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		paraschopra on Feb 11, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Using HTML5/Canvas/Javascript to take screenshots Try using their console: http://html2canvas.hertzen.com/screenshots.html Very impressive! Can someone explain how _exactly_ does it work? Has the author implemented a renderer inside JavaScript?

beaumartinez on Feb 11, 2012 | [–]

He explains on its GitHub page[1]—"the script renders the current page as a canvas image, by reading the DOM and the different styles applied to the elements."

[1] https://github.com/niklasvh/html2canvas#readme

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