Pixelated resize using canvas with transparent PNG
See here for the original answer.
This has since been made into an extremely minimalist library, and my PR for PNG support can be found here.
Once it has been merged I will come back and update this answer.
The full code, generalized and simplified from @Blindman67 (Private)'s answer:
/**
* 8bit
*
* A module that converts an image into a pixelated version (just like
* 8bit artwork).
*
* @author rogeriopvl <https://github.com/rogeriopvl>
* @license MIT
*/
(function (root, factory) {
if (typeof define === "function" && define.amd) {
define([], factory);
} else if (typeof exports === "object") {
module.exports = factory();
} else {
root.eightBit = factory();
}
} (this, function () {
// Necessary to hide the original image with PNG transparency
const invisibleCanvas = document.createElement("canvas");
const invisibleCtx = invisibleCanvas.getContext("2d");
/**
* Draws a pixelated version of an image in a given canvas.
* @param {object} canvas - a canvas object
* @param {object} image - an image HTMLElement object
* @param {number} quality - the new quality: between 0 and 100
*/
const eightBit = function (canvas, image, quality) {
quality /= 100;
canvas.width = invisibleCanvas.width = image.width;
canvas.height = invisibleCanvas.height = image.height;
const scaledW = canvas.width * quality;
const scaledH = canvas.height * quality;
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
ctx.mozImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
ctx.webkitImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
// Draws image scaled to desired quality on the invisible canvas, then
// draws that scaled image on the visible canvas.
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
invisibleCtx.clearRect(0, 0, invisibleCtx.canvas.width, invisibleCtx.canvas.height);
invisibleCtx.drawImage(image, 0, 0, scaledW, scaledH);
ctx.drawImage(invisibleCtx.canvas, 0, 0, scaledW, scaledH, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
};
return eightBit;
}));