Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/imageSmoothingQuality

This is an experimental technologyCheck the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The imageSmoothingQuality property of the CanvasRenderingContext2D interface, part of the Canvas API, lets you set the quality of image smoothing.

Note: For this property to have an effect, imageSmoothingEnabled must be true.

Syntax

ctx.imageSmoothingQuality = "low" || "medium" || "high"

Options

Possible values:

"low": Low quality.
"medium": Medium quality.
"high": High quality.

Example

Setting image smoothing quality

This example uses the imageSmoothingQuality property with a scaled image.

HTML

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

JavaScript

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

let img = new Image();
img.src = 'https://mdn.mozillademos.org/files/222/Canvas_createpattern.png';
img.onload = function() {
  ctx.imageSmoothingQuality = 'low';
  ctx.drawImage(img, 0, 0, 300, 150);
};

Result

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
HTML Living StandardThe definition of 'imageSmoothingQuality' in that specification.	Living Standard	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

Update compatibility data on GitHub

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	Android webview	Chrome for Android	Firefox for Android	Opera for Android	Safari on iOS	Samsung Internet
`imageSmoothingQuality` Experimental'	Chrome Full support 54	Edge Full support ≤79	Firefox No support No	IE ?	Opera Full support 41	Safari Full support Yes	WebView Android Full support 54	Chrome Android Full support 54	Firefox Android No support No	Opera Android Full support 41	Safari iOS Full support Yes	Samsung Internet Android Full support 6.0

Legend

Full support: Full support
No support: No support
Compatibility unknown: Compatibility unknown
Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.': Experimental. Expect behavior to change in the future.