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https://github.com/csev/dazzlesketch

A JavaScript library that allows one to sketch over reveal.js presentations or any web page - OmniDazzle meets JavaScript
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A JavaScript library that allows one to sketch over reveal.js presentations or any web page - OmniDazzle meets JavaScript

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# DazzleSketch - OmniDazzle meets JavaScript
A JavaScript library that allows one to sketch over a web page or `reveal.js` presentation. Quite useful when using
`reveal.js` to give a live lecture or when you are using `reveal.js` to record a lecture using a tool like
Camtasia.

This is a bit of code that builds on the excellent `sketch.js` library that implements a simple sketching tool
using jQuery and the HTML5 canvas:

http://intridea.github.io/sketch.js/

I mimic the UI and keystrokes of the OmniDazzle drawing tool that worked so well but was not compatible with MacOS versions
beyond 10.8 :(. You add DazzleSketch to a web page using the following pattern:



This is a Header


This is a paragraph that we will scribble on.






This also works well when added to the reveal.js HTML. I would like to see it turned into a plugin for
`reveal.js` - but I am sure it needs a bit of code review.

When DazzleSketch is loaded, you see no UI on the screen - it is just ready to scribble and
activated using the following keystrokes.

* ctrl-` (next to the 1) erase and turn off drawing
* ctrl-P Switch between a white canvas and transparent canvas
* ctrl-1 Yellow Pen
* ctrl-2 Green Pen
* ctrl-3 Cyan Pen
* ctrl-4 Red Pen
* ctrl-5 White Pen
* ctrl-6 Blue Pen
* ctrl-7 Magenta Pen
* ctrl-8 Black Pen
* ctrl-- Make pen narrower
* ctrl-= Make pen wider

While you are scribbling most mouse movements will be taken over by
DazzleSketch. If you hover over a link, the
a:hover action will not happen and you might not be able to click on a link in the HTML document until you
clear the sketch overlay with ctrl-`. This is because DazzleSketch makes an HTML5 canvas that covers
the entire window area and uses z-index to be "on top" of the other
HTML content on the page. When you clear
the screen, the DazzleSketch canvas is placed behind the rest of the content using z-index
so all the normal mouse movements apply to the web content.

If you are using DazzleSketch in a Reveal.js persentation, each time you switch slides,
the drawing canvas is cleared and set to transparent.

For me, I have a Wacom Cintiq 12WX 12-Inch Pen Display
that I remap the keys to make the drawing very smooth for nice drawings while recording lectures for
my online classes.