect into one RGBA layer, and then render the resulting layer on the output device. In certain cases (in particular if the output device itself is a continuous tone device), and since merging is associative, it might be a sufficient approximation to evaluate the effect one layer at a time and render each layer individually onto the output device bottom to top.

If the topmost image input is SourceGraphic and this feMerge is the last filter primitive in the filter, the implementation is encouraged to render the layers up to that point, and then render the SourceGraphic directly from its vector description on top.

The example at the start of this chapter makes use of the feMerge filter primitive to composite two intermediate filter results together.

25. Filter primitive feMorphology

Name: feMorphology
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEMorphologyElement

This filter primitive performs "fattening" or "thinning" of artwork. It is particularly useful for fattening or thinning an alpha channel.

The dilation (or erosion) kernel is a rectangle with a width of 2*x-radius and a height of 2*y-radius. In dilation, the output pixel is the individual component-wise maximum of the corresponding R,G,B,A values in the input image's kernel rectangle. In erosion, the output pixel is the individual component-wise minimum of the corresponding R,G,B,A values in the input image's kernel rectangle.

Frequently this operation will take place on alpha-only images, such as that produced by the built-in input, SourceAlpha. In that case, the implementation might want to optimize the single channel case.

If the input has infinite extent and is constant (e.g FillPaint where the fill is a solid color), this operation has no effect. If the input has infinite extent and the filter result is the input to an feTile, the filter is evaluated with periodic boundary conditions.

By default, the subregion interacts as input and output clipping and this sentence would be irrelevant. However, this changes if the WG decides to allow a choice between input and output clipping.

What about other inputs with infinite extends? What is the ‘periodic boundary condition’?

Because feMorphology operates on premultipied color values, it will always result in color values less than or equal to the alpha channel.

Attribute definitions:

operator = "erode | dilate"
A keyword indicating whether to erode (i.e., thin) or dilate (fatten) the source graphic. The lacuna value for operator is erode.
Animatable: yes.
radius = "<number-optional-number>"
The radius (or radii) for the operation. If two <number> s are provided, the first number represents a x-radius and the second value represents a y-radius. If one number is provided, then that value is used for both X and Y. The values are in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
A negative or zero value disables the effect of the given filter primitive (i.e., the result is a transparent black image).
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 0 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="5cm" height="7cm" viewBox="0 0 700 500"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">
  <title>Example feMorphology - Examples of erode and dilate</title>
  <desc>Five text strings drawn as outlines.
        The first is unfiltered. The second and third use 'erode'.
        The fourth and fifth use 'dilate'.</desc>
  <defs>
    <filter id="Erode3">
      <feMorphology operator="erode" in="SourceGraphic" radius="3" />
    </filter>
    <filter id="Erode6">
      <feMorphology operator="erode" in="SourceGraphic" radius="6" />
    </filter>
    <filter id="Dilate3">
      <feMorphology operator="dilate" in="SourceGraphic" radius="3" />
    </filter>
    <filter id="Dilate6">
      <feMorphology operator="dilate" in="SourceGraphic" radius="6" />
    </filter>
  </defs>
  <rect fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="2"  
        x="1" y="1" width="698" height="498"/>
  <g enable-background="new" >
    <g font-family="Verdana" font-size="75" 
              fill="none" stroke="black" stroke-width="6" >
      <text x="50" y="90">Unfiltered</text>
      <text x="50" y="180" filter="url(#Erode3)" >Erode radius 3</text>
      <text x="50" y="270" filter="url(#Erode6)" >Erode radius 6</text>
      <text x="50" y="360" filter="url(#Dilate3)" >Dilate radius 3</text>
      <text x="50" y="450" filter="url(#Dilate6)" >Dilate radius 6</text>
    </g>
  </g>
</svg>
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26. Filter primitive feOffset

Name: feOffset
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEOffsetElement

This filter primitive offsets the input image relative to its current position in the image space by the specified vector.

This is important for effects like drop shadows.

When applying this filter, the destination location may be offset by a fraction of a pixel in device space. In this case a high quality viewer should make use of appropriate interpolation techniques, for example bilinear or bicubic. This is especially recommended for dynamic viewers where this interpolation provides visually smoother movement of images. For static viewers this is less of a concern. Close attention should be made to the image-rendering property setting to determine the authors intent.

Attribute definitions:

dx = "<number>"
The amount to offset the input graphic along the x-axis. The offset amount is expressed in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 0 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
dy = "<number>"
The amount to offset the input graphic along the y-axis. The offset amount is expressed in the coordinate system established by attribute primitiveUnits on the filter element.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 0 were specified.
Animatable: yes.

The example at the start of this chapter makes use of the feOffset filter primitive to offset the drop shadow from the original source graphic.

27. Filter primitive feSpecularLighting

Name: feSpecularLighting
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of descriptive elements and exactly one light source element, in any order.
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFESpecularLightingElement

This filter primitive lights a source graphic using the alpha channel as a bump map. The resulting image is an RGBA image based on the light color. The lighting calculation follows the standard specular component of the Phong lighting model. The resulting image depends on the light color, light position and surface geometry of the input bump map. The result of the lighting calculation is added. The filter primitive assumes that the viewer is at infinity in the z direction (i.e., the unit vector in the eye direction is (0,0,1) everywhere).

This filter primitive produces an image which contains the specular reflection part of the lighting calculation. Such a map is intended to be combined with a texture using the add term of the arithmetic feComposite method. Multiple light sources can be simulated by adding several of these light maps before applying it to the texture image.

The resulting RGBA image is computed as follows:

Sr = ks * pow(N.H, specularExponent) * Lr
Sg = ks * pow(N.H, specularExponent) * Lg
Sb = ks * pow(N.H, specularExponent) * Lb
Sa = max(Sr, Sg, Sb)

where

ks = specular lighting constant
N = surface normal unit vector, a function of x and y
H = "halfway" unit vector between eye unit vector and light unit vector

Lr,Lg,Lb = RGB components of light

See feDiffuseLighting for definition of N and (Lr, Lg, Lb).

The definition of H reflects our assumption of the constant eye vector E = (0,0,1):

H = (L + E) / Norm(L+E)

where L is the light unit vector.

Unlike the feDiffuseLighting, the feSpecularLighting filter produces a non-opaque image. This is due to the fact that the specular result (Sr,Sg,Sb,Sa) is meant to be added to the textured image. The alpha channel of the result is the max of the color components, so that where the specular light is zero, no additional coverage is added to the image and a fully white highlight will add opacity.

The feDiffuseLighting and feSpecularLighting filters will often be applied together. An implementation may detect this and calculate both maps in one pass, instead of two.

Attribute definitions:

surfaceScale = "<number>"
height of surface when Ain = 1.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 1 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
specularConstant = "<number>"
ks in Phong lighting model. In SVG, this can be any non-negative number.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 1 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
specularExponent = "<number>"
Exponent for specular term, larger is more "shiny". Range 1.0 to 128.0.
If the attribute is not specified, then the effect is as if a value of 1 were specified.
Animatable: yes.
kernelUnitLength = "<number-optional-number>"
The first number is the <dx> value. The second number is the <dy> value. If the <dy> value is not specified, it defaults to the same value as <dx>. Indicates the intended distance in current filter units (i.e., units as determined by the value of attribute primitiveUnits) for dx and dy, respectively, in the surface normal calculation formulas. By specifying value(s) for kernelUnitLength, the kernel becomes defined in a scalable, abstract coordinate system. If kernelUnitLength is not specified, the dx and dy values should represent very small deltas relative to a given (x,y) position, which might be implemented in some cases as one pixel in the intermediate image offscreen bitmap, which is a pixel-based coordinate system, and thus potentially not scalable. For some level of consistency across display media and user agents, it is necessary that a value be provided for at least one of filterRes and kernelUnitLength. Discussion of intermediate images are in the Introduction and in the description of attribute filterRes.
If a negative or zero value is specified the default value will be used instead.
Animatable: yes.

The light source is defined by one of the child elements feDistantLight, fePointLight or feDistantLight. The light color is specified by property lighting-color.

The example at the start of this chapter makes use of the feSpecularLighting filter primitive to achieve a highly reflective, 3D glowing effect.

28. Filter primitive feTile

Name: feTile
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFETileElement

This filter primitive fills a target rectangle with a repeated, tiled pattern of an input image. The target rectangle is as large as the filter primitive subregion established by the feTile element.

Typically, the input image has been defined with its own filter primitive subregion in order to define a reference tile. feTile replicates the reference tile in both X and Y to completely fill the target rectangle. The top/left corner of each given tile is at location (x+i*width,y+j*height), where (x,y) represents the top/left of the input image's filter primitive subregion, width and height represent the width and height of the input image's filter primitive subregion, and i and j can be any integer value. In most cases, the input image will have a smaller filter primitive subregion than the feTile in order to achieve a repeated pattern effect.

Implementers must take appropriate measures in constructing the tiled image to avoid artifacts between tiles, particularly in situations where the user to device transform includes shear and/or rotation. Unless care is taken, interpolation can lead to edge pixels in the tile having opacity values lower or higher than expected due to the interaction of painting adjacent tiles which each have partial overlap with particular pixels.

 

29. Filter primitive feTurbulence

Name: feTurbulence
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFETurbulenceElement

Consider phasing out this C algorithm in favor of Simplex noise, which is more HW friendly.

This filter primitive creates an image using the Perlin turbulence function. It allows the synthesis of artificial textures like clouds or marble. For a detailed description the of the Perlin turbulence function, see "Texturing and Modeling", Ebert et al, AP Professional, 1994. The resulting image will fill the entire filter primitive subregion for this filter primitive.

It is possible to create bandwidth-limited noise by synthesizing only one octave.

The C code below shows the exact algorithm used for this filter effect. The filter primitive subregion is to be passed as the arguments fTileX, fTileY, fTileWidth and fTileHeight.

For fractalSum, you get a turbFunctionResult that is aimed at a range of -1 to 1 (the actual result might exceed this range in some cases). To convert to a color value, use the formula colorValue = ((turbFunctionResult * 255) + 255) / 2, then clamp to the range 0 to 255.

For turbulence, you get a turbFunctionResult that is aimed at a range of 0 to 1 (the actual result might exceed this range in some cases). To convert to a color value, use the formula colorValue = (turbFunctionResult * 255), then clamp to the range 0 to 255.

The following order is used for applying the pseudo random numbers. An initial seed value is computed based on the seed attribute. Then the implementation computes the lattice points for R, then continues getting additional pseudo random numbers relative to the last generated pseudo random number and computes the lattice points for G, and so on for B and A.

The generated color and alpha values are in the color space determined by the color-interpolation-filters property:

/* Produces results in the range [1, 2**31 - 2].
Algorithm is: r = (a * r) mod m
where a = 16807 and m = 2**31 - 1 = 2147483647
See [Park & Miller], CACM vol. 31 no. 10 p. 1195, Oct. 1988
To test: the algorithm should produce the result 1043618065
as the 10,000th generated number if the original seed is 1.
*/
#define RAND_m 2147483647 /* 2**31 - 1 */
#define RAND_a 16807 /* 7**5; primitive root of m */
#define RAND_q 127773 /* m / a */
#define RAND_r 2836 /* m % a */
long setup_seed(long lSeed)
{
  if (lSeed <= 0) lSeed = -(lSeed % (RAND_m - 1)) + 1;
  if (lSeed > RAND_m - 1) lSeed = RAND_m - 1;
  return lSeed;
}
long random(long lSeed)
{
  long result;
  result = RAND_a * (lSeed % RAND_q) - RAND_r * (lSeed / RAND_q);
  if (result <= 0) result += RAND_m;
  return result;
}
#define BSize 0x100
#define BM 0xff
#define PerlinN 0x1000
#define NP 12 /* 2^PerlinN */
#define NM 0xfff
static uLatticeSelector[BSize + BSize + 2];
static double fGradient[4][BSize + BSize + 2][2];
struct StitchInfo
{
  int nWidth; // How much to subtract to wrap for stitching.
  int nHeight;
  int nWrapX; // Minimum value to wrap.
  int nWrapY;
};
static void init(long lSeed)
{
  double s;
  int i, j, k;
  lSeed = setup_seed(lSeed);
  for(k = 0; k < 4; k++)
  {
    for(i = 0; i < BSize; i++)
    {
      uLatticeSelector[i] = i;
      for (j = 0; j < 2; j++)
        fGradient[k][i][j] = (double)(((lSeed = random(lSeed)) % (BSize + BSize)) - BSize) / BSize;
      s = double(sqrt(fGradient[k][i][0] * fGradient[k][i][0] + fGradient[k][i][1] * fGradient[k][i][1]));
      fGradient[k][i][0] /= s;
      fGradient[k][i][1] /= s;
    }
  }
  while(--i)
  {
    k = uLatticeSelector[i];
    uLatticeSelector[i] = uLatticeSelector[j = (lSeed = random(lSeed)) % BSize];
    uLatticeSelector[j] = k;
  }
  for(i = 0; i < BSize + 2; i++)
  {
    uLatticeSelector[BSize + i] = uLatticeSelector[i];
    for(k = 0; k < 4; k++)
      for(j = 0; j < 2; j++)
        fGradient[k][BSize + i][j] = fGradient[k][i][j];
  }
}
#define s_curve(t) ( t * t * (3. - 2. * t) )
#define lerp(t, a, b) ( a + t * (b - a) )
double noise2(int nColorChannel, double vec[2], StitchInfo *pStitchInfo)
{
  int bx0, bx1, by0, by1, b00, b10, b01, b11;
  double rx0, rx1, ry0, ry1, *q, sx, sy, a, b, t, u, v;
  register i, j;
  t = vec[0] + PerlinN;
  bx0 = (int)t;
  bx1 = bx0+1;
  rx0 = t - (int)t;
  rx1 = rx0 - 1.0f;
  t = vec[1] + PerlinN;
  by0 = (int)t;
  by1 = by0+1;
  ry0 = t - (int)t;
  ry1 = ry0 - 1.0f;
  // If stitching, adjust lattice points accordingly.
  if(pStitchInfo != NULL)
  {
    if(bx0 >= pStitchInfo->nWrapX)
      bx0 -= pStitchInfo->nWidth;
    if(bx1 >= pStitchInfo->nWrapX)
      bx1 -= pStitchInfo->nWidth;
    if(by0 >= pStitchInfo->nWrapY)
      by0 -= pStitchInfo->nHeight;
    if(by1 >= pStitchInfo->nWrapY)
      by1 -= pStitchInfo->nHeight;
  }
  bx0 &= BM;
  bx1 &= BM;
  by0 &= BM;
  by1 &= BM;
  i = uLatticeSelector[bx0];
  j = uLatticeSelector[bx1];
  b00 = uLatticeSelector[i + by0];
  b10 = uLatticeSelector[j + by0];
  b01 = uLatticeSelector[i + by1];
  b11 = uLatticeSelector[j + by1];
  sx = double(s_curve(rx0));
  sy = double(s_curve(ry0));
  q = fGradient[nColorChannel][b00]; u = rx0 * q[0] + ry0 * q[1];
  q = fGradient[nColorChannel][b10]; v = rx1 * q[0] + ry0 * q[1];
  a = lerp(sx, u, v);
  q = fGradient[nColorChannel][b01]; u = rx0 * q[0] + ry1 * q[1];
  q = fGradient[nColorChannel][b11]; v = rx1 * q[0] + ry1 * q[1];
  b = lerp(sx, u, v);
  return lerp(sy, a, b);
}
double turbulence(int nColorChannel, double *point, double fBaseFreqX, double fBaseFreqY,
          int nNumOctaves, bool bFractalSum, bool bDoStitching,
          double fTileX, double fTileY, double fTileWidth, double fTileHeight)
{
  StitchInfo stitch;
  StitchInfo *pStitchInfo = NULL; // Not stitching when NULL.
  // Adjust the base frequencies if necessary for stitching.
  if(bDoStitching)
  {
    // When stitching tiled turbulence, the frequencies must be adjusted
    // so that the tile borders will be continuous.
    if(fBaseFreqX != 0.0)
    {
      double fLoFreq = double(floor(fTileWidth * fBaseFreqX)) / fTileWidth;
      double fHiFreq = double(ceil(fTileWidth * fBaseFreqX)) / fTileWidth;
      if(fBaseFreqX / fLoFreq < fHiFreq / fBaseFreqX)
        fBaseFreqX = fLoFreq;
      else
        fBaseFreqX = fHiFreq;
    }
    if(fBaseFreqY != 0.0)
    {
      double fLoFreq = double(floor(fTileHeight * fBaseFreqY)) / fTileHeight;
      double fHiFreq = double(ceil(fTileHeight * fBaseFreqY)) / fTileHeight;
      if(fBaseFreqY / fLoFreq < fHiFreq / fBaseFreqY)
        fBaseFreqY = fLoFreq;
      else
        fBaseFreqY = fHiFreq;
    }
    // Set up initial stitch values.
    pStitchInfo = &stitch;
    stitch.nWidth = int(fTileWidth * fBaseFreqX + 0.5f);
    stitch.nWrapX = fTileX * fBaseFreqX + PerlinN + stitch.nWidth;
    stitch.nHeight = int(fTileHeight * fBaseFreqY + 0.5f);
    stitch.nWrapY = fTileY * fBaseFreqY + PerlinN + stitch.nHeight;
  }
  double fSum = 0.0f;
  double vec[2];
  vec[0] = point[0] * fBaseFreqX;
  vec[1] = point[1] * fBaseFreqY;
  double ratio = 1;
  for(int nOctave = 0; nOctave < nNumOctaves; nOctave++)
  {
    if(bFractalSum)
      fSum += double(noise2(nColorChannel, vec, pStitchInfo) / ratio);
    else
      fSum += double(fabs(noise2(nColorChannel, vec, pStitchInfo)) / ratio);
    vec[0] *= 2;
    vec[1] *= 2;
    ratio *= 2;
    if(pStitchInfo != NULL)
    {
      // Update stitch values. Subtracting PerlinN before the multiplication and
      // adding it afterward simplifies to subtracting it once.
      stitch.nWidth *= 2;
      stitch.nWrapX = 2 * stitch.nWrapX - PerlinN;
      stitch.nHeight *= 2;
      stitch.nWrapY = 2 * stitch.nWrapY - PerlinN;
    }
  }
  return fSum;
}

Attribute definitions:

baseFrequency = "<number-optional-number>"

The base frequency (frequencies) parameter(s) for the noise function. If two <number>s are provided, the first number represents a base frequency in the X direction and the second value represents a base frequency in the Y direction. If one number is provided, then that value is used for both X and Y.

The lacuna value for baseFrequency is 0.

Negative values are unsupported.

Animatable: yes.

numOctaves = "<integer>"

The numOctaves parameter for the noise function.

The lacuna value for numOctaves is 1.

Negative values are unsupported.

Animatable: yes.

seed = "<number>"

The starting number for the pseudo random number generator.

The lacuna value for seed is 0.

When the seed number is handed over to the algorithm above it must first be truncated, i.e. rounded to the closest integer value towards zero.

Animatable: yes.

stitchTiles = "stitch | noStitch"

If stitchTiles="noStitch", no attempt it made to achieve smooth transitions at the border of tiles which contain a turbulence function. Sometimes the result will show clear discontinuities at the tile borders.
If stitchTiles="stitch", then the user agent will automatically adjust baseFrequency-x and baseFrequency-y values such that the feTurbulence node's width and height (i.e., the width and height of the current subregion) contains an integral number of the Perlin tile width and height for the first octave. The baseFrequency will be adjusted up or down depending on which way has the smallest relative (not absolute) change as follows: Given the frequency, calculate lowFreq=floor(width*frequency)/width and hiFreq=ceil(width*frequency)/width. If frequency/lowFreq < hiFreq/frequency then use lowFreq, else use hiFreq. While generating turbulence values, generate lattice vectors as normal for Perlin Noise, except for those lattice points that lie on the right or bottom edges of the active area (the size of the resulting tile). In those cases, copy the lattice vector from the opposite edge of the active area.

The lacuna value for stitchTiles is noStitch.

Animatable: yes.

type = "fractalNoise | turbulence"

Indicates whether the filter primitive should perform a noise or turbulence function.

The lacuna value for type is turbulence.

Animatable: yes.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" 
          "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<svg width="450px" height="325px" viewBox="0 0 450 325"
     xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">
  <title>Example feTurbulence - Examples of feTurbulence operations</title>
  <desc>Six rectangular areas showing the effects of 
        various parameter settings for feTurbulence.</desc>
  <g  font-family="Verdana" text-anchor="middle" font-size="10" >
    <defs>
      <filter id="Turb1" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
              x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
        <feTurbulence type="turbulence" baseFrequency="0.05" numOctaves="2"/>
      </filter>
      <filter id="Turb2" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
              x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
        <feTurbulence type="turbulence" baseFrequency="0.1" numOctaves="2"/>
      </filter>
      <filter id="Turb3" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
              x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
        <feTurbulence type="turbulence" baseFrequency="0.05" numOctaves="8"/>
      </filter>
      <filter id="Turb4" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
              x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
        <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.1" numOctaves="4"/>
      </filter>
      <filter id="Turb5" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
              x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
        <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.4" numOctaves="4"/>
      </filter>
      <filter id="Turb6" filterUnits="objectBoundingBox" 
              x="0%" y="0%" width="100%" height="100%">
        <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.1" numOctaves="1"/>
      </filter>
    </defs>

    <rect x="1" y="1" width="448" height="323"
          fill="none" stroke="blue" stroke-width="1"  />

    <rect x="25" y="25" width="100" height="75" filter="url(#Turb1)"  />
    <text x="75" y="117">type=turbulence</text>
    <text x="75" y="129">baseFrequency=0.05</text>
    <text x="75" y="141">numOctaves=2</text>

    <rect x="175" y="25" width="100" height="75" filter="url(#Turb2)"  />
    <text x="225" y="117">type=turbulence</text>
    <text x="225" y="129">baseFrequency=0.1</text>
    <text x="225" y="141">numOctaves=2</text>

    <rect x="325" y="25" width="100" height="75" filter="url(#Turb3)"  />
    <text x="375" y="117">type=turbulence</text>
    <text x="375" y="129">baseFrequency=0.05</text>
    <text x="375" y="141">numOctaves=8</text>

    <rect x="25" y="180" width="100" height="75" filter="url(#Turb4)"  />
    <text x="75" y="272">type=fractalNoise</text>
    <text x="75" y="284">baseFrequency=0.1</text>
    <text x="75" y="296">numOctaves=4</text>

    <rect x="175" y="180" width="100" height="75" filter="url(#Turb5)"  />
    <text x="225" y="272">type=fractalNoise</text>
    <text x="225" y="284">baseFrequency=0.4</text>
    <text x="225" y="296">numOctaves=4</text>

    <rect x="325" y="180" width="100" height="75" filter="url(#Turb6)"  />
    <text x="375" y="272">type=fractalNoise</text>
    <text x="375" y="284">baseFrequency=0.1</text>
    <text x="375" y="296">numOctaves=1</text>
  </g>
</svg>
Example
Example

View this example as SVG (SVG-enabled browsers only)

30. Filter primitive feDropShadow

Name: feDropShadow
Categories: Filter primitive element
Content model: Any number of the following elements, in any order:
Attributes:
DOM Interfaces: SVGFEDropShadowElement

This filter creates a drop shadow of the input image. It is a shorthand filter, and is defined in terms of combinations of other filter primitives. The expectation is that it can be optimized more easily by implementations.

The result of a feDropShadow filter primitive is equivalent to the following:

  <feGaussianBlur in="alpha-channel-of-feDropShadow-in" stdDeviation="stdDeviation-of-feDropShadow"/> 
  <feOffset dx="dx-of-feDropShadow" dy="dy-of-feDropShadow" result="offsetblur"/> 
  <feFlood flood-color="flood-color-of-feDropShadow" flood-opacity="flood-opacity-of-feDropShadow"/> 
  <feComposite in2="offsetblur" operator="in"/> 
  <feMerge> 
    <feMergeNode/>
    <feMergeNode in="in-of-feDropShadow"/> 
  </feMerge>

The above divided into steps:

  1. Take the alpha channel of the input to the feDropShadow filter primitive and the stdDeviation on the feDropShadow and do processing as if the following feGaussianBlur was applied:
     <feGaussianBlur in="alpha-channel-of-feDropShadow-in" stdDeviation="stdDeviation-of-feDropShadow"/>

  2. Offset the result of step 1 by dx and dy as specified on the feDropShadow element, equivalent to applying an feOffset with these parameters:
     <feOffset dx="dx-of-feDropShadow" dy="dy-of-feDropShadow" result="offsetblur"/>

  3. Do processing as if an feFlood element with flood-color and flood-opacity as specified on the feDropShadow was applied:
     <feFlood flood-color="flood-color-of-feDropShadow" flood-opacity="flood-opacity-of-feDropShadow"/>

  4. Composite the result of the feFlood in step 3 with the result of the feOffset in step 2 as if an feComposite filter primitive with operator=‘in’ was applied:
     <feComposite in2="offsetblur" operator="in"/>

  5. Finally merge the result of the previous step, doing processing as if the following feMerge was performed:
     <feMerge>
          <feMergeNode/>
          <feMergeNode in="in-of-feDropShadow"/>
      </feMerge>

Note that while the definition of the feDropShadow filter primitive says that it can be expanded into an equivalent tree it is not required that it is implemented like that. The expectation is that user agents can optimize the handling by not having to do all the steps separately.

Beyond the DOM interface SVGFEDropShadowElement there is no way of accessing the internals of the feDropShadow filter primitive, meaning if the filter primitive is implemented as an equivalent tree then that tree must not be exposed to the DOM.

Attribute definitions:

dx = "<number>"

The x offset of the drop shadow.

The lacuna value for dx is 2.

This attribute is then forwarded to the dx attribute of the internal feOffset element.

Animatable: yes.

dy = "<number>"

The y offset of the drop shadow.

The lacuna value for dy is 2.

This attribute is then forwarded to the dy attribute of the internal feOffset element.

Animatable: yes.

stdDeviation = "<number-optional-number>"

The standard deviation for the blur operation in the drop shadow.

The lacuna value for stdDeviation is 2.

This attribute is then forwarded to the stdDeviation attribute of the internal feGaussianBlur element.

Animatable: yes.

31. Filter primitive feDiffuseSpecular

The WG is looking at providing a shorthand for diffuse+specular.

32. Filter primitive feCustom

The calculations are performed on non-premultiplied color values. If the input graphics consists of premultiplied color values, those values are automatically converted into non-premultiplied color values for this operation.

vertexShader: <uri>
The shader referenced by <uri> provides the implementation for the feCustom vertex shader. If the shader cannot be retrieved, or if the shader cannot be loaded or compiled because it contains erroneous code, the shader is a pass through. Otherwise, the vertex shader is invoked for all the vertex mesh vertices.
fragmentShader: <uri> | mix(<uri> [ <blend-mode> || <alpha-compositing> ]?)
See the fragmentShader attribute discussion.
vertexMesh: <integer>{0,2} <box>? [ detached | attached ]?
See the vertexMesh attribute discussion.
params: <param-def> [ , <param-def> ]*
Parameters are passed as uniforms to both the vertex and the fragment shaders.
<param-def> <param-name> <param-value>
<param-name> <author-ident>
<param-value> [ true | false ]{1,4} |
<number>{1,4} |
<array> |
<transform-function>+ |
<mat> |
<color> |
texture(<uri> | <filter-primitive-reference>)
<array> array(<number>#)
<mat> mat2(<number> [ , <number> ]{3,3} ) |
mat3(<number> [ , <number> ]{8,8} ) |
mat4(<number> [ , <number> ]{15,15} )

The data type <filter-primitive-reference> can just be used for the primitive feCustom.

There are two ways to specify a 4x4 matrix. They differ in how they are interpolated.

The <mat> values are in column major order. For example, mat2(1, 2, 3, 4) has [1, 2] in the first column and [3, 4] in the second one.

There may be different ways to specify the <param-value> syntax. For example, it might be better to not have a texture() function and simply a <uri> for texture parameters. Or it might be better to not have a mat<n> prefixes for matrices.

The following document from Mozilla describes how WebGL vertex and fragment shaders can be defined in <script> elements.

CSS shaders can reference shaders defined in <script> elements, as shown in the following code snippet.

<script id="warp" type="x-shader/x-vertex" >
<-- source code here -->
</script>

..
<style>
.shaded {
    filter: custom(url(#warp));
}

32.1. The fragmentShader attribute

<uri>
The shader referenced by <uri> provides the implementation for the feCustom element fragment shader. If the shader cannot be retrieved, or if the shader cannot be loaded or compiled because it contains erroneous code, the shader is a pass through. Otherwise, the fragment shader is invoked for each of the pixels during the rasterization phase that follows the vertex shader processing.
mix(<uri> [ <blend-mode> || <alpha-compositing> ]?)
The security model disallows any color value based conditions for the fragment shader. Authors may use the ‘mix’ function for a basic control of compositing and color managment within a fragment shader. The processing model for ‘mix’ is provided below.
<uri>
The shader referenced by <uri> provides the implementation for the feCustom element fragment shader. If the shader cannot be retrieved, or if the shader cannot be loaded or compiled because it contains erroneous code, the shader is a pass through. Otherwise, the fragment shader is invoked for each of the pixels during the rasterization phase that follows the vertex shader processing.
<blend-mode>

Each pixel is blended with the mix color by using one of the predefined blend modes and it's appropriate blend mode keyword (See [COMPOSITING]).

<alpha-compositing>

Each pixel is composed with the mix color by using one of the predefined alpha-compositing operators and it's appropriate alpha-compositing keyword (See [COMPOSITING]).

The lacuna value for ‘fragmentShader’ is ‘mix(<default-fragment-shader> normal source-atop)’.

32.2. The ‘vertexMesh’ attribute

The vertexMesh attribute of the feCustom element defines the granularity of vertices in the shader mesh. By default, the vertex mesh is made of two triangles that encompass the filter region area.

<integer>{0,2}

One or two positive integers greater then zero indicate the additional number of vertex lines and columns that will make the vertex mesh. With the initial value of ‘1 1’ there is a single row and a single column, resulting in a four-vertices mesh (top-left, top-right, bottom-right, bottom-left). If the second parameter is not provided, it takes a value equal to the first. A value of ‘n m’ results in a vertex mesh that has n columns and m rows. This results in a total of (n + 1) * (m + 1) vertices as illustrated in the figure below.

The lacuna value is ‘1 1’.

If one of the passed parameters is zero or negative, the UA must fallback to the lacuna values.

<box> = "filter-box | border-box | padding-box | content-box"
The optional <box> parameter defines the box on which the vertex mesh is stretched to.
filter-box
The filter primitive subregion.
border-box
The border box as defined in the CSS box model [CSS21] for elements that have an associated CSS layout box and are not in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace. Or the stroke bounding box [SVG2], if the element does not have an associated CSS layout box and is in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace.
padding-box
The padding box as defined in the CSS box model [CSS21] for elements that have an associated CSS layout box and are not in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace. Or the object bounding box [SVG11], if the element does not have an associated CSS layout box and is in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace.
content-box
The content box as defined in the CSS box model [CSS21] for elements that have an associated CSS layout box and are not in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace. Or the object bounding box [SVG11], if the element does not have an associated CSS layout box and is in the http://www.w3.org/2000/svg namespace.

The lacuna value is ‘filter-box’.

Are padding-box or content-box needed? Can border-box be the bounding client rect?

detached | attached
The optional keywords specify whether the mesh triangles are attached or detached.
detached
If ‘detached’ is specified, the triangles are detached. The geometry provided to the vertex shader is made of triangles which do not share adjacent edges' vertices.
attached
If ‘attached’ is specified, the triangles are attached. The geometry provided to the vertex shader is made of triangles which share adjacent edges' vertices.
The lacuna value is ‘attached’.

In the following figure, let us consider the top-left "tile" in the shader mesh. In the detached mode, the vertex shader will receive the bottom right and top left vertices multiple time, one of each of the two triangles which make up the tile. Otherwise, the shader will receive these vertices only once, because they are shared by the "connected" triangles.

See the discussion on uniforms passed to shaders to understand how the shader programs can leverage that feature.

Reference to discussion missing.

The figure illustrates how a vertexMesh value of ‘6 6’ adds vertices passed to the vertex shader. The red vertices are the default ones and the gray vertices are resulting from the vertexMesh value.

The following example applies a vertex shader (‘distort.vs’) to elements with class ‘distorted’. The vertex shader will operate on a mesh that has 6 lines and 6 columns (because there are 5 additional lines and 5 additional columns).

<style>
.distorted {
    filter: custom(url(distort.vs), 6 6);
}
</style>

...
<div class="distorted">
..
</div>

which could also be written as:

<style>
.distorted {
    filter: url(#distort);
}
</style>

...

<filter id="distort">
    <feCustom vertexShader="url(distort.vs)" vertexMesh="6 6" />
</filter>

<div class="distorted">
..
</div>

32.3. Shader inputs in filter graph

When an feCustom filter primitive is used in a filter graph, a ‘texture’ parameter can take a value of <filter-primitive-reference> where <filter-primitive-reference> references the result of a previous filter primitive in the same filter graph. This result is used as a texture and must fulfill the security requirments.

The feCustom filter primitive in the following examples requests the resulting texture of the previous filter primitive feTurbulence. This texture gets passed to the shader with the parameter name ‘tex’.

<filter>
    <feTurbulence type="fractalNoise" baseFrequency="0.4"
        numOctaves="4" result="turbulence" />
    <feCustom fragmentShader="url(complex.fs)"
        params="tex texture(turbulence)" />
</filter>

The feCustom filter primitive in the following examples requests the resulting texture of the previous filter primitive feGaussianBlur. This primitive has access to rendered content, therefore the custom filter primitive must fall back to a pass through.

<filter>
    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="8" result="blur" />
    <feCustom fragmentShader="url(complex.fs)"
        params="tex texture(blur)" />
</filter>

33. Shader Processing Model

This section illustrates the shader processing model as it applies to an element whose unfiltered rendering is shown in the figure below.

Element before applying shaders

Prior to the shader processing, the input of the filter primitive gets rendered into an offscreen image (the source texture). The offscreen size and position is controlled by the filter primitive subregion.

Source texture created by rendering
the element offscreen and adding filter primitive margins

An feCustom element or a custom() filter function defines a custom filter primitive. The following figure illustrates its model.

The shader processing model

In a first step the source texture is used on a vertex mesh. By default, the vertex mesh has the position and size of the filter primitive subregion. In the following figure, the red markers represent the default vertices in the default vertex mesh. The diagonal line illustrate how the vertices define two triangles.

The default vertex mesh and its default vertices

The vertexMesh attribute on the feCustom element and the <vertex-mesh> parameter on the custom() filter function give more granularity controll over the vertex mesh.

A finer, custom vertex mesh

In a second step, the vertex mesh gets processesed through the vertex shader, which produces a set of transformed vertices. These transformed vertices are the output as shown in the figure below.

Transformed vertices after applying the vertex shader

The third step is the rasterization step. The filter primitive invokes the fragment shader for every pixel location inside the vertex mesh to perform per pixel operation and produce the final pixel color at that vertex mesh location.

Transformed vertices after applying the vertex shader

Note that the fragment shader may be called several time for what corresponds to the same pixel coordinate on the output, for example when the vertex mesh folds over itself.

There is no guarantee which shader gets applied first. Because the depth buffer is used there's no guarantee that blending will happen.

The mix function provides basic functionalities for color manipulation like blending and alpha compositing on a fragment shader. The processing model of mix is illustrated in the following figure:

fragmentShader: processing model for mix

fragmentShader: processing model for mix

Each color value passed to the fragment shader gets multiplied with the color matrix, a predefined fragment shader variable that represents a 4x4 matrix. The matrix is initialized to an identity matrix, but can be set by a fragment shader. The resulting color is the multiplied color.

Note that color matrices usually operate on 5x4 values, where the last column defines an offset that is added to the color value. The WG may consider to turn the current 4x4 matrix into a 5x4 matrix.

The mix color is a second, predefined fragment shader variable and represents an ‘RGBA<color> value. The mix color can be set by the fragment shader. If not specified, the default value is transparent black. The ‘RGB’ channels of the multiplied color get blended with the ‘RGB’ channels of the mix color with the multiplied color as destination and the mix color as source [[!compositing]]. The applied blend mode depends on the passed <blend-mode> parameter which is ‘normal’ by default. The result of the blending and the opacity of the mix color define the blended color.

The multiplied color and the mix color get composed using the alpha-compositing rules as described in the Compositing and Blending spec [[compositing]]. The applied alpha-compositing mode is specified by the passed <alpha-compositing> parameter and is ‘source-atop’ by default.

The last step, step 4, shows rasterized output. If the custom filter primitive is the last primitive in the filter chain, then this output is the filtered rendering of the element. Otherwise, the output of the primitive becomes the input to the next filter primitive using it.

One issue with filter effects is the impact on interactivity. Filters can offset the visual rendering of content and affect the way users interact with content. For example, the feOffset element moves the element's rendering by a given offset, which biases the interaction: the end user may click on an element and actually hit a different one because of the offset. This issue is expected to be more acute with vertex shaders and the working group should consider a general solution to this issue that works for both predefined filter effects and custom ones.

34. The filter CSS <image> value

The filter() function produces a CSS <image> value. It has the following syntax:

34.1. filter() syntax

<filter> = filter(
  <image>, 
  none | <filter-function> [ <filter-function> ]*
)

The function takes two parameters. The first is a CSS <image> value. The second is the value of a ‘filter’ property. The function take the input image parameter and apply the filter rules, returning a processing image.

35. Security

35.1. Rendered Content Access in custom filter primitives

Since a custom filter primitive is applying a processing operation on input values, it is important that no protected information leaks from that operation.

A study of the security issues has led to the requirement that vertex shaders and fragment shaders do not get access to the rendered content in order to prevent timing attacks.

If a custom filter primitive does not fulfill these requirements, the primitive is a pass through.

35.2. Origin Restrictions

Input to a filter effect must not include anything as input that would violate same origin restrictions. If cross-origin access is required, then the requested content should be explicitly marked with CORS data.

This restriction includes:

  • Any <iframe> content
  • Any images, either as content or via styling, that are not exposed with CORS
  • Any tainted canvas
  • Any cross-origin content referenced by <use>

For content that falls under this restriction, it should not be rendered into the input image. For example, a filter effect that is applying to a cross-origin ‘iframe’ element would receive a completely blank input image.

It might be better to specify that if a CORS violation is attempted, then the filter is disabled (instead of running the filter with an empty canvas).

36. RelaxNG Schema for Filter Effects 1.0

The schema for Filter Effects 1.0 is written in RelaxNG [RelaxNG], a namespace-aware schema language that uses the datatypes from XML Schema Part 2 [Schema2]. This allows namespaces and modularity to be much more naturally expressed than using DTD syntax. The RelaxNG schema for Filter Effects 1.0 may be imported by other RelaxNG schemas, or combined with other schemas in other languages into a multi-namespace, multi-grammar schema using Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language [NVDL].

Unlike a DTD, the schema used for validation is not hardcoded into the document instance. There is no equivalent to the DOCTYPE declaration. Simply point your editor or other validation tool to the IRI of the schema (or your local cached copy, as you prefer).

The RNG is under construction, and only the individual RNG snippets are available at this time. They have not yet been integrated into a functional schema. The individual RNG files are available here.

37. Shorthands defined in terms of the filter element

Below are the equivalents for each of the filter functions expressed in terms of the ‘filter element’ element. The parameters from the function are labelled with brackets in the following style: [amount]. In the case of parameters that are percentage values, they are converted to real numbers.

37.1. grayscale

 <filter id="grayscale">
    <feColorMatrix type="matrix"
               values="(0.2126 + 0.7874 * [1 - amount]) (0.7152 - 0.7152 * [1 - amount]) (0.0722 - 0.0722 * [1 - amount]) 0 0
                       (0.2126 - 0.2126 * [1 - amount]) (0.7152 + 0.2848 * [1 - amount]) (0.0722 - 0.0722 * [1 - amount]) 0 0
                       (0.2126 - 0.2126 * [1 - amount]) (0.7152 - 0.7152 * [1 - amount]) (0.0722 + 0.9278 * [1 - amount]) 0 0
                       0 0 0 1 0"/>
  </filter> 

37.2. sepia

 <filter id="sepia">
    <feColorMatrix type="matrix"
               values="(0.393 + 0.607 * [1 - amount]) (0.769 - 0.769 * [1 - amount]) (0.189 - 0.189 * [1 - amount]) 0 0
                       (0.349 - 0.349 * [1 - amount]) (0.686 + 0.314 * [1 - amount]) (0.168 - 0.168 * [1 - amount]) 0 0
                       (0.272 - 0.272 * [1 - amount]) (0.534 - 0.534 * [1 - amount]) (0.131 + 0.869 * [1 - amount]) 0 0
                       0 0 0 1 0"/>
  </filter> 

37.3. saturate

 <filter id="saturate">
    <feColorMatrix type="saturate"
               values="(1 - [amount])"/>
  </filter> 

37.4. hue-rotate

 <filter id="hue-rotate">
    <feColorMatrix type="hueRotate"
               values="[angle]"/>
  </filter> 

37.5. invert

 <filter id="invert">
    <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="table" tableValues="[amount] (1 - [amount])"/>
        <feFuncG type="table" tableValues="[amount] (1 - [amount])"/>
        <feFuncB type="table" tableValues="[amount] (1 - [amount])"/>
    </feComponentTransfer>
  </filter> 

37.6. opacity

 <filter id="opacity">
    <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncA type="table" tableValues="0 [amount]"/>
    </feComponentTransfer>
  </filter> 

37.7. brightness

 <filter id="brightness">
    <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="linear" slope="[amount]"/>
        <feFuncG type="linear" slope="[amount]"/>
        <feFuncB type="linear" slope="[amount]"/>
    </feComponentTransfer>
  </filter> 

37.8. contrast

 <filter id="contrast">
    <feComponentTransfer>
        <feFuncR type="linear" slope="[amount]" intercept="-(0.5 * [amount] + 0.5)"/>
        <feFuncG type="linear" slope="[amount]" intercept="-(0.5 * [amount] + 0.5)"/>
        <feFuncB type="linear" slope="[amount]" intercept="-(0.5 * [amount] + 0.5)"/>
    </feComponentTransfer>
  </filter> 

37.9. blur

 <filter id="blur">
    <feGaussianBlur stdDeviation="[radius radius]">
  </filter> 

37.10. drop-shadow

 <filter id="drop-shadow">
    <feGaussianBlur in="[alpha-channel-of-input]" stdDeviation="[radius]"/>
    <feOffset dx="[offset-x]" dy="[offset-y]" result="offsetblur"/>
    <feFlood flood-color="[color]"/>
    <feComposite in2="offsetblur" operator="in"/>
    <feMerge>
      <feMergeNode/>
      <feMergeNode in="input-image"/>
    </feMerge>
  </filter> 

37.11. custom

  <filter id="custom">
    <feCustom vertexShader="vertex-shader" 
      fragmentShader="fragment-shader" 
      vertexMesh="vertex-mesh"
      params="params"/>
  </filter>
  
It might be clearer to name the custom() function the shader() function instead and introduce an feCustomShader filter primitive instead of feCustom.

38. Shading language

38.1. Precedents

There are many precedents for shading languages, for example:

38.2. Recommended shading language

This document recommends the adoption of the subset of GLSL ES [GLSLES] defined in the WebGL 1.0 WEBGL] specification.

In particular, the same restrictions as defined in WebGL should apply to CSS shaders:

All the parameters specified in the <shader-params> values (e.g., the feCustom's param attribute or the custom(<uri>, <shader-params>) filter function or the shader property value) will be available as uniforms to the shader(s) referenced by the ‘shader’ property.

The group may consider applying further restrictions to the GLSL ES language to make it easier to write vertex and fragment shaders.

The OpenGL ES shading language provides a number of variables that can be passed to shaders, exchanged between shaders or set by shaders. In particular, a vertex shader can provide specific data to the fragment shader in the form of ‘varying’ parameters (parameters that vary per pixel). The following sections describe particular variables that are assumed for the vertex and fragment shaders in CSS shaders.

Even though this document recommends the GLSL ES shading language, there are other possible options to consider, for example:
  • Allow multiple shading languages, present or future (similar to how the <script> tag allows different scripting languages).
  • Define a shading language specific to custom filter effects.
The implementation could use the mime type of the url or <script> element to determine the the shading language.

38.2.1. Fragment Shaders Differences with GLSL

A normal GLSL shader requires that the fragment shaders computes a gl_FragColor value which is the color value for the processed fragment (pixel).

Because of the security restrictions, fragment shaders are not allowed to access rendered content pixel values directly. However, fragment shaders in this specification have the option to compute a value that is automatically mixed with the rendered content values (but without ever providing direct access to these values to the shader code).

In the context of this specification, fragment shaders have the options to compute the following values:

  • gl_FragColor. When the fragment shader parameter is a direct reference to a source file, that shader should compute a gl_FragColor. This may be userful, for example, to compute complex patterns.
  • css_MixColor. When the fragment shader parameter uses the mix() function, then it can compute a mix color value that is composited with the rendered content as explained in the shaders processing model.
  • css_ColorMatrix. When the fragment shader parameter uses the mix() function, then it can compute a color matrix value that is multiplied with the rendered content as explained in the shaders processing model.

The following example shows a fragment shader which computes a simple solid red color:

CSS

#filtered-element {
    filter: custom(url(simple.vs) url(simple.fs));
}
      

simple.fs

void main()
{  
    gl_FragColor = vec4(1.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
}      

The following example shows a fragment shader which darkens the rendered content by computing a css_MixColor which is multiplied with the rendered content:

CSS

#filtered-element {
  filter: custom(url(simple.vs) mix(url(simple2.fs) multiply));
}
    

simple2.fs

void main()
{  
  css_MixColor = vec4(0.8, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0);
}      

The following example shows a fragment shader which darkens the rendered content by computing a css_ColorMatrix which varies depending on the texture coordinate:

CSS

#filtered-element {
    filter: custom(url(simple.vs) mix(url(simple3.fs)));
}
      

simple3.fs

varying vec2 v_texCoord;

void main()
{  
    float x = v_texCoord.x;
    css_ColorMatrix = mat4(
        vec4(x, x, x, x), // 1rst column
        vec4(x, x, x, x), // 2nd column
        vec4(x, x, x, x), // 3rd column
        vec4(x, x, x, x), // 4th column
    );
}      

38.2.2. Vertex attribute variables

The following attribute variables are available to the vertex shader.
attribute vec4 a_position The vertex coordinates in the filter region box. Coordinates are normalized to the [-0.5, 0.5] range along the x, y and z axis.
attribute vec2 a_texCoord; The vertex's texture coordinate. Coordinates are in the [0, 1] range on both axis
attribute vec2 a_meshCoord; The vertex's coordinate in the mesh box. Coordinates are in the [0, 1] range on both axis.
attribute vec3 a_triangleCoord;

The x and y values provide the coordinate of the current ‘tile’ in the shader mesh. For example, (0, 0) for the top right tile in the mesh. The x and y values are in the [0, mesh columns] and [0, mesh rows] range, respectively.

The z coordinate is computed according to the following figure. The z coordinate value is provided for each vertex and corresponding triangle. For example, for the bottom right vertex of the top triangle, the z coordinate will be 2. For the bottom right vertex of the bottom triangle, the z coordinate will be 4.

The a_triangleCoord.z value

The a_triangleCoord.z value

38.2.3. Shader uniform variables

The following uniform variables are set to specific values by the user agent:
uniform mat4 u_projectionMatrix The current projection matrix to the destination texture's coordinate space). Note that the ‘model matrix’ which the ‘transform’ property sets, is not passed to the shaders. It is applied to the filtered element's rendering.
uniform vec2 u_textureSize The input texture's size. Includes the filter margins.
uniform vec4 u_meshBox The mesh box position and size in the filter box coordinate system. For example, if the mesh box is the filter box, the value will be (-0.5, -0.5, 1, 1).
uniform vec2 u_tileSize The size of the current mesh tile, in the same coordinate space as the vertices.
uniform vec2 u_meshSize The size of the current mesh in terms of tiles. The x coordinate provides the number of columns and the y coordinate provides the number of rows.

38.2.4. Varyings

When the author provides both a vertex and a fragment shader, there is no requirement on the varyings passed from the vertex shader to the fragment shader. If no vertex shader is provided, the fragment shader can expect the v_texCoord varying. If no fragment shader is provided, the vertex shader must compute a v_texCoord varying for the default shaders.

varying vec2 v_texCoord; The current pixel's texture coordinates (in the content texture).

38.2.5. Other uniform variables: the CSS shaders parameters

When there parameters are passed to the custom() filter function or the feCustom filter primitive, the user agent pass uniforms of the corresponding name and type to the shaders.

The following table shows the mapping between CSS shader parameters and uniform types.

CSS param type GLSL uniform type
[ true | false ]{1,4} bool, bvec2, bvec3 or bvec4
<number>{1,4} float, vec2, vec3 or vec4
<array> float[n]
<transform-function> mat4
mat2(<number> [ , <number> ]{3,3}) |
mat3(<number> [ , <number> ]{8,8}) |
mat4(<number> [ , <number> ]{15,15})
mat2, mat3 or mat4
texture(<uri> | <filter-primitive-reference>) sampler2D

The following code sample illustrates that mechanism.

  CSS

  .shaded {
      filter: custom(
                     url(distort.vs) url(tint.fs), 
                     distortAmount 0.5, lightVector 1.0 1.0 0.0, 
                     disp texture(disp.png)
                  );
  }

  Shader (vertex or fragment)
  ...

  uniform float distortAmount;
  uniform vec3 lightVector;
  uniform sampler2D disp;
  uniform vec2 dispSize;
  ...

As illustrated in the example, for each <textureName> texture() parameter, an additional vec2 uniform is passed to the shaders with the size of the corresponding texture.

38.2.6. Default shaders

If no vertex shader is provided, the default one is as shown below.

  attribute vec4 a_position;

  uniform mat4 u_projectionMatrix;

  void main()
  {        
      gl_Position = u_projectionMatrix * a_position;
  }

      

If no fragment shader is provided, the default one is shown below.

  void main()
  {  
  }

38.2.7. Texture access

If shaders access texture values outside the [0, 1] range on both axis, the returned value is a fully transluscent black pixel.

39. Integration with CSS Animations and CSS Transitions

The CSS ‘filter’ property is animatable. Interpolation happens between the filter functions only if the ‘filter’ values have the same number of filter functions, and the same functions appearing in the same order.

The CSS WG may define different fading transitions in the future.

39.1. Interpolating filter function parameters

All properties defined as animatable, provided they are one of the property types listed in CSS3 Transitions [CSS3-TRANSITIONS], can be animated.

39.2. Interpolating the shader-params component in the custom() function.

To interpolate between params values in a custom() filter function or between feCustom params attribute values, the user agent should interpolate between each of the [param-def] values according to its type. List of values need to be of the same length. Matrices need to be of the same dimension. Arrays need to be of the same size.

Interpolation between shader params only happens if all the other shader properties are identical: vertex shader, fragment shader, filter margins and vertex mesh.

<number>[wsp<number>{0-3}] Interpolate between each of the values.
<true|false>[wsp<true|fals>{0-3}] Interpolate between each of the values using a step function.
<array> Interpolate between the array elements.
<transform-function> Follows the CSS3 transform interpolation rules.
<mat> Interpolate between the matrix components (applies to mat2, mat3 and mat4).
As with the ‘transform’ property, it is not possible to animate the different components of the ‘shader-params’ property on different timelines or with different keyframes. This is a generic issue of animating properties that have multiple components to them.

40. DOM interfaces

The interfaces below will be made available in a IDL file for an upcoming draft.

40.1. Interface ImageData

The ImageData interface corresponds to pixel data that can be used as input to the SVGFilterElement interface.
interface ImageData {
  readonly attribute long width;
  readonly attribute long height;
  readonly attribute  data;
};
Attributes:
width (readonly long)
The width of the bitmap that the ImageData represents.
height (readonly long)
The height of the bitmap that the ImageData represents.
data (readonly )
An array of pixel values that is the bitmap. This array must always be in the form of width×height×4 integer values. The pixel data is in left-to-right order, starting from the top-left corner, and going row by row downwards. Every pixel is represented by four integer values, red, green, blue and alpha, in that order. The range of each color component is 0..255. The intent is that this is compatible with the HTML5 [HTML5] canvas interfaces, in particular see ImageData.

40.2. Interface SVGFilterElement

The SVGFilterElement interface corresponds to the ‘filter’ element.
interface SVGFilterElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                             ::svg::SVGURIReference,
                             ::svg::SVGLangSpace,
                             ::svg::SVGExternalResourcesRequired,
                             ::svg::SVGStylable,
                             ::svg::SVGUnitTypes {

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration filterUnits;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration primitiveUnits;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength x;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength y;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength width;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength height;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger filterResX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger filterResY;

  void setFilterRes(in unsigned long filterResX, in unsigned long filterResY) raises(DOMException);
  ImageData apply(in ImageData source);
};
Attributes:
filterUnits (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘filterUnits’ on the given ‘filter’ element. Takes one of the constants defined in SVGUnitTypes.
primitiveUnits (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘primitiveUnits’ on the given ‘filter’ element. Takes one of the constants defined in SVGUnitTypes.
x (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘x’ on the given ‘filter’ element.
y (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘y’ on the given ‘filter’ element.
width (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘width’ on the given ‘filter’ element.
height (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘height’ on the given ‘filter’ element.
filterResX (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘filterRes’ on the given ‘filter’ element. Contains the X component of attribute ‘filterRes’.
filterResY (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘filterRes’ on the given ‘filter’ element. Contains the Y component (possibly computed automatically) of attribute ‘filterRes’.
Operations:
void setFilterRes(in unsigned long filterResX, in unsigned long filterResY)
Sets the values for attribute ‘filterRes’.
Parameters
  1. unsigned long filterResX
    The X component of attribute ‘filterRes’.
  2. unsigned long filterResY
    The Y component of attribute ‘filterRes’.
Exceptions
DOMException, code NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
Raised on an attempt to change the value of a readonly attribute.
ImageData apply(in ImageData source)
Applies the filter to the given ImageData object and returns the result.
Parameters
  1. ImageData source
    The image to apply the filter to.
Returns
The result of the filter, see ImageData for how to construct this.

40.3. Interface SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes

This interface defines the set of DOM attributes that are common across the filter primitive interfaces.
interface SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes : ::svg::SVGStylable {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength x;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength y;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength width;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedLength height;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString result;
};
Attributes:
x (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘x’ on the given element.
y (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘y’ on the given element.
width (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘width’ on the given element.
height (readonly SVGAnimatedLength)
Corresponds to attribute ‘height’ on the given element.
result (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘result’ on the given element.

40.4. Interface SVGFEBlendElement

The SVGFEBlendElement interface corresponds to the ‘feBlend’ element.
interface SVGFEBlendElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                              SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Blend Mode Types
  const unsigned short SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_NORMAL = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_MULTIPLY = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_SCREEN = 3;
  const unsigned short SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_DARKEN = 4;
  const unsigned short SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_LIGHTEN = 5;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in2;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration mode;
};
Constants in group “Blend Mode Types”:
SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_NORMAL (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value normal.
SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_MULTIPLY (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value multiply.
SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_SCREEN (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value screen.
SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_DARKEN (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value darken.
SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_LIGHTEN (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value lighten.
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feBlend’ element.
in2 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in2’ on the given ‘feBlend’ element.
mode (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘mode’ on the given ‘feBlend’ element. Takes one of the SVG_FEBLEND_MODE_* constants defined on this interface.

40.5. Interface SVGFEColorMatrixElement

The SVGFEColorMatrixElement interface corresponds to the ‘feColorMatrix’ element.
interface SVGFEColorMatrixElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                    SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Color Matrix Types
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_MATRIX = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_SATURATE = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_HUEROTATE = 3;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_LUMINANCETOALPHA = 4;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration type;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumberList values;
};
Constants in group “Color Matrix Types”:
SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_MATRIX (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value matrix.
SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_SATURATE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value saturate.
SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_HUEROTATE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value hueRotate.
SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_LUMINANCETOALPHA (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value luminanceToAlpha.
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feColorMatrix’ element.
type (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘type’ on the given ‘feColorMatrix’ element. Takes one of the SVG_FECOLORMATRIX_TYPE_* constants defined on this interface.
values (readonly SVGAnimatedNumberList)
Corresponds to attribute ‘values’ on the given ‘feColorMatrix’ element.

40.6. Interface SVGFEComponentTransferElement

The SVGFEComponentTransferElement interface corresponds to the ‘feComponentTransfer’ element.
interface SVGFEComponentTransferElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                          SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feComponentTransfer’ element.

40.7. Interface SVGComponentTransferFunctionElement

This interface defines a base interface used by the component transfer function interfaces.
interface SVGComponentTransferFunctionElement : ::svg::SVGElement {

  // Component Transfer Types
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_IDENTITY = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_TABLE = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_DISCRETE = 3;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_LINEAR = 4;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_GAMMA = 5;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration type;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumberList tableValues;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber slope;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber intercept;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber amplitude;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber exponent;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber offset;
};
Constants in group “Component Transfer Types”:
SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_IDENTITY (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value identity.
SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_TABLE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value table.
SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_DISCRETE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value discrete.
SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_LINEAR (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value linear.
SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_GAMMA (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value gamma.
Attributes:
type (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘type’ on the given element. Takes one of the SVG_FECOMPONENTTRANSFER_TYPE_* constants defined on this interface.
tableValues (readonly SVGAnimatedNumberList)
Corresponds to attribute ‘tableValues’ on the given element.
slope (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘slope’ on the given element.
intercept (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘intercept’ on the given element.
amplitude (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘amplitude’ on the given element.
exponent (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘exponent’ on the given element.
offset (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘offset’ on the given element.

40.8. Interface SVGFEFuncRElement

The SVGFEFuncRElement interface corresponds to the ‘feFuncR’ element.
interface SVGFEFuncRElement : SVGComponentTransferFunctionElement {
};

40.9. Interface SVGFEFuncGElement

The SVGFEFuncRElement interface corresponds to the ‘feFuncG’ element.
interface SVGFEFuncGElement : SVGComponentTransferFunctionElement {
};

40.10. Interface SVGFEFuncBElement

The SVGFEFuncBElement interface corresponds to the ‘feFuncB’ element.
interface SVGFEFuncBElement : SVGComponentTransferFunctionElement {
};

40.11. Interface SVGFEFuncAElement

The SVGFEFuncAElement interface corresponds to the ‘feFuncA’ element.
interface SVGFEFuncAElement : SVGComponentTransferFunctionElement {
};

40.12. Interface SVGFECompositeElement

The SVGFECompositeElement interface corresponds to the ‘feComposite’ element.
interface SVGFECompositeElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                  SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Composite Operators
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_OVER = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_IN = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_OUT = 3;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_ATOP = 4;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_XOR = 5;
  const unsigned short SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_ARITHMETIC = 6;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in2;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration operator;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber k1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber k2;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber k3;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber k4;
};
Constants in group “Composite Operators”:
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_OVER (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value over.
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_IN (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value in.
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_OUT (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value out.
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_ATOP (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value atop.
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_XOR (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value xor.
SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_ARITHMETIC (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value arithmetic.
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element.
in2 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in2’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element.
operator (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘operator’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element. Takes one of the SVG_FECOMPOSITE_OPERATOR_* constants defined on this interface.
k1 (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘k1’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element.
k2 (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘k2’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element.
k3 (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘k3’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element.
k4 (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘k4’ on the given ‘feComposite’ element.

40.13. Interface SVGFEConvolveMatrixElement

The SVGFEConvolveMatrixElement interface corresponds to the ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
interface SVGFEConvolveMatrixElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                       SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Edge Mode Values
  const unsigned short SVG_EDGEMODE_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_EDGEMODE_DUPLICATE = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_EDGEMODE_WRAP = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_EDGEMODE_NONE = 3;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger orderX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger orderY;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumberList kernelMatrix;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber divisor;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber bias;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger targetX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger targetY;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration edgeMode;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber kernelUnitLengthX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber kernelUnitLengthY;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedBoolean preserveAlpha;
};
Constants in group “Edge Mode Values”:
SVG_EDGEMODE_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_EDGEMODE_DUPLICATE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value duplicate.
SVG_EDGEMODE_WRAP (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value wrap.
SVG_EDGEMODE_NONE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value none.
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
orderX (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘order’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
orderY (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘order’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
kernelMatrix (readonly SVGAnimatedNumberList)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelMatrix’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
divisor (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘divisor’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
bias (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘bias’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
targetX (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘targetX’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
targetY (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘targetY’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
edgeMode (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘edgeMode’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element. Takes one of the SVG_EDGEMODE_* constants defined on this interface.
kernelUnitLengthX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelUnitLength’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
kernelUnitLengthY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelUnitLength’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.
preserveAlpha (readonly SVGAnimatedBoolean)
Corresponds to attribute ‘preserveAlpha’ on the given ‘feConvolveMatrix’ element.

40.14. Interface SVGFEDiffuseLightingElement

The SVGFEDiffuseLightingElement interface corresponds to the ‘feDiffuseLighting’ element.
interface SVGFEDiffuseLightingElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                        SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber surfaceScale;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber diffuseConstant;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber kernelUnitLengthX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber kernelUnitLengthY;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feDiffuseLighting’ element.
surfaceScale (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘surfaceScale’ on the given ‘feDiffuseLighting’ element.
diffuseConstant (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘diffuseConstant’ on the given ‘feDiffuseLighting’ element.
kernelUnitLengthX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelUnitLength’ on the given ‘feDiffuseLighting’ element.
kernelUnitLengthY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelUnitLength’ on the given ‘feDiffuseLighting’ element.

40.15. Interface SVGFEDistantLightElement

The SVGFEDistantLightElement interface corresponds to the ‘feDistantLight’ element.
interface SVGFEDistantLightElement : ::svg::SVGElement {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber azimuth;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber elevation;
};
Attributes:
azimuth (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘azimuth’ on the given ‘feDistantLight’ element.
elevation (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘elevation’ on the given ‘feDistantLight’ element.

40.16. Interface SVGFEPointLightElement

The SVGFEPointLightElement interface corresponds to the ‘fePointLight’ element.
interface SVGFEPointLightElement : ::svg::SVGElement {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber x;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber y;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber z;
};
Attributes:
x (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘x’ on the given ‘fePointLight’ element.
y (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘y’ on the given ‘fePointLight’ element.
z (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘z’ on the given ‘fePointLight’ element.

40.17. Interface SVGFESpotLightElement

The SVGFESpotLightElement interface corresponds to the ‘feSpotLight’ element.
interface SVGFESpotLightElement : ::svg::SVGElement {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber x;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber y;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber z;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber pointsAtX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber pointsAtY;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber pointsAtZ;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber specularExponent;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber limitingConeAngle;
};
Attributes:
x (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘x’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
y (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘y’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
z (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘z’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
pointsAtX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘pointsAtX’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
pointsAtY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘pointsAtY’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
pointsAtZ (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘pointsAtZ’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
specularExponent (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘specularExponent’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.
limitingConeAngle (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘limitingConeAngle’ on the given ‘feSpotLight’ element.

40.18. Interface SVGFEDisplacementMapElement

The SVGFEDisplacementMapElement interface corresponds to the ‘feDisplacementMap’ element.
interface SVGFEDisplacementMapElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                        SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Channel Selectors
  const unsigned short SVG_CHANNEL_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_CHANNEL_R = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_CHANNEL_G = 2;
  const unsigned short SVG_CHANNEL_B = 3;
  const unsigned short SVG_CHANNEL_A = 4;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in2;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber scale;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration xChannelSelector;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration yChannelSelector;
};
Constants in group “Channel Selectors”:
SVG_CHANNEL_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_CHANNEL_R (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value R.
SVG_CHANNEL_G (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value G.
SVG_CHANNEL_B (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value B.
SVG_CHANNEL_A (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value A.
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feDisplacementMap’ element.
in2 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in2’ on the given ‘feDisplacementMap’ element.
scale (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘scale’ on the given ‘feDisplacementMap’ element.
xChannelSelector (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘xChannelSelector’ on the given ‘feDisplacementMap’ element. Takes one of the SVG_CHANNEL_* constants defined on this interface.
yChannelSelector (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘yChannelSelector’ on the given ‘feDisplacementMap’ element. Takes one of the SVG_CHANNEL_* constants defined on this interface.

40.19. Interface SVGFEFloodElement

The SVGFEFloodElement interface corresponds to the ‘feFlood’ element.
interface SVGFEFloodElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                              SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
};

40.20. Interface SVGFEGaussianBlurElement

The SVGFEGaussianBlurElement interface corresponds to the ‘feGaussianBlur’ element.
interface SVGFEGaussianBlurElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                     SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber stdDeviationX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber stdDeviationY;

  void setStdDeviation(in float stdDeviationX, in float stdDeviationY) raises(DOMException);
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feGaussianBlur’ element.
stdDeviationX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘stdDeviation’ on the given ‘feGaussianBlur’ element. Contains the X component of attribute ‘stdDeviation’.
stdDeviationY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘stdDeviation’ on the given ‘feGaussianBlur’ element. Contains the Y component (possibly computed automatically) of attribute ‘stdDeviation’.
Operations:
void setStdDeviation(in float stdDeviationX, in float stdDeviationY)
Sets the values for attribute ‘stdDeviation’.
Parameters
  1. float stdDeviationX
    The X component of attribute ‘stdDeviation’.
  2. float stdDeviationY
    The Y component of attribute ‘stdDeviation’.
Exceptions
DOMException, code NO_MODIFICATION_ALLOWED_ERR
Raised on an attempt to change the value of a readonly attribute.

40.21. Interface SVGFEImageElement

The SVGFEImageElement interface corresponds to the ‘feImage’ element.
interface SVGFEImageElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                              ::svg::SVGURIReference,
                              ::svg::SVGLangSpace,
                              ::svg::SVGExternalResourcesRequired,
                              SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedPreserveAspectRatio preserveAspectRatio;
};
Attributes:
preserveAspectRatio (readonly SVGAnimatedPreserveAspectRatio)
Corresponds to attribute ‘preserveAspectRatio’ on the given ‘feImage’ element.

40.22. Interface SVGFEMergeElement

The SVGFEMergeElement interface corresponds to the ‘feMerge’ element.
interface SVGFEMergeElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                              SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
};

40.23. Interface SVGFEMergeNodeElement

The SVGFEMergeNodeElement interface corresponds to the ‘feMergeNode’ element.
interface SVGFEMergeNodeElement : ::svg::SVGElement {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feMergeNode’ element.

40.24. Interface SVGFEMorphologyElement

The SVGFEMorphologyElement interface corresponds to the ‘feMorphology’ element.
interface SVGFEMorphologyElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                   SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Morphology Operators
  const unsigned short SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_ERODE = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_DILATE = 2;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration operator;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber radiusX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber radiusY;
};
Constants in group “Morphology Operators”:
SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_ERODE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value erode.
SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_DILATE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value dilate.
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feMorphology’ element.
operator (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘operator’ on the given ‘feMorphology’ element. Takes one of the SVG_MORPHOLOGY_OPERATOR_* constants defined on this interface.
radiusX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘radius’ on the given ‘feMorphology’ element.
radiusY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘radius’ on the given ‘feMorphology’ element.

40.25. Interface SVGFEOffsetElement

The SVGFEOffsetElement interface corresponds to the ‘feOffset’ element.
interface SVGFEOffsetElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                               SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber dx;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber dy;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feOffset’ element.
dx (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘dx’ on the given ‘feOffset’ element.
dy (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘dy’ on the given ‘feOffset’ element.

40.26. Interface SVGFESpecularLightingElement

The SVGFESpecularLightingElement interface corresponds to the ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.
interface SVGFESpecularLightingElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                         SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber surfaceScale;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber specularConstant;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber specularExponent;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber kernelUnitLengthX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber kernelUnitLengthY;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.
surfaceScale (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘surfaceScale’ on the given ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.
specularConstant (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘specularConstant’ on the given ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.
specularExponent (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘specularExponent’ on the given ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.
kernelUnitLengthX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelUnitLength’ on the given ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.
kernelUnitLengthY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘kernelUnitLength’ on the given ‘feSpecularLighting’ element.

40.27. Interface SVGFETileElement

The SVGFETileElement interface corresponds to the ‘feTile’ element.
interface SVGFETileElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                             SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
Corresponds to attribute ‘in’ on the given ‘feTile’ element.

40.28. Interface SVGFETurbulenceElement

The SVGFETurbulenceElement interface corresponds to the ‘feTurbulence’ element.
interface SVGFETurbulenceElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                   SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {

  // Turbulence Types
  const unsigned short SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_FRACTALNOISE = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_TURBULENCE = 2;

  // Stitch Options
  const unsigned short SVG_STITCHTYPE_UNKNOWN = 0;
  const unsigned short SVG_STITCHTYPE_STITCH = 1;
  const unsigned short SVG_STITCHTYPE_NOSTITCH = 2;

  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber baseFrequencyX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber baseFrequencyY;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedInteger numOctaves;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber seed;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration stitchTiles;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedEnumeration type;
};
Constants in group “Turbulence Types”:
SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_FRACTALNOISE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value fractalNoise.
SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_TURBULENCE (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value turbulence.
Constants in group “Stitch Options”:
SVG_STITCHTYPE_UNKNOWN (unsigned short)
The type is not one of predefined types. It is invalid to attempt to define a new value of this type or to attempt to switch an existing value to this type.
SVG_STITCHTYPE_STITCH (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value stitch.
SVG_STITCHTYPE_NOSTITCH (unsigned short)
Corresponds to value noStitch.
Attributes:
baseFrequencyX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘baseFrequency’ on the given ‘feTurbulence’ element. Contains the X component of the ‘baseFrequency’ attribute.
baseFrequencyY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘baseFrequency’ on the given ‘feTurbulence’ element. Contains the Y component of the (possibly computed automatically) ‘baseFrequency’ attribute.
numOctaves (readonly SVGAnimatedInteger)
Corresponds to attribute ‘numOctaves’ on the given ‘feTurbulence’ element.
seed (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
Corresponds to attribute ‘seed’ on the given ‘feTurbulence’ element.
stitchTiles (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘stitchTiles’ on the given ‘feTurbulence’ element. Takes one of the SVG_STITCHTYPE_* constants defined on this interface.
type (readonly SVGAnimatedEnumeration)
Corresponds to attribute ‘type’ on the given ‘feTurbulence’ element. Takes one of the SVG_TURBULENCE_TYPE_* constants defined on this interface.

40.29. Interface SVGFEDropShadowElement

The SVGFEDropShadowElement interface corresponds to the ‘feDropShadow’ element.
interface SVGFEDropShadowElement : ::svg::SVGElement,
                                   SVGFilterPrimitiveStandardAttributes {
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedString in1;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber dx;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber dy;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber stdDeviationX;
  readonly attribute SVGAnimatedNumber stdDeviationY;
};
Attributes:
in1 (readonly SVGAnimatedString)
 
dx (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
 
dy (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
 
stdDeviationX (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
 
stdDeviationY (readonly SVGAnimatedNumber)
 

41. References

Normative references

[CSS21]
Bert Bos; et al. Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification. 7 June 2011. W3C Recommendation. URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-CSS2-20110607
[CSS3-TRANSITIONS]
Dean Jackson; et al. CSS Transitions. 3 April 2012. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.) URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-transitions-20120403/
[CSSOM]
Anne van Kesteren. CSSOM. 12 July 2011. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.) URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-cssom-20110712/
[SVG11]
Erik Dahlström; et al. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition). 16 August 2011. W3C Recommendation. URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2011/REC-SVG11-20110816/
[NVDL]
Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) — Part 4: Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language — NVDL. ISO/IEC FCD 19757-4, See http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~eb2m-mrt/dsdl/
[GLSLES]
The OpenGL® ES Shading Language, R. J. Simpson, See http://www.khronos.org/registry/gles/specs/2.0/GLSL_ES_Specification_1.0.17.pdf
[WEBGL]
WebGL Specification Version 1.0, C. Marrin, 10 February 2011, See http://www.khronos.org/registry/webgl/specs/1.0/
[PORTERDUFF]
Compositing Digital Images, T. Porter, T. Duff, SIGGRAPH ‘84 Conference Proceedings, Association for Computing Machinery, Volume 18, Number 3, July 1984.
[SVG-COMPOSITING]
SVG Compositing Specification, A. Grasso, ed. World Wide Web Consortium, 30 April 2009.
This edition of SVG Compositing is http://www.w3.org/TR/2009/WD-SVGCompositing-20090430/.
The latest edition of SVG Compositing is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/SVGCompositing/.
[RelaxNG]
Document Schema Definition Languages (DSDL) — Part 2: Regular grammar- based validation — RELAX NG. ISO/IEC FDIS 19757-2:2002(E), J. Clark, 村田 真 (Murata M.), eds., 12 December 2002. See http://www.y12.doe.gov/sgml/sc34/document/0362_files/relaxng-is.pdf
[Schema2]
XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes Second Edition, P. Biron, A. Malhotra, eds. W3C, 28 October 2004 (Recommendation). Latest version available at http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/. See also Processing XML 1.1 documents with XML Schema 1.0 processors.
[SVGT12]
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification, Dean Jackson editor, W3C, 22 December 2008 (Recommendation). See http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-SVGTiny12-20081222/

Other references

[COMPOSITING]
Rik Cabanier; Nikos Andronikos. Compositing and Blending 1.0. 16 August 2012. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.) URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-compositing-20120816/
[CSS3-TRANSFORMS]
Simon Fraser; et al. CSS Transforms. 3 April 2012. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.) URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-css3-transforms-20120403/
[SVG2]
Nikos Andronikos; et al. Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2. 28 August 2012. W3C Working Draft. (Work in progress.) URL: http://www.w3.org/TR/2012/WD-SVG2-20120828/
[HTML5]
HTML5, Ian Hickson editor, Google, 10 June 2008 (Working Draft). See http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-html5-20080610/

Property index

Property Values Initial Applies to Inh. Percentages Media
color-interpolation-filters
enable-background accumulate | new accumulate Typically elements that can contain renderable elements. language is responsible for defining the applicable set of elements. For SVG: container elements no N/A visual
feBlend
feColorMatrix
feComponentTransfer
feComposite
feConvolveMatrix
feDiffuseLighting
feDisplacementMap
feDistantLight
feDropShadow
feFlood
feFuncA
feFuncB
feFuncG
feFuncR
feGaussianBlur
feImage
feMergeNode
feMerge
feMorphology
feOffset
fePointLight
feSpecularLighting
feSpotLight
feTile
feTurbulence
feUnsharpMask
filter-margin <margin-width>{1,4} | auto all elements no refer to the dimension of the bounding client rect visual
filter-margin-top, filter-margin-right, filter-margin-bottom, filter-margin-left <margin-width> | auto all elements no refer to the dimension of the bounding client rect visual
filter none | <filter-function> [ <filter-function> ]* none All elements In SVG 1.1 it applies only to "container elements (except ‘mask’) and graphics elements" no N/A visual
filter
flood-color currentColor | <color> <icccolor>? black ‘feFlood’ and ‘feDropShadow’ elements no N/A visual
flood-opacity <number> | <percentage> 1 ‘feFlood’ and ‘feDropShadow’ elements no N/A visual
lighting-color currentColor | <color> <icccolor>? white ‘feDiffuseLighting’ and ‘feSpecularLighting’ elements no N/A visual

Index

  • bounding client rect, 3.
  • color-interpolation-filters, 6.
  • enable-background, 10.
  • feBlend, 13.
  • feColorMatrix, 14.
  • feComponentTransfer, 15.
  • feComposite, 16.
  • feConvolveMatrix, 17.
  • feDiffuseLighting, 18.
  • feDisplacementMap, 19.
  • feDistantLight, 12.2.
  • feDropShadow, 30.
  • feFlood, 20.
  • feFuncA, 15.
  • feFuncB, 15.
  • feFuncG, 15.
  • feFuncR, 15.
  • feGaussianBlur, 21.
  • feImage, 23.
  • feMerge, 24.
  • feMergeNode, 24.
  • feMorphology, 25.
  • feOffset, 26.
  • fePointLight, 12.3.
  • feSpecularLighting, 27.
  • feSpotLight, 12.4.
  • feTile, 28.
  • feTurbulence, 29.
  • feUnsharpMask, 22.
  • filter, 4., 8.
  • <filter>, 34.1.
  • <filter-function>, 7.
  • filter-margin, 5.
  • filter-margin-bottom, 5.
  • filter-margin-left, 5.
  • filter-margin-right, 5.
  • filter-margin-top, 5.
  • filter primitive attributes, 3.
  • filter primitive elements, 3.
  • <filter-primitive-reference>, 11.2.
  • filter primitives, 3.
  • flood-color, 20.1.
  • flood-opacity, 20.2.
  • lighting-color, 12.5.
  • light source, 12.1.
  • light sources, 3.
  • local coordinate system, 3.
  • null filter, 3.
  • object bounding box units, 3.
  • transfer function elements, 3.
  • user coordinate system, 3.
  • vertex mesh, 3.