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		wreel on May 9, 2009 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Prototyping with the canvas element Read step #2. The author is pitching the use of canvas as a rapid prototyping tool for common graphics requirements that come up in web design. There are a lot of interesting things you could do without having to do a lot of manual manipulation that would be required in a tool like Photoshop.

kwamenum86 on May 9, 2009 [–]

Programming in canvas is not automatic (as opposed to manual). For graphic designers I still say canvas offers marginal benefit.

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