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by nsfmc 5228 days ago
Aside from the fact that there exist many other canvas blend mode plugins, I'm just going to say that it wouldn't hurt to add to your fancy demo page:

    a) browser support? (this still matters to lots of people)
    b) _some_ notion of its exposed api. (what am i getting myself into?)
    c) what happens when i buy this (can i get support, what's the licensing?)
I could go to caniuse.com but because the fancy demo page doesn't explain that this uses canvas to blend an image on itself, i'm sort of at a loss.

isotope.js makes a pretty good case for charging for a jquery plugin, but it not only has a good demo, it also has docs and makes it abundantly clear that you're paying to use this on a client's website (go nuts on your own stuff). I don't know how successfully it works, but it makes as much sense as charging for fonts, so I suspect a fair number of people actually pay up even though the majority of jQuery plugins are free.

Good luck, but don't forget the humble web-portfolio developer out there that is legitimately wondering if they can justify this purchase (i.e. is it easy to use, can i extend it to use two images, will it work on the browsers my client wants, etc.)

edit, typo fix

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Thanks for your questions, and this is the answers :)

When you click on the 'codecanyon' URL, you found on the right sidebar, more information, like Compatible Browsers .. Also on the description I say how to use it .. This plugin come with a nice documentation contain a simple implementation that explain how to make this awesome hover effect, and much more .. I try to do my best for the support .. For the question of use 2 images, unfortunately, this plugin is designed for just one image, but it's easy to develop it, it's commented too :)

I think the GP was offering advice to you, not just wanting to know the answers to the questions. I also had the same questions when I visited the page, and didn't notice any other links. You might want to think about changing your page to make this information more obvious. Or don't -- but at least run some A/B tests to find out for sure.

Best of luck.

Okay, I add a note :)