Create Image editor using HTML CSS quickly

This article explains, how to write code for image editor using HTML, CSS, Jquery, all code is explained via comments.

Let's create the HTML first 

<!--Form for collecting image URL -->
			<form id="urlBox" class = "center">
				<input class="url-box" type="url" id="imgUrl" placeholder="Paste any image link and hit enter to start playing.">
			</form>

			<!--Controls for CSS filters via range input-->
			<div class="sliders">
				<form id="imageEditor">
					<p>
						<label for="gs">Grayscale</label>
						<input id="gs" name="gs" type="range" min=0 max=100 value=0>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="blur">Blur</label>
						<input id="blur" name="blur" type="range" min=0 max=10 value=0>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="br">Brightness</label>
						<input id="br" name="br" type="range" min=0 max=200 value=100>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="ct">Contrast</label>
						<input id="ct" name="ct" type="range" min=0 max=200 value=100>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="huer">Hue Rotate</label>
						<input id="huer" name="huer" type="range" min=0 max=360 value=0>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="opacity">Opacity</label>
						<input id="opacity" name="opacity" type="range" min=0 max=100 value=100>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="invert">Invert</label>
						<input id="invert" name="invert" type="range" min=0 max=100 value=0>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="saturate">Saturate</label>
						<input id="saturate" name="saturate" type="range" min=0 max=500 value=100>
					</p>

					<p>
						<label for="sepia">Sepia</label>
						<input id="sepia" name="sepia" type="range" min=0 max=100 value=0>
					</p>

					<input type="reset" form="imageEditor" id="reset" value="Reset" />

				</form>
			</div>	

			<!--container where image will be loaded-->
			<div id="imageContainer" class="center">
				<img src="image/puppies.jpg"/>
			</div>
		</div>

CSS:-

/* Styles for  URL box */ 

.url-box {
	display: inline-block;
    margin: 4% auto 2%;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    height: 3.5rem;
    font-size: 2rem;
    font-weight: 100;
    outline: none;
    border: 2px solid #000;
    box-sizing: border-box;
}

.url-box::-webkit-input-placeholder {
    color: #000;
    opacity: 0.5;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    font-weight: 100;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

.url-box::-moz-placeholder {
    color: #000;
    opacity: 0.5;
    font-size: 0.7em;
    font-weight: 100;
    padding-top: 5px;
}

/* Styles for image container*/

#imageContainer {
	border: 2px solid #000;
    display: inline-block;
    padding: 5px;
    vertical-align: top;
    margin-left: 1%;
    width: 65.6%;
}

#imageContainer img {
	width: 100%;
}

/* Styles for sliders*/

.sliders {
    width: 30%;
    display: inline-block;
	border: 2px solid #000;
	padding-left: 10px;
}

.sliders p {
	margin: 18px 0;
	vertical-align: middle;

}

.sliders label {
	display: inline-block;
	margin: 10px 0 0 0;
	width: 100px;
	font-size: 1.1rem;
	color: #22313F;
	text-align: left;
	vertical-align: middle;
}

.sliders input {
	position: relative;
	margin: 10px 20px 0 10px;
	vertical-align: middle;
}

input[type=range] {
    /*removes default webkit styles*/
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    
    /*fix for FF unable to apply focus style bug */
    border-radius: 5px;
    
    /*required for proper track sizing in FF*/
    width: 150px;
}

input[type=range]::-webkit-slider-runnable-track {
    width: 300px;
    height: 7px;
    background: #ABB7B7;
    border: none;
    border-radius: 3px;
}
input[type=range]::-webkit-slider-thumb {
    -webkit-appearance: none;
    border: none;
    height: 20px;
    width: 20px;
    border-radius: 50%;
    background: #4B77BE;
    margin-top: -6px;
    vertical-align: middle;
}
input[type=range]:focus {
    outline: none;
}

input[type=range]:hover {
	cursor: pointer;
}


#reset {
	display: inline-block;
	height: 2.5rem;
	width: 95%;
    background-color: #22A7F0;
    border-radius: 5px;
    cursor: pointer;
    outline: none;
    font-size: 1.5rem;
    color: #fff;
    margin: 0 10px 10px 0px;
    border: 2px solid transparent;
}

#reset:hover {
    color: #22A7F0;
    background-color: #fff;
    border: 2px solid #22A7F0;
}

Jquery/Javascript:-

// adding an image via url box
function addImage(e) {
	var imgUrl = $("#imgUrl").val();
	if (imgUrl.length) {
		$("#imageContainer img").attr("src", imgUrl);
	}
	e.preventDefault();
}

//on pressing return, addImage() will be called
$("#urlBox").submit(addImage);


// editing image via css properties
function editImage() {
	var gs = $("#gs").val(); // grayscale
	var blur = $("#blur").val(); // blur
	var br = $("#br").val(); // brightness
	var ct = $("#ct").val(); // contrast
	var huer = $("#huer").val(); //hue-rotate
	var opacity = $("#opacity").val(); //opacity
	var invert = $("#invert").val(); //invert
	var saturate = $("#saturate").val(); //saturate
	var sepia = $("#sepia").val(); //sepia

	$("#imageContainer img").css("filter", 'grayscale(' + gs+
													 '%) blur(' + blur +
													 'px) brightness(' + br +
													 '%) contrast(' + ct +
													 '%) hue-rotate(' + huer +
													 'deg) opacity(' + opacity +
													 '%) invert(' + invert +
													 '%) saturate(' + saturate +
													 '%) sepia(' + sepia + '%)');

	$("#imageContainer img").css("-webkit-filter", 'grayscale(' + gs+
													 '%) blur(' + blur +
													 'px) brightness(' + br +
													 '%) contrast(' + ct +
													 '%) hue-rotate(' + huer +
													 'deg) opacity(' + opacity +
													 '%) invert(' + invert +
													 '%) saturate(' + saturate +
													 '%) sepia(' + sepia + '%)'); 

}

//When sliders change image will be updated via editImage() function
$("input[type=range]").change(editImage).mousemove(editImage);

// Reset sliders back to their original values on press of 'reset'
$('#imageEditor').on('reset', function () {
	setTimeout(function() {
		editImage();
	},0);
});

Source/Credit:-https://github.com/lalwanivikas/image-editor

That's it we are done, check live example here