diff --git a/changelog/upgrade-notes.md b/changelog/upgrade-notes.md
index 387a1797ff..d0f3830f3a 100644
--- a/changelog/upgrade-notes.md
+++ b/changelog/upgrade-notes.md
@@ -2,6 +2,44 @@
 
 ### v3.14.0
 
+#### Layer pre-/postcompose event changes
+
+It is the responsibility of the application to undo any canvas transform changes at the end of a layer 'precompose' or 'postcompose' handler. Previously, it was ok to set a null transform. The API now guarantees a device pixel coordinate system on the canvas with its origin in the top left corner of the map. However, applications should not rely on the underlying canvas being the same size as the visible viewport.
+
+Old code:
+```js
+layer.on('precompose', function(e) {
+  // rely on canvas dimensions to move coordinate origin to center
+  e.context.translate(e.context.canvas.width / 2, e.context.canvas.height / 2);
+  e.context.scale(3, 3);
+  // draw an x in the center of the viewport
+  e.context.moveTo(-20, -20);
+  e.context.lineTo(20, 20);
+  e.context.moveTo(-20, 20);
+  e.context.lineTo(20, -20);
+  // rely on the canvas having a null transform
+  e.context.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
+});
+```
+New code:
+```js
+layer.on('precompose', function(e) {
+  // use map size and pixel ratio to move coordinate origin to center
+  var size = map.getSize();
+  var pixelRatio = e.frameState.pixelRatio;
+  e.context.translate(size[0] / 2 * pixelRatio, size[1] / 2 * pixelRatio);
+  e.context.scale(3, 3);
+  // draw an x in the center of the viewport
+  e.context.moveTo(-20, -20);
+  e.context.lineTo(20, 20);
+  e.context.moveTo(-20, 20);
+  e.context.lineTo(20, -20);
+  // undo all transforms
+  e.context.scale(1 / 3, 1 / 3);
+  e.context.translate(-size[0] / 2 * pixelRatio, -size[1] / 2 * pixelRatio);
+});
+```
+
 ### v3.13.0
 
 #### `proj4js` integration
diff --git a/examples/layer-clipping.js b/examples/layer-clipping.js
index 1a5fa76994..7bf68cd908 100644
--- a/examples/layer-clipping.js
+++ b/examples/layer-clipping.js
@@ -25,8 +25,10 @@ var map = new ol.Map({
 osm.on('precompose', function(event) {
   var ctx = event.context;
   ctx.save();
-  ctx.translate(ctx.canvas.width / 2, ctx.canvas.height / 2);
-  ctx.scale(3, 3);
+  var pixelRatio = event.frameState.pixelRatio;
+  var size = map.getSize();
+  ctx.translate(size[0] / 2 * pixelRatio, size[1] / 2 * pixelRatio);
+  ctx.scale(3 * pixelRatio, 3 * pixelRatio);
   ctx.translate(-75, -80);
   ctx.beginPath();
   ctx.moveTo(75, 40);
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@ osm.on('precompose', function(event) {
   ctx.bezierCurveTo(130, 62.5, 130, 25, 100, 25);
   ctx.bezierCurveTo(85, 25, 75, 37, 75, 40);
   ctx.clip();
-  ctx.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
+  ctx.translate(75, 80);
+  ctx.scale(1 / 3 / pixelRatio, 1 / 3 / pixelRatio);
+  ctx.translate(-size[0] / 2 * pixelRatio, -size[1] / 2 * pixelRatio);
 });
 
 osm.on('postcompose', function(event) {
diff --git a/src/ol/extent.js b/src/ol/extent.js
index 2ce48e6fff..19a4c8a617 100644
--- a/src/ol/extent.js
+++ b/src/ol/extent.js
@@ -575,18 +575,24 @@ ol.extent.getForViewAndSize = function(center, resolution, rotation, size, opt_e
   var dy = resolution * size[1] / 2;
   var cosRotation = Math.cos(rotation);
   var sinRotation = Math.sin(rotation);
-  /** @type {Array.<number>} */
-  var xs = [-dx, -dx, dx, dx];
-  /** @type {Array.<number>} */
-  var ys = [-dy, dy, -dy, dy];
-  var i, x, y;
-  for (i = 0; i < 4; ++i) {
-    x = xs[i];
-    y = ys[i];
-    xs[i] = center[0] + x * cosRotation - y * sinRotation;
-    ys[i] = center[1] + x * sinRotation + y * cosRotation;
-  }
-  return ol.extent.boundingExtentXYs_(xs, ys, opt_extent);
+  var xCos = dx * cosRotation;
+  var xSin = dx * sinRotation;
+  var yCos = dy * cosRotation;
+  var ySin = dy * sinRotation;
+  var x = center[0];
+  var y = center[1];
+  var x0 = x - xCos + ySin;
+  var x1 = x - xCos - ySin;
+  var x2 = x + xCos - ySin;
+  var x3 = x + xCos + ySin;
+  var y0 = y - xSin - yCos;
+  var y1 = y - xSin + yCos;
+  var y2 = y + xSin + yCos;
+  var y3 = y + xSin - yCos;
+  return ol.extent.createOrUpdate(
+      Math.min(x0, x1, x2, x3), Math.min(y0, y1, y2, y3),
+      Math.max(x0, x1, x2, x3), Math.max(y0, y1, y2, y3),
+      opt_extent);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js
index 4028c72df3..28644bc9da 100644
--- a/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js
+++ b/src/ol/render/canvas/canvas.js
@@ -94,3 +94,18 @@ ol.render.canvas.defaultTextBaseline = 'middle';
  * @type {number}
  */
 ol.render.canvas.defaultLineWidth = 1;
+
+
+/**
+ * @param {CanvasRenderingContext2D} context Context.
+ * @param {number} rotation Rotation.
+ * @param {number} offsetX X offset.
+ * @param {number} offsetY Y offset.
+ */
+ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset = function(context, rotation, offsetX, offsetY) {
+  if (rotation !== 0) {
+    context.translate(offsetX, offsetY);
+    context.rotate(rotation);
+    context.translate(-offsetX, -offsetY);
+  }
+};
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js
index 4598502dc6..9b4aeae64b 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasimagelayerrenderer.js
@@ -147,7 +147,6 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, laye
   var viewState = frameState.viewState;
   var viewCenter = viewState.center;
   var viewResolution = viewState.resolution;
-  var viewRotation = viewState.rotation;
 
   var image;
   var imageLayer = this.getLayer();
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.ImageLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, laye
         pixelRatio * frameState.size[0] / 2,
         pixelRatio * frameState.size[1] / 2,
         scale, scale,
-        viewRotation,
+        0,
         imagePixelRatio * (imageExtent[0] - viewCenter[0]) / imageResolution,
         imagePixelRatio * (viewCenter[1] - imageExtent[3]) / imageResolution);
     this.imageTransformInv_ = null;
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
index a3502a1d10..e34f430fcf 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.js
@@ -2,12 +2,11 @@ goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
 goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
-goog.require('ol.array');
-goog.require('ol.dom');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.render.Event');
 goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
+goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas.Immediate');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
@@ -51,6 +50,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState, layerStat
       goog.asserts.assert(extent !== undefined,
           'layerState extent is defined');
       var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
+      var width = frameState.size[0] * pixelRatio;
+      var height = frameState.size[1] * pixelRatio;
+      var rotation = frameState.viewState.rotation;
       var topLeft = ol.extent.getTopLeft(extent);
       var topRight = ol.extent.getTopRight(extent);
       var bottomRight = ol.extent.getBottomRight(extent);
@@ -66,12 +68,14 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState, layerStat
           bottomLeft, bottomLeft);
 
       context.save();
+      ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, -rotation, width / 2, height / 2);
       context.beginPath();
       context.moveTo(topLeft[0] * pixelRatio, topLeft[1] * pixelRatio);
       context.lineTo(topRight[0] * pixelRatio, topRight[1] * pixelRatio);
       context.lineTo(bottomRight[0] * pixelRatio, bottomRight[1] * pixelRatio);
       context.lineTo(bottomLeft[0] * pixelRatio, bottomLeft[1] * pixelRatio);
       context.clip();
+      ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, rotation, width / 2, height / 2);
     }
 
     var imageTransform = this.getImageTransform();
@@ -83,24 +87,12 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState, layerStat
 
     // for performance reasons, context.setTransform is only used
     // when the view is rotated. see http://jsperf.com/canvas-transform
-    if (frameState.viewState.rotation === 0) {
-      var dx = goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 3);
-      var dy = goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 3);
-      var dw = image.width * goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 0);
-      var dh = image.height * goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 1);
-      context.drawImage(image, 0, 0, +image.width, +image.height,
-          Math.round(dx), Math.round(dy), Math.round(dw), Math.round(dh));
-    } else {
-      context.setTransform(
-          goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 0),
-          goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 0),
-          goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 1),
-          goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 1),
-          goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 3),
-          goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 3));
-      context.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
-      context.setTransform(1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0);
-    }
+    var dx = goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 3);
+    var dy = goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 3);
+    var dw = image.width * goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 0);
+    var dh = image.height * goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 1);
+    context.drawImage(image, 0, 0, +image.width, +image.height,
+        Math.round(dx), Math.round(dy), Math.round(dw), Math.round(dh));
     context.globalAlpha = alpha;
 
     if (clipped) {
@@ -123,6 +115,10 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState, layerStat
 ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.dispatchComposeEvent_ = function(type, context, frameState, opt_transform) {
   var layer = this.getLayer();
   if (layer.hasListener(type)) {
+    var width = frameState.size[0] * frameState.pixelRatio;
+    var height = frameState.size[1] * frameState.pixelRatio;
+    var rotation = frameState.viewState.rotation;
+    ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, -rotation, width / 2, height / 2);
     var transform = opt_transform !== undefined ?
         opt_transform : this.getTransform(frameState, 0);
     var render = new ol.render.canvas.Immediate(
@@ -132,6 +128,7 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.dispatchComposeEvent_ = function(type, contex
         context, null);
     layer.dispatchEvent(composeEvent);
     render.flush();
+    ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, rotation, width / 2, height / 2);
   }
 };
 
@@ -224,46 +221,3 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.prototype.getPixelOnCanvas = function(pixelOnMap, image
   ol.vec.Mat4.multVec2(imageTransformInv, pixelOnMap, pixelOnCanvas);
   return pixelOnCanvas;
 };
-
-
-/**
- * @param {ol.Size} size Size.
- * @return {boolean} True when the canvas with the current size does not exceed
- *     the maximum dimensions.
- */
-ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.testCanvasSize = (function() {
-
-  /**
-   * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
-   */
-  var context = null;
-
-  /**
-   * @type {ImageData}
-   */
-  var imageData = null;
-
-  return function(size) {
-    if (!context) {
-      context = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(1, 1);
-      imageData = context.createImageData(1, 1);
-      var data = imageData.data;
-      data[0] = 42;
-      data[1] = 84;
-      data[2] = 126;
-      data[3] = 255;
-    }
-    var canvas = context.canvas;
-    var good = size[0] <= canvas.width && size[1] <= canvas.height;
-    if (!good) {
-      canvas.width = size[0];
-      canvas.height = size[1];
-      var x = size[0] - 1;
-      var y = size[1] - 1;
-      context.putImageData(imageData, x, y);
-      var result = context.getImageData(x, y, 1, 1);
-      good = ol.array.equals(imageData.data, result.data);
-    }
-    return good;
-  };
-})();
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
index f446e6a7e7..9dbedbc608 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasmaprenderer.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ goog.require('ol.RendererType');
 goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.css');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
+goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Image');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map = function(container, map) {
    */
   this.context_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D();
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
+   */
+  this.renderContext_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D();
+
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {HTMLCanvasElement}
@@ -56,6 +63,24 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map = function(container, map) {
   this.canvas_.className = ol.css.CLASS_UNSELECTABLE;
   goog.dom.insertChildAt(container, this.canvas_, 0);
 
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {HTMLCanvasElement}
+   */
+  this.renderCanvas_ = this.renderContext_.canvas;
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.Coordinate}
+   */
+  this.pixelCenter_ = [0, 0];
+
+  /**
+   * @private
+   * @type {ol.Extent}
+   */
+  this.pixelExtent_ = ol.extent.createEmpty();
+
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {boolean}
@@ -156,14 +181,27 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
     return;
   }
 
-  var context = this.context_;
-  var width = frameState.size[0] * frameState.pixelRatio;
-  var height = frameState.size[1] * frameState.pixelRatio;
-  if (this.canvas_.width != width || this.canvas_.height != height) {
-    this.canvas_.width = width;
-    this.canvas_.height = height;
+  var context;
+  var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
+  var width = frameState.size[0] * pixelRatio;
+  var height = frameState.size[1] * pixelRatio;
+  this.canvas_.width = width;
+  this.canvas_.height = height;
+
+  var rotation = frameState.viewState.rotation;
+  var pixelExtent;
+  if (rotation) {
+    context = this.renderContext_;
+    pixelExtent = ol.extent.getForViewAndSize(this.pixelCenter_, pixelRatio,
+        rotation, frameState.size, this.pixelExtent_);
+    var renderWidth = ol.extent.getWidth(pixelExtent);
+    var renderHeight = ol.extent.getHeight(pixelExtent);
+    this.renderCanvas_.width = renderWidth + 0.5;
+    this.renderCanvas_.height = renderHeight + 0.5;
+    this.renderContext_.translate(Math.round((renderWidth - width) / 2),
+        Math.round((renderHeight - height) / 2));
   } else {
-    context.clearRect(0, 0, this.canvas_.width, this.canvas_.height);
+    context = this.context_;
   }
 
   this.calculateMatrices2D(frameState);
@@ -190,6 +228,15 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.Map.prototype.renderFrame = function(frameState) {
     }
   }
 
+  if (rotation) {
+    this.context_.translate(width / 2, height / 2);
+    this.context_.rotate(rotation);
+    this.context_.drawImage(this.renderCanvas_,
+        Math.round(pixelExtent[0]), Math.round(pixelExtent[1]));
+    this.context_.rotate(-rotation);
+    this.context_.translate(-width / 2, -height / 2);
+  }
+
   this.dispatchComposeEvent_(
       ol.render.EventType.POSTCOMPOSE, frameState);
 
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
index 5ebb1b17e4..3ebc5ecb7e 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvastilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
 // FIXME find correct globalCompositeOperation
-// FIXME optimize :-)
 
 goog.provide('ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer');
 
 goog.require('goog.asserts');
-goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
-goog.require('ol.Size');
 goog.require('ol.TileRange');
 goog.require('ol.TileState');
 goog.require('ol.array');
 goog.require('ol.dom');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Tile');
+goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
-goog.require('ol.size');
-goog.require('ol.vec.Mat4');
+goog.require('ol.source.Tile');
 
 
 /**
@@ -28,63 +25,15 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer = function(tileLayer) {
 
   /**
    * @private
-   * @type {HTMLCanvasElement}
+   * @type {Object.<string, Array.<ol.Extent>>}
    */
-  this.canvas_ = null;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {ol.Size}
-   */
-  this.canvasSize_ = null;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {boolean}
-   */
-  this.canvasTooBig_ = false;
+  this.clipExtents_ = null;
 
   /**
    * @private
    * @type {CanvasRenderingContext2D}
    */
-  this.context_ = null;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {!goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
-   */
-  this.imageTransform_ = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {?goog.vec.Mat4.Number}
-   */
-  this.imageTransformInv_ = null;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {number}
-   */
-  this.renderedCanvasZ_ = NaN;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {number}
-   */
-  this.renderedTileWidth_ = NaN;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {number}
-   */
-  this.renderedTileHeight_ = NaN;
-
-  /**
-   * @private
-   * @type {ol.TileRange}
-   */
-  this.renderedCanvasTileRange_ = null;
+  this.context_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D();
 
   /**
    * @private
@@ -94,9 +43,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer = function(tileLayer) {
 
   /**
    * @private
-   * @type {ol.Size}
+   * @type {ol.Extent}
    */
-  this.tmpSize_ = [0, 0];
+  this.tmpExtent_ = ol.extent.createEmpty();
 
 };
 goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
@@ -105,86 +54,120 @@ goog.inherits(ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer, ol.renderer.canvas.Layer);
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
-ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.getImage = function() {
-  return this.canvas_;
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(
+    frameState, layerState, context) {
+  var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
+  var viewState = frameState.viewState;
+  var center = viewState.center;
+  var projection = viewState.projection;
+  var resolution = viewState.resolution;
+  var size = frameState.size;
+  var pixelScale = pixelRatio / resolution;
+  var layer = this.getLayer();
+  var source = layer.getSource();
+  goog.asserts.assertInstanceof(source, ol.source.Tile,
+      'source is an ol.source.Tile');
+  var tileGutter = source.getGutter();
+  var opaque = source.getOpaque(projection);
+
+  var transform = this.getTransform(frameState, 0);
+
+  this.dispatchPreComposeEvent(context, frameState, transform);
+
+  var renderContext;
+  if (layer.hasListener(ol.render.EventType.RENDER)) {
+    // resize and clear
+    this.context_.canvas.width = context.canvas.width;
+    this.context_.canvas.height = context.canvas.height;
+    renderContext = this.context_;
+  } else {
+    renderContext = context;
+  }
+  var offsetX = Math.round(pixelRatio * size[0] / 2);
+  var offsetY = Math.round(pixelRatio * size[1] / 2);
+
+  // for performance reasons, context.save / context.restore is not used
+  // to save and restore the transformation matrix and the opacity.
+  // see http://jsperf.com/context-save-restore-versus-variable
+  var alpha = renderContext.globalAlpha;
+  renderContext.globalAlpha = layerState.opacity;
+
+  var tileGrid = source.getTileGridForProjection(projection);
+  var tilesToDraw = this.renderedTiles_;
+
+  var clipExtents, clipExtent, currentZ, i, ii, j, jj, insertPoint;
+  var origin, tile, tileExtent, tileHeight, tileOffsetX, tileOffsetY;
+  var tilePixelSize, tileWidth;
+  for (i = 0, ii = tilesToDraw.length; i < ii; ++i) {
+    tile = tilesToDraw[i];
+    tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
+        tile.getTileCoord(), this.tmpExtent_);
+    clipExtents = !opaque && this.clipExtents_[tile.tileCoord.toString()];
+    if (clipExtents) {
+      // Create a clip mask for regions in this low resolution tile that will be
+      // filled by a higher resolution tile
+      renderContext.save();
+      renderContext.beginPath();
+      renderContext.moveTo((tileExtent[0] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+          (center[1] - tileExtent[1]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+      renderContext.lineTo((tileExtent[2] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+          (center[1] - tileExtent[1]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+      renderContext.lineTo((tileExtent[2] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+          (center[1] - tileExtent[3]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+      renderContext.lineTo((tileExtent[0] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+          (center[1] - tileExtent[3]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+      renderContext.closePath();
+      for (j = 0, jj = clipExtents.length; j < jj; ++j) {
+        clipExtent = clipExtents[j];
+        renderContext.moveTo((clipExtent[0] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+            (center[1] - clipExtent[1]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+        renderContext.lineTo((clipExtent[0] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+            (center[1] - clipExtent[3]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+        renderContext.lineTo((clipExtent[2] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+            (center[1] - clipExtent[3]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+        renderContext.lineTo((clipExtent[2] - center[0]) * pixelScale + offsetX,
+            (center[1] - clipExtent[1]) * pixelScale + offsetY);
+        renderContext.closePath();
+      }
+      renderContext.clip();
+    }
+    currentZ = tile.getTileCoord()[0];
+    tilePixelSize = source.getTilePixelSize(currentZ, pixelRatio, projection);
+    insertPoint = ol.extent.getTopLeft(tileExtent);
+    tileWidth = Math.round(ol.extent.getWidth(tileExtent) * pixelScale);
+    tileHeight = Math.round(ol.extent.getHeight(tileExtent) * pixelScale);
+    // Calculate all insert points from a common origin and tile widths to avoid
+    // gaps caused by rounding
+    origin = ol.extent.getBottomLeft(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
+        tileGrid.getTileCoordForCoordAndZ(center, currentZ)));
+    tileOffsetX = offsetX + Math.round((origin[0] - center[0]) * pixelScale);
+    tileOffsetY = offsetY + Math.round((center[1] - origin[1]) * pixelScale);
+    renderContext.drawImage(tile.getImage(), tileGutter, tileGutter,
+        tilePixelSize[0], tilePixelSize[1],
+        Math.round((insertPoint[0] - origin[0]) * pixelScale / tileWidth) *
+            tileWidth + tileOffsetX,
+        Math.round((origin[1] - insertPoint[1]) * pixelScale / tileHeight) *
+            tileHeight + tileOffsetY, tileWidth, tileHeight);
+    if (clipExtents) {
+      renderContext.restore();
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (renderContext != context) {
+    this.dispatchRenderEvent(renderContext, frameState, transform);
+    context.drawImage(renderContext.canvas, 0, 0);
+  }
+  renderContext.globalAlpha = alpha;
+
+  this.dispatchPostComposeEvent(context, frameState, transform);
 };
 
 
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
-ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.getImageTransform = function() {
-  return this.imageTransform_;
-};
-
-
-/**
- * @inheritDoc
- */
-ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layerState) {
-
-  //
-  // Warning! You're entering a dangerous zone!
-  //
-  // The canvas tile layer renderering is highly optimized, hence
-  // the complexity of this function. For best performance we try
-  // to minimize the number of pixels to update on the canvas. This
-  // includes:
-  //
-  // - Only drawing pixels that will be visible.
-  // - Not re-drawing pixels/tiles that are already correct.
-  // - Minimizing calls to clearRect.
-  // - Never shrink the canvas. Just make it bigger when necessary.
-  //   Re-sizing the canvas also clears it, which further means
-  //   re-creating it (expensive).
-  //
-  // The various steps performed by this functions:
-  //
-  // - Create a canvas element if none has been created yet.
-  //
-  // - Make the canvas bigger if it's too small. Note that we never shrink
-  //   the canvas, we just make it bigger when necessary, when rotating for
-  //   example. Note also that the canvas always contains a whole number
-  //   of tiles.
-  //
-  // - Invalidate the canvas tile range (renderedCanvasTileRange_ = null)
-  //   if (1) the canvas has been enlarged, or (2) the zoom level changes,
-  //   or (3) the canvas tile range doesn't contain the required tile
-  //   range. This canvas tile range invalidation thing is related to
-  //   an optimization where we attempt to redraw as few pixels as
-  //   possible on each prepareFrame call.
-  //
-  // - If the canvas tile range has been invalidated we reset
-  //   renderedCanvasTileRange_ and reset the renderedTiles_ array.
-  //   The renderedTiles_ array is the structure used to determine
-  //   the canvas pixels that need not be redrawn from one prepareFrame
-  //   call to another. It records while tile has been rendered at
-  //   which position in the canvas.
-  //
-  // - We then determine the tiles to draw on the canvas. Tiles for
-  //   the target resolution may not be loaded yet. In that case we
-  //   use low-resolution/interim tiles if loaded already. And, if
-  //   for a non-yet-loaded tile we haven't found a corresponding
-  //   low-resolution tile we indicate that the pixels for that
-  //   tile must be cleared on the canvas. Note: determining the
-  //   interim tiles is based on tile extents instead of tile
-  //   coords, this is to be able to handler irregular tile grids.
-  //
-  // - We're now ready to render. We start by calling clearRect
-  //   for the tiles that aren't loaded yet and are not fully covered
-  //   by a low-resolution tile (if they're loaded, we'll draw them;
-  //   if they're fully covered by a low-resolution tile then there's
-  //   no need to clear). We then render the tiles "back to front",
-  //   i.e. starting with the low-resolution tiles.
-  //
-  // - After rendering some bookkeeping is performed (updateUsedTiles,
-  //   etc.). manageTilePyramid is what enqueue tiles in the tile
-  //   queue for loading.
-  //
-  // - The last step involves updating the image transform matrix,
-  //   which will be used by the map renderer for the final
-  //   composition and positioning.
-  //
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(
+    frameState, layerState) {
 
   var pixelRatio = frameState.pixelRatio;
   var viewState = frameState.viewState;
@@ -195,14 +178,8 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layer
       'layer is an instance of ol.layer.Tile');
   var tileSource = tileLayer.getSource();
   var tileGrid = tileSource.getTileGridForProjection(projection);
-  var tileGutter = tileSource.getGutter();
   var z = tileGrid.getZForResolution(viewState.resolution);
-  var tilePixelSize =
-      tileSource.getTilePixelSize(z, frameState.pixelRatio, projection);
-  var tilePixelRatio = tilePixelSize[0] /
-      ol.size.toSize(tileGrid.getTileSize(z), this.tmpSize_)[0];
   var tileResolution = tileGrid.getResolution(z);
-  var tilePixelResolution = tileResolution / tilePixelRatio;
   var center = viewState.center;
   var extent;
   if (tileResolution == viewState.resolution) {
@@ -224,87 +201,11 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layer
   var tileRange = tileGrid.getTileRangeForExtentAndResolution(
       extent, tileResolution);
 
-  var canvasWidth = tilePixelSize[0] * tileRange.getWidth();
-  var canvasHeight = tilePixelSize[1] * tileRange.getHeight();
-
-  var canvas, context;
-  if (!this.canvas_) {
-    goog.asserts.assert(!this.canvasSize_,
-        'canvasSize is null (because canvas is null)');
-    goog.asserts.assert(!this.context_,
-        'context is null (because canvas is null)');
-    goog.asserts.assert(!this.renderedCanvasTileRange_,
-        'renderedCanvasTileRange is null (because canvas is null)');
-    context = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(canvasWidth, canvasHeight);
-    this.canvas_ = context.canvas;
-    this.canvasSize_ = [canvasWidth, canvasHeight];
-    this.context_ = context;
-    this.canvasTooBig_ =
-        !ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.testCanvasSize(this.canvasSize_);
-  } else {
-    goog.asserts.assert(this.canvasSize_,
-        'non-null canvasSize (because canvas is not null)');
-    goog.asserts.assert(this.context_,
-        'non-null context (because canvas is not null)');
-    canvas = this.canvas_;
-    context = this.context_;
-    if (this.canvasSize_[0] < canvasWidth ||
-        this.canvasSize_[1] < canvasHeight ||
-        this.renderedTileWidth_ !== tilePixelSize[0] ||
-        this.renderedTileHeight_ !== tilePixelSize[1] ||
-        (this.canvasTooBig_ && (this.canvasSize_[0] > canvasWidth ||
-        this.canvasSize_[1] > canvasHeight))) {
-      // Canvas is too small or tileSize has changed, resize it.
-      // We never shrink the canvas, unless
-      // we know that the current canvas size exceeds the maximum size
-      canvas.width = canvasWidth;
-      canvas.height = canvasHeight;
-      this.canvasSize_ = [canvasWidth, canvasHeight];
-      this.canvasTooBig_ =
-          !ol.renderer.canvas.Layer.testCanvasSize(this.canvasSize_);
-      this.renderedCanvasTileRange_ = null;
-    } else {
-      canvasWidth = this.canvasSize_[0];
-      canvasHeight = this.canvasSize_[1];
-      if (z != this.renderedCanvasZ_ ||
-          !this.renderedCanvasTileRange_.containsTileRange(tileRange)) {
-        this.renderedCanvasTileRange_ = null;
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  var canvasTileRange, canvasTileRangeWidth, minX, minY;
-  if (!this.renderedCanvasTileRange_) {
-    canvasTileRangeWidth = canvasWidth / tilePixelSize[0];
-    var canvasTileRangeHeight = canvasHeight / tilePixelSize[1];
-    minX = tileRange.minX -
-        Math.floor((canvasTileRangeWidth - tileRange.getWidth()) / 2);
-    minY = tileRange.minY -
-        Math.floor((canvasTileRangeHeight - tileRange.getHeight()) / 2);
-    this.renderedCanvasZ_ = z;
-    this.renderedTileWidth_ = tilePixelSize[0];
-    this.renderedTileHeight_ = tilePixelSize[1];
-    this.renderedCanvasTileRange_ = new ol.TileRange(
-        minX, minX + canvasTileRangeWidth - 1,
-        minY, minY + canvasTileRangeHeight - 1);
-    this.renderedTiles_ =
-        new Array(canvasTileRangeWidth * canvasTileRangeHeight);
-    canvasTileRange = this.renderedCanvasTileRange_;
-  } else {
-    canvasTileRange = this.renderedCanvasTileRange_;
-    canvasTileRangeWidth = canvasTileRange.getWidth();
-  }
-
-  goog.asserts.assert(canvasTileRange.containsTileRange(tileRange),
-      'tileRange is contained in canvasTileRange');
-
   /**
    * @type {Object.<number, Object.<string, ol.Tile>>}
    */
   var tilesToDrawByZ = {};
   tilesToDrawByZ[z] = {};
-  /** @type {Array.<ol.Tile>} */
-  var tilesToClear = [];
 
   var findLoadedTiles = this.createLoadedTileFinder(
       tileSource, projection, tilesToDrawByZ);
@@ -339,9 +240,6 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layer
       fullyLoaded = tileGrid.forEachTileCoordParentTileRange(
           tile.tileCoord, findLoadedTiles, null, tmpTileRange, tmpExtent);
       if (!fullyLoaded) {
-        // FIXME we do not need to clear the tile if it is fully covered by its
-        //       children
-        tilesToClear.push(tile);
         childTileRange = tileGrid.getTileCoordChildTileRange(
             tile.tileCoord, tmpTileRange, tmpExtent);
         if (childTileRange) {
@@ -352,86 +250,49 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layer
     }
   }
 
-  var i, ii;
-  for (i = 0, ii = tilesToClear.length; i < ii; ++i) {
-    tile = tilesToClear[i];
-    x = tilePixelSize[0] * (tile.tileCoord[1] - canvasTileRange.minX);
-    y = tilePixelSize[1] * (canvasTileRange.maxY - tile.tileCoord[2]);
-    context.clearRect(x, y, tilePixelSize[0], tilePixelSize[1]);
-  }
-
   /** @type {Array.<number>} */
   var zs = Object.keys(tilesToDrawByZ).map(Number);
   zs.sort(ol.array.numberSafeCompareFunction);
-  var opaque = tileSource.getOpaque(projection);
-  var origin = ol.extent.getTopLeft(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(
-      [z, canvasTileRange.minX, canvasTileRange.maxY],
-      tmpExtent));
-  var currentZ, index, scale, tileCoordKey, tileExtent, tileState, tilesToDraw;
-  var ix, iy, interimTileRange, maxX, maxY;
-  var height, width;
+  var renderables = [];
+  var i, ii, currentZ, tileCoordKey, tilesToDraw;
   for (i = 0, ii = zs.length; i < ii; ++i) {
     currentZ = zs[i];
-    tilePixelSize =
-        tileSource.getTilePixelSize(currentZ, pixelRatio, projection);
     tilesToDraw = tilesToDrawByZ[currentZ];
-    if (currentZ == z) {
-      for (tileCoordKey in tilesToDraw) {
-        tile = tilesToDraw[tileCoordKey];
-        index =
-            (tile.tileCoord[2] - canvasTileRange.minY) * canvasTileRangeWidth +
-            (tile.tileCoord[1] - canvasTileRange.minX);
-        if (this.renderedTiles_[index] != tile) {
-          x = tilePixelSize[0] * (tile.tileCoord[1] - canvasTileRange.minX);
-          y = tilePixelSize[1] * (canvasTileRange.maxY - tile.tileCoord[2]);
-          tileState = tile.getState();
-          if (tileState == ol.TileState.EMPTY ||
-              (tileState == ol.TileState.ERROR && !useInterimTilesOnError) ||
-              !opaque) {
-            context.clearRect(x, y, tilePixelSize[0], tilePixelSize[1]);
-          }
-          if (tileState == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
-            context.drawImage(tile.getImage(),
-                tileGutter, tileGutter, tilePixelSize[0], tilePixelSize[1],
-                x, y, tilePixelSize[0], tilePixelSize[1]);
-          }
-          this.renderedTiles_[index] = tile;
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      scale = tileGrid.getResolution(currentZ) / tileResolution;
-      for (tileCoordKey in tilesToDraw) {
-        tile = tilesToDraw[tileCoordKey];
-        tileExtent = tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tile.tileCoord, tmpExtent);
-        x = (tileExtent[0] - origin[0]) / tilePixelResolution;
-        y = (origin[1] - tileExtent[3]) / tilePixelResolution;
-        width = scale * tilePixelSize[0];
-        height = scale * tilePixelSize[1];
-        tileState = tile.getState();
-        if (tileState == ol.TileState.EMPTY || !opaque) {
-          context.clearRect(x, y, width, height);
-        }
-        if (tileState == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
-          context.drawImage(tile.getImage(),
-              tileGutter, tileGutter, tilePixelSize[0], tilePixelSize[1],
-              x, y, width, height);
-        }
-        interimTileRange =
-            tileGrid.getTileRangeForExtentAndZ(tileExtent, z, tmpTileRange);
-        minX = Math.max(interimTileRange.minX, canvasTileRange.minX);
-        maxX = Math.min(interimTileRange.maxX, canvasTileRange.maxX);
-        minY = Math.max(interimTileRange.minY, canvasTileRange.minY);
-        maxY = Math.min(interimTileRange.maxY, canvasTileRange.maxY);
-        for (ix = minX; ix <= maxX; ++ix) {
-          for (iy = minY; iy <= maxY; ++iy) {
-            index = (iy - canvasTileRange.minY) * canvasTileRangeWidth +
-                    (ix - canvasTileRange.minX);
-            this.renderedTiles_[index] = undefined;
-          }
-        }
+    for (tileCoordKey in tilesToDraw) {
+      tile = tilesToDraw[tileCoordKey];
+      if (tile.getState() == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
+        renderables.push(tile);
       }
     }
   }
+  this.renderedTiles_ = renderables;
+  if (!tileSource.getOpaque(projection)) {
+    var clipExtents = {};
+    var tileCoord;
+    for (i = renderables.length - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+      tileCoord = renderables[i].getTileCoord();
+      tileGrid.forEachTileCoordParentTileRange(tileCoord,
+          function(z, tileRange) {
+            var tiles = tilesToDrawByZ[z];
+            if (tiles) {
+              var key, tile;
+              for (key in tiles) {
+                tile = tiles[key];
+                if (tileRange.contains(tile.getTileCoord()) &&
+                    tile.getState() == ol.TileState.LOADED) {
+                  if (!(key in clipExtents)) {
+                    clipExtents[key] = [];
+                  }
+                  clipExtents[key].push(tileGrid.getTileCoordExtent(tileCoord));
+                  return true;
+                }
+              }
+            }
+            return false;
+          }, this, tmpTileRange, tmpExtent);
+    }
+    this.clipExtents_ = clipExtents;
+  }
 
   this.updateUsedTiles(frameState.usedTiles, tileSource, z, tileRange);
   this.manageTilePyramid(frameState, tileSource, tileGrid, pixelRatio,
@@ -439,16 +300,6 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layer
   this.scheduleExpireCache(frameState, tileSource);
   this.updateLogos(frameState, tileSource);
 
-  ol.vec.Mat4.makeTransform2D(this.imageTransform_,
-      pixelRatio * frameState.size[0] / 2,
-      pixelRatio * frameState.size[1] / 2,
-      pixelRatio * tilePixelResolution / viewState.resolution,
-      pixelRatio * tilePixelResolution / viewState.resolution,
-      viewState.rotation,
-      (origin[0] - center[0]) / tilePixelResolution,
-      (center[1] - origin[1]) / tilePixelResolution);
-  this.imageTransformInv_ = null;
-
   return true;
 };
 
@@ -456,21 +307,16 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.prepareFrame = function(frameState, layer
 /**
  * @inheritDoc
  */
-ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel = function(pixel, frameState, callback, thisArg) {
-  if (!this.context_) {
-    return undefined;
-  }
-
-  if (!this.imageTransformInv_) {
-    this.imageTransformInv_ = goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber();
-    goog.vec.Mat4.invert(this.imageTransform_, this.imageTransformInv_);
-  }
-
-  var pixelOnCanvas =
-      this.getPixelOnCanvas(pixel, this.imageTransformInv_);
+ol.renderer.canvas.TileLayer.prototype.forEachLayerAtPixel = function(
+    pixel, frameState, callback, thisArg) {
+  var canvas = this.context_.canvas;
+  var size = frameState.size;
+  canvas.width = size[0];
+  canvas.height = size[1];
+  this.composeFrame(frameState, this.getLayer().getLayerState(), this.context_);
 
   var imageData = this.context_.getImageData(
-      pixelOnCanvas[0], pixelOnCanvas[1], 1, 1).data;
+      pixel[0], pixel[1], 1, 1).data;
 
   if (imageData[3] > 0) {
     return callback.call(thisArg, this.getLayer());
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
index 085f3c0717..7599124d24 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectorlayerrenderer.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ goog.require('ol.dom');
 goog.require('ol.extent');
 goog.require('ol.layer.Vector');
 goog.require('ol.render.EventType');
+goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
 goog.require('ol.render.canvas.ReplayGroup');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
 goog.require('ol.renderer.vector');
@@ -106,6 +107,10 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState, lay
     var alpha = replayContext.globalAlpha;
     replayContext.globalAlpha = layerState.opacity;
 
+    var width = frameState.size[0] * pixelRatio;
+    var height = frameState.size[1] * pixelRatio;
+    ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(replayContext, -rotation,
+        width / 2, height / 2);
     replayGroup.replay(replayContext, pixelRatio, transform, rotation,
         skippedFeatureUids);
     if (vectorSource.getWrapX() && projection.canWrapX() &&
@@ -135,6 +140,8 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState, lay
       // restore original transform for render and compose events
       transform = this.getTransform(frameState, 0);
     }
+    ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(replayContext, rotation,
+        width / 2, height / 2);
 
     if (replayContext != context) {
       this.dispatchRenderEvent(replayContext, frameState, transform);
diff --git a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js
index 2a22e9fc4e..80ed48d8a2 100644
--- a/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js
+++ b/src/ol/renderer/canvas/canvasvectortilelayerrenderer.js
@@ -183,12 +183,9 @@ ol.renderer.canvas.VectorTileLayer.prototype.composeFrame = function(frameState,
           0, 0, pixelScale, -pixelScale, 0, -center[0], -center[1]);
       insertPoint = ol.geom.flat.transform.transform2D(
           ol.extent.getTopLeft(tileExtent), 0, 1, 2, insertTransform);
-      replayContext.translate(offsetX, offsetY);
-      replayContext.rotate(rotation);
       replayContext.drawImage(tileContext.canvas,
-          Math.round(insertPoint[0]), Math.round(insertPoint[1]));
-      replayContext.rotate(-rotation);
-      replayContext.translate(-offsetX, -offsetY);
+          Math.round(insertPoint[0] + offsetX),
+          Math.round(insertPoint[1]) + offsetY);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/ol/source/rastersource.js b/src/ol/source/rastersource.js
index 3e3090327a..1a89287129 100644
--- a/src/ol/source/rastersource.js
+++ b/src/ol/source/rastersource.js
@@ -344,39 +344,20 @@ ol.source.Raster.prototype.onWorkerComplete_ = function(frameState, callback, er
  */
 ol.source.Raster.getImageData_ = function(renderer, frameState, layerState) {
   renderer.prepareFrame(frameState, layerState);
-  // We should be able to call renderer.composeFrame(), but this is inefficient
-  // for tiled sources (we've already rendered to an intermediate canvas in the
-  // prepareFrame call and we don't need to render again to the output canvas).
-  // TODO: make all canvas renderers render to a single canvas
-  var image = renderer.getImage();
-  if (!image) {
-    return null;
-  }
-  var imageTransform = renderer.getImageTransform();
-  var dx = Math.round(goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 3));
-  var dy = Math.round(goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 3));
   var width = frameState.size[0];
   var height = frameState.size[1];
-  if (image instanceof Image) {
-    if (!ol.source.Raster.context_) {
+  if (!ol.source.Raster.context_) {
+    ol.source.Raster.context_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(width, height);
+  } else {
+    var canvas = ol.source.Raster.context_.canvas;
+    if (canvas.width !== width || canvas.height !== height) {
       ol.source.Raster.context_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(width, height);
     } else {
-      var canvas = ol.source.Raster.context_.canvas;
-      if (canvas.width !== width || canvas.height !== height) {
-        ol.source.Raster.context_ = ol.dom.createCanvasContext2D(width, height);
-      } else {
-        ol.source.Raster.context_.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
-      }
+      ol.source.Raster.context_.clearRect(0, 0, width, height);
     }
-    var dw = Math.round(
-        image.width * goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 0, 0));
-    var dh = Math.round(
-        image.height * goog.vec.Mat4.getElement(imageTransform, 1, 1));
-    ol.source.Raster.context_.drawImage(image, dx, dy, dw, dh);
-    return ol.source.Raster.context_.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
-  } else {
-    return image.getContext('2d').getImageData(-dx, -dy, width, height);
   }
+  renderer.composeFrame(frameState, layerState, ol.source.Raster.context_);
+  return ol.source.Raster.context_.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/render/canvas.test.js b/test/spec/ol/render/canvas.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f39f6a7e53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/render/canvas.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+goog.provide('ol.test.render.canvas');
+
+
+describe('ol.render.canvas', function() {
+
+  describe('rotateAtOffset', function() {
+    it('rotates a canvas at an offset point', function() {
+      var context = {
+        translate: sinon.spy(),
+        rotate: sinon.spy()
+      };
+      ol.render.canvas.rotateAtOffset(context, Math.PI, 10, 10);
+      expect(context.translate.callCount).to.be(2);
+      expect(context.translate.firstCall.args).to.eql([10, 10]);
+      expect(context.translate.secondCall.args).to.eql([-10, -10]);
+      expect(context.rotate.callCount).to.be(1);
+      expect(context.rotate.firstCall.args).to.eql([Math.PI]);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+
+goog.require('ol.render');
+goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
diff --git a/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.test.js b/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f06d144002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/spec/ol/renderer/canvas/canvaslayerrenderer.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+goog.provide('ol.test.renderer.canvas.Layer');
+
+
+describe('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer', function() {
+
+  describe('#composeFrame()', function() {
+    it('clips to layer extent and draws image', function() {
+      var layer = new ol.layer.Image({
+        extent: [1, 2, 3, 4]
+      });
+      var renderer = new ol.renderer.canvas.Layer(layer);
+      var image = new Image();
+      image.width = 3;
+      image.height = 3;
+      renderer.getImage = function() {
+        return image;
+      };
+      var frameState = {
+        viewState: {
+          center: [2, 3],
+          resolution: 1,
+          rotation: 0
+        },
+        size: [10, 10],
+        pixelRatio: 1,
+        coordinateToPixelMatrix: goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber(),
+        pixelToCoordinateMatrix: goog.vec.Mat4.createNumber()
+      };
+      renderer.getImageTransform = function() {
+        return goog.vec.Mat4.createNumberIdentity();
+      }
+      ol.renderer.Map.prototype.calculateMatrices2D(frameState);
+      var layerState = layer.getLayerState();
+      var context = {
+        save: sinon.spy(),
+        restore: sinon.spy(),
+        translate: sinon.spy(),
+        rotate: sinon.spy(),
+        beginPath: sinon.spy(),
+        moveTo: sinon.spy(),
+        lineTo: sinon.spy(),
+        clip: sinon.spy(),
+        drawImage: sinon.spy()
+      }
+      renderer.composeFrame(frameState, layerState, context);
+      expect(context.save.callCount).to.be(1);
+      expect(context.translate.callCount).to.be(0);
+      expect(context.rotate.callCount).to.be(0);
+      expect(context.beginPath.callCount).to.be(1);
+      expect(context.moveTo.firstCall.args).to.eql([4, 4]);
+      expect(context.lineTo.firstCall.args).to.eql([6, 4]);
+      expect(context.lineTo.secondCall.args).to.eql([6, 6]);
+      expect(context.lineTo.thirdCall.args).to.eql([4, 6]);
+      expect(context.clip.callCount).to.be(1);
+      expect(context.drawImage.firstCall.args).to.eql(
+          [renderer.getImage(), 0, 0, 3, 3, 0, 0, 3, 3]);
+      expect(context.restore.callCount).to.be(1);
+    });
+  });
+
+});
+
+
+goog.require('ol.render.canvas');
+goog.require('goog.vec.Mat4');
+goog.require('ol.layer.Image');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.Map');
+goog.require('ol.renderer.canvas.Layer');
diff --git a/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png b/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png
index e614cf3c08..b46061ae74 100644
Binary files a/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png and b/test_rendering/spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png differ
diff --git a/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/vectortile-canvas.png b/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/vectortile-canvas.png
index 8b6ddf8536..8c34f9259c 100644
Binary files a/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/vectortile-canvas.png and b/test_rendering/spec/ol/layer/expected/vectortile-canvas.png differ
diff --git a/test_rendering/spec/ol/map.test.js b/test_rendering/spec/ol/map.test.js
index 424de13691..d08175f855 100644
--- a/test_rendering/spec/ol/map.test.js
+++ b/test_rendering/spec/ol/map.test.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ describe('ol.rendering.Map', function() {
       map.getView().setRotation(90);
       map.getView().setCenter([10, 10]);
       expectResemble(
-          map, 'spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png', IMAGE_TOLERANCE, done);
+          map, 'spec/ol/expected/rotate-canvas.png', 2.8, done);
     });
 
     it('tests the WebGL renderer', function(done) {