Load Image with Alpha (via Image)

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Load Image with Alpha (via Image)

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index.css

:root {
  color-scheme: dark light;
}
canvas {
  background-color: #404040;
  background-image:
  linear-gradient(45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%),
  linear-gradient(-45deg, #808080 25%, transparent 25%),
  linear-gradient(45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%),
  linear-gradient(-45deg, transparent 75%, #808080 75%);
  background-size: 32px 32px;
  background-position: 0 0, 0 16px, 16px -16px, -16px 0px;
}

index.html

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index.js

async function readPNG_RGBA(url) {
  // 1. Init WebGPU
  const adapter = await navigator.gpu.requestAdapter();
  const device  = await adapter.requestDevice();

  // 2. Fetch + decode PNG (NO color conversion, NO premultiply)
  const bmp = new Image();
  bmp.crossOrigin = '';
  bmp.src = url;
  await bmp.decode();

  const w = bmp.width;
  const h = bmp.height;

  // 3. Create texture
  const texture = device.createTexture({
    size: [w, h],
    format: "rgba8unorm-srgb",
    usage: GPUTextureUsage.COPY_DST | GPUTextureUsage.COPY_SRC | GPUTextureUsage.RENDER_ATTACHMENT
  });

  // 4. Upload bitmap to texture
  device.queue.copyExternalImageToTexture(
    { source: bmp },
    { texture },
    [w, h]
  );

  // 5. Create readback buffer
  const bytesPerRow = ((w * 4 + 255) & ~255); // WebGPU row alignment
  const buffer = device.createBuffer({
    size: bytesPerRow * h,
    usage: GPUBufferUsage.COPY_DST | GPUBufferUsage.MAP_READ
  });

  // 6. Copy texture → buffer
  const encoder = device.createCommandEncoder();
  encoder.copyTextureToBuffer(
    { texture },
    { buffer, bytesPerRow },
    [w, h]
  );
  device.queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);

  // 7. Map + read data
  await buffer.mapAsync(GPUMapMode.READ);
  const mapped = new Uint8Array(buffer.getMappedRange());
  console.log("Top-left RGBA:", mapped[0], mapped[1], mapped[2], mapped[3]);

  // draw it to a canvas
  const canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
  const context = canvas.getContext('webgpu');
  context.configure({
    device,
    format: 'rgba8unorm',
    usage: GPUTextureUsage.COPY_DST,
    alphaMode: 'premultiplied',
  });
  canvas.width = w;
  canvas.height = w;
  document.body.appendChild(canvas);
  {
    const canvasTexture = context.getCurrentTexture();
    const encoder = device.createCommandEncoder();
    encoder.copyTextureToTexture(
      { texture },
      { texture: canvasTexture },
      [w, h],
    );
    device.queue.submit([encoder.finish()]);
  }
}

readPNG_RGBA("https://greggman.github.io/doodles/images/FurBaseColorAlpha.png");

jsGist.json

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