SVG: Clipping, Masking, and Filters

Create code-based visual effects for your web project using the clipping, masking, and filter elements built into the Scalable Vector Graphics format.

Introduction

• Clipping, masking, and filtering SVG
• Prerequisites

1. Clipping and Masking

• How clipping and masking works
• The clipPath element
• A basic clipping example
• The clipPath coordinate system
• The mask element
• A basic mask example
• The mask coordinate system

2. SVG Filters

• How SVG filters work
• The filter element
• A basic filter example
• Combining multiple filters
• Filter regions and sub-regions

3. SVG Filters and What They Do

• A walkthrough of SVG filter primitives
• feImage
• feTile
• feFlood
• feBlend
• feGaussianBlur
• feMerge
• feOffset
• feMorphology
• feComposite
• feComponentTransfer
• feColorMatrix, part 1
• feColorMatrix, part 2
• feDiffuseLighting
• feSpecularLighting
• feTurbulence
• feDisplacementMap
• feConvolveMatrix

4. Using SVG Filters

• Duotone images
• Extruded text
• Mixing multiple filters

5. Going Further

• SVG filters in the real world