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How can I darken a rectangular part of an image in Java?

The code creates a JFrame with a JPanel onto which it draws an image loaded from a file. The objective is to make a rectangular area of the picture, such as for example the red square, appear darker than the rest. I'm assuming this may involve taking a subimage of the image, looping through an array of pixels, scaling them, and then painting that subimage onto the JPanel, but I don't know how to do this using the Java API.
package SpriteEditor_Tests;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ImageTestApp extends JFrame
{
public BufferedImage image;
int x1 = 50;
int x2 = 100;
int y1 = 50;
int y2 = 100;
public static void main (String [] args)
{
new ImageTestApp();
}
public ImageTestApp()
{
setTitle("Image Test App");
try
{
image = ImageIO.read(new File("C:/Users/Paul/Desktop/derp.png"));
}
catch (IOException io)
{
System.out.println("IO caught"); System.exit(0);
}
setSize(500,500);
setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
setVisible(true);
add(new ImageDisplay());
}
class ImageDisplay extends JPanel
{
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
g.drawImage(image, -100, -100, getWidth(), getHeight(), Color.RED, null);
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.drawRect(x1, y1, Math.abs(x2 - x1), Math.abs(y2 - y1));
}
}
}

A "simple" solution would be to just create a new instance of Color with the desired alpha applied to it and fill the area you want darkened.
This is great if you have a color you want to use, but when I want to use a predefined color, it's not as simple. Instead, I prefer to use an AlphaComposite as it gives me some advantages.
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage background;
public TestPane() {
try {
background = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/images/background.jpg"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (background == null) {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
return new Dimension(background.getWidth(), background.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (background == null) {
return;
}
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.drawImage(background, 0, 0, this);
int x = (getWidth() - 100) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - 100) / 2;
Rectangle rect = new Rectangle(x, y, 200, 200);
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, 0.5f));
g2d.fill(rect);
g2d.dispose();
g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawRect(x, y, 200, 200);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
Now, if want to generate a new image with the are darkened, you can follow the same basic concept, but instead of painting to the components Graphics context, you'd paint directly to the BufferedImages Graphics content. This is the wonderful power of the abstract nature of the Graphics API.
Don't forget, when you override a method, you are obliged to either over take ALL of its responsibilities or call its super implementation.
paintComponent does some basic, but important work and you should make sure to call super.paintComponent before you start performing your custom painting, this will just reduce any possibility of issues.
Darken each pixel individually
Okay, if, instead, you want to darken each pixel in the rectangle individually, this becomes a "little" more complicated, but not hard.
After a lot of time and testing, I settled on using the follow algorithm to darken a given color. This will push the color towards "black" the more you darken it, which some algorithms don't do.
public static Color darken(Color color, double fraction) {
int red = (int) Math.round(Math.max(0, color.getRed() - 255 * fraction));
int green = (int) Math.round(Math.max(0, color.getGreen() - 255 * fraction));
int blue = (int) Math.round(Math.max(0, color.getBlue() - 255 * fraction));
int alpha = color.getAlpha();
return new Color(red, green, blue, alpha);
}
Then, all you have to do is get the the color of the pixel, darken it and reapply.
For this example, I actually use a separate sub image, but you can do it directly to the parent image
BufferedImage subImage = background.getSubimage(x, y, 200, 200);
for (int row = 0; row < subImage.getHeight(); row++) {
for (int col = 0; col < subImage.getWidth(); col++) {
int packedPixel = subImage.getRGB(col, row);
Color color = new Color(packedPixel, true);
color = darken(color, 0.5);
subImage.setRGB(col, row, color.getRGB());
}
}
Now, before someone jumps down my throat, no, this is not the most performant approach, but it gets over messing about with "packed" pixel values (because I can never remember how to unpack those :P) and most of my API code is based around the use of Color anyway
Runnable example...
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static Color darken(Color color, double fraction) {
int red = (int) Math.round(Math.max(0, color.getRed() - 255 * fraction));
int green = (int) Math.round(Math.max(0, color.getGreen() - 255 * fraction));
int blue = (int) Math.round(Math.max(0, color.getBlue() - 255 * fraction));
int alpha = color.getAlpha();
return new Color(red, green, blue, alpha);
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage background;
private BufferedImage darkended;
public TestPane() {
try {
background = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/images/background.jpg"));
int x = (background.getWidth() - 100) / 2;
int y = (background.getHeight() - 100) / 2;
BufferedImage subImage = background.getSubimage(x, y, 200, 200);
for (int row = 0; row < subImage.getHeight(); row++) {
for (int col = 0; col < subImage.getWidth(); col++) {
int packedPixel = subImage.getRGB(col, row);
Color color = new Color(packedPixel, true);
color = darken(color, 0.5);
subImage.setRGB(col, row, color.getRGB());
}
}
darkended = subImage;
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (background == null) {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
return new Dimension(background.getWidth(), background.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (background == null) {
return;
}
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.drawImage(background, 0, 0, this);
int x = (getWidth() - 100) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - 100) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(darkended, x, y, this);
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
g2d.drawRect(x, y, 200, 200);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

Why is the rectangle not showing?

I checked this code for hours, but the rectangle is not showing, can anyone tell me why it is not showing?:
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.FlowLayout;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.KeyEvent;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
int resx = 700,resy = 500;
frame.setSize(resx,resy);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setTitle("Game");
frame.setResizable(false);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
try {
frame.setContentPane(new JLabel(new ImageIcon(ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Users\\ivans\\Pictures\\Cookies.png")))));
} catch (IOException e) {
}
frame.repaint();
frame.setLayout(new FlowLayout());
frame.add(new JPanel(){
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.fillRect(50,50,450,650);
}
}, BorderLayout.CENTER);
frame.repaint();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
Every time I try to activate the background, the rectangle is not shown, and every time I activate the rectangle, the background is not shown. Please help!

You're setting the JFrame's contentPane to a JLabel, a container that uses no layout, and so adding a component to it will not allow that component to be displayed unless you fully specify that component's size and position, i.e., its bounds. This is one reason I avoid using JLabels for contentPanes (also that it will not set its preferred size based on the components it holds) and instead in general prefer to do my drawing in a background JPanel's paintComponent method.
Side recommendations:
You've too much going on in the main method -- unless this program is not for anything other than demonstration purposes
You set the JFrame's original contentPane (a JPanel) to FlowLayout, but understand that this is meaningless once you change the contentPane.
Despite your assuming that the contentPane uses FlowLayout, you're trying to add the drawing JPanel into a BorderLayout position, something that doesn't make sense.
You have an empty catch block, something that almost never should be done.
Get your images as resources, not files.
Avoid using absolute file paths and prefer use of relative paths to resources.
Don't set sizes of things if you can avoid it.
Avoid so-called "magic numbers", e.g., g.fillRect(50,50,450,650); as this makes your code hard to debug and enhance.
For example, something like:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class ShowRectangle extends JPanel {
private static final int RECT_X = 50;
private static final int RECT_Y = RECT_X;
private static final int RECT_W = 200;
private static final int RECT_H = 200;
private static final String URL_SPEC = "https://duke.kenai.com/guitar/DukeAsKeith-daylightSmall.png";
private BufferedImage img;
public ShowRectangle(BufferedImage img) {
this.img = img;
}
// have same JPanel draw image and graphic element
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
}
// avoid magic numbers
// g.fillRect(50,50,450,650);
g.fillRect(RECT_X, RECT_Y, RECT_W, RECT_H);
}
// Size the JPanel to the image size
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (isPreferredSizeSet() || img == null) {
return super.getPreferredSize();
}
return new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
private static void createAndShowGui(BufferedImage image) {
ShowRectangle mainPanel = new ShowRectangle(image);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("ShowRectangle");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
URL imageUrl = new URL(URL_SPEC);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(imageUrl);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGui(img));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);
}
}
}
If you avoid using "magic" numbers for instance, it's easy to make the black rectangle draggable, since it is now be drawn by variable values, values that you can change inside of a MouseAdapter (MouseListener and MouseMotionListener combined). For example:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class ShowRectangle extends JPanel {
private static final int RECT_X = 50;
private static final int RECT_Y = RECT_X;
private static final int RECT_W = 200;
private static final int RECT_H = 200;
private static final String URL_SPEC = "https://duke.kenai.com/guitar/DukeAsKeith-daylightSmall.png";
private int rectX = RECT_X;
private int rectY = RECT_Y;
private BufferedImage img;
public ShowRectangle(BufferedImage img) {
this.img = img;
MouseAdapter myMouse = new MyMouse();
addMouseListener(myMouse);
addMouseMotionListener(myMouse);
}
// have same JPanel draw image and graphic element
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
}
// avoid magic numbers
// g.fillRect(50,50,450,650);
g.fillRect(rectX, rectY, RECT_W, RECT_H);
}
// Size the JPanel to the image size
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (isPreferredSizeSet() || img == null) {
return super.getPreferredSize();
}
return new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
private class MyMouse extends MouseAdapter {
private Point p1;
private Point rectP = null;
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
p1 = e.getPoint();
if (new Rectangle(rectX, rectY, RECT_W, RECT_H).contains(p1)) {
rectP = new Point(rectX, rectY);
}
}
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
moveRect(e.getPoint());
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
moveRect(e.getPoint());
rectP = null;
}
private void moveRect(Point p2) {
if (rectP == null) {
return;
}
rectX = rectP.x + p2.x - p1.x;
rectY = rectP.y + p2.y - p1.y;
repaint();
}
}
private static void createAndShowGui(BufferedImage image) {
ShowRectangle mainPanel = new ShowRectangle(image);
JFrame frame = new JFrame("ShowRectangle");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.DISPOSE_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(mainPanel);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationByPlatform(true);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
try {
URL imageUrl = new URL(URL_SPEC);
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(imageUrl);
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(() -> createAndShowGui(img));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);
}
}
}

Its there just it was going out of boundary and hence not visible.
replace these two lines and check
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(0,0,250,250);
Try this,
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
Rectangle clipBounds = g.getClipBounds();
System.out.println(clipBounds.getX() +" "+ clipBounds.getY() + " "+ clipBounds.getHeight() + " " + clipBounds.getWidth());
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(0,0,450,450);
}
You will get 0.0 0.0 10.0 10.0
as output meaning the fill reactangle container is starting from 0,0 till 10,10 and hence it was not shown
Change the layout to GridLayout() will solve your problem,
frame.setLayout(new GridLayout());
frame.add(new JPanel(new GridLayout()){
/**
*
*/
private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
Rectangle clipBounds = g.getClipBounds();
System.out.println(clipBounds.getX() +" "+ clipBounds.getY() + " "+ clipBounds.getHeight() + " " + clipBounds.getWidth());
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
g.fillRect(frame.getWidth()/2,0,frame.getWidth(),frame.getWidth());
}
}, BorderLayout.CENTER);
As per doc,
void java.awt.Graphics.fillRect(int x, int y, int width, int height)
Fills the specified rectangle. The left and right edges of the rectangle are at x and x + width - 1. The top and bottom edges are at y and y + height - 1. The resulting rectangle covers an area width pixels wide by height pixels tall. The rectangle is filled using the graphics context's current color.
Parameters:
x the x coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
y the y coordinate of the rectangle to be filled.
width the width of the rectangle to be filled.
height the height of the rectangle to be filled.
So that's the issue

Using Slider to rotate Object In java

I have made a GUI that uses a slider to scale an object up and down.(in this case a rectangle). I was wondering if there was a way to also use a slider to specify a degree of rotation. So there would be 2 sliders one to control scale and another to control the rotation. If anyone could help me make this that would be great here is what I have so far with just the scale slider.
import javax.swing.*;
public class Parker
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
TheWindow w = new TheWindow();
w.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); //X wont close the window with out this line
w.setSize(1280,720);
w.setVisible(true);
}
}
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
public class TheWindow extends JFrame
{
private JSlider slider; //declare slider
private drawRect myPanel; //declare/ create panel
public TheWindow()
{
super("Slider Example"); //make title
myPanel = new drawRect();
myPanel.setBackground(Color.cyan); //change background color
slider = new JSlider(SwingConstants.VERTICAL, 0, 315, 10);// restrains the slider from scaling square to 0-300 pixels
slider.setMajorTickSpacing(20); //will set tick marks every 10 pixels
slider.setPaintTicks(true); //this actually paints the ticks on the screen
slider.addChangeListener
(
new ChangeListener()
{
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e)
{
myPanel.setD(slider.getValue()); //Wherever you set the slider, it will pass that value and that will paint on the screen
}
}
);
add(slider, BorderLayout.WEST); //similar to init method, adds slider and panel to GUI
add(myPanel, BorderLayout.CENTER);
}
import java.awt.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class drawRect extends JPanel
{
private int d = 20; //this determines the beginning size of the rect.
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)//paints obj on the screen
{
super.paintComponent(g); //prepares graphic object for drawing
// ImageIcon i = new ImageIcon("A:\\Capture.png"); //location of Image
// i.paintIcon(this, g, d, d); //paints icon on screen
int originX = getWidth() / 2; //this is subtracting half of 'd' from the center point to scale it form the center
int originY = getHeight() / 2;
int x = originX - (d / 2);
int y = originY - (d / 2);
System.out.println(x + "x" + y);
g.fillRect(x, y, d, d); //paints rectangle on screen
//x , y, width, height
}

Okay, I've been playing around with this for a while I would normally use a AffineTransform for this, but it was giving me weird results I couldn't resolve...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
public class Parker {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Parker();
}
public Parker() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (Exception ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new ControlPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class ControlPane extends JPanel {
private JSlider slider; //declare slider
private DrawPane myPanel;
public ControlPane() {
setLayout(new BorderLayout());
myPanel = new DrawPane();
myPanel.setBackground(Color.cyan); //change background color
slider = new JSlider(SwingConstants.VERTICAL, 0, 400, 100);// restrains the slider from scaling square to 0-300 pixels
slider.setMajorTickSpacing(20); //will set tick marks every 10 pixels
slider.setPaintTicks(true); //this actually paints the ticks on the screen
slider.addChangeListener(
new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
myPanel.setScale(slider.getValue()); //Wherever you set the slider, it will pass that value and that will paint on the screen
}
}
);
JSlider rotate = new JSlider(SwingConstants.VERTICAL, 0, 720, 0);
rotate.setMajorTickSpacing(20); //will set tick marks every 10 pixels
rotate.setPaintTicks(true); //this actually paints the ticks on the screen
rotate.addChangeListener(
new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
JSlider slider = (JSlider) e.getSource();
myPanel.setAngle(slider.getValue());
}
}
);
add(slider, BorderLayout.WEST);
add(rotate, BorderLayout.EAST);
add(myPanel);
myPanel.setScale(400);
}
}
public class DrawPane extends JPanel {
private double scale = 1;
private double angle = 0;
private final int rectWidth = 20;
private final int rectHeight = 20;
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)//paints obj on the screen
{
super.paintComponent(g); //prepares graphic object for drawing
int originX = getWidth() / 2;
int originY = getHeight() / 2;
int xOffset = -(rectWidth / 2);
int yOffset = -(rectHeight / 2);
g.setColor(Color.BLACK);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.translate(originX, originY);
g2d.scale(scale, scale);
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(angle), 0, 0);
g2d.fill(new Rectangle2D.Double(xOffset, yOffset, rectWidth, rectHeight));
g2d.dispose();
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.drawRect(originX + xOffset, originY + yOffset, rectWidth, rectWidth);
}
public void setAngle(double angle) {
this.angle = angle;
repaint();
}
public void setScale(int scale) {
// Scaling is normalized so that 1 = 100%
this.scale = (scale / 100d);
repaint();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
}
}
Basically this uses the Graphics APIs capabilities, for simplicity (in particular with the spinning), the Graphics context is translated to the origin point. The rectangle is then paint around this origin point to allow it to be zoomed and rotate about it's center

Repeating an image based on random integers

I created a background using a relatively bland texture (it repeats well, so that's a bonus). However, on top of that, I am trying to add two images in random positions, each five times. So I tried that out with this -
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class RepeatDiagonals {
public static Image whiteOverlayStreak;
public static Image blackOverlayStreak;
public static JFrame framePanel;
public static DiagonalImages diagTest;
public static void createAndInitGUI() {
diagTest = new DiagonalImages();
framePanel = new JFrame("Diagonal Testing");
framePanel.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
framePanel.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(1020, 720));
framePanel.add(diagTest);
framePanel.pack();
framePanel.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndInitGUI();
} // public void run() Closing
}); // SwingUtilities Closing
}
}
// TODO Add in constructor for better image import
class DiagonalImages extends JPanel {
public static final String IMAGE_PATH_WHITESTREAK = "imageFolder/whiteBackgroundStreakOverlay.png";
public static final String IMAGE_PATH_BLACKSTREAK = "imageFolder/blackBackgroundStreakOverlay.png";
public static Image whiteOverlayStreak;
public static Image blackOverlayStreak;
public static Image overlayStreak;
DiagonalImages() {
loadImages();
setVisible(true);
setOpaque(false);
};
public void loadImages() {
try {
whiteOverlayStreak = ImageIO.read(new File(IMAGE_PATH_WHITESTREAK));
blackOverlayStreak = ImageIO.read(new File(IMAGE_PATH_BLACKSTREAK));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
Dimension size = this.getSize();
Insets insets = this.getInsets();
int w = size.width - insets.left - insets.right;
int h = size.height - insets.top - insets.bottom;
Random randomInteger = new Random();
randomInteger.nextInt(900);
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
int x = randomInteger.nextInt() % w;
int y = randomInteger.nextInt() % h;
g2d.drawImage(blackOverlayStreak, x, y, null);
}
for (int i2 = 0; i2 < 5; i2++){
int x2 = randomInteger.nextInt() % w;
int y2 = randomInteger.nextInt() % h;
g2d.drawImage(whiteOverlayStreak, x2, y2, null);
}
}
}
The relevant part of the main code:
// Makes the Initial BorderLayout
allContent = new ImagePanel(image);
allContent.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
allContent.add(new DiagonalImages());
allContent.add(tabbedPane, BorderLayout.CENTER);
allContent.add(logoImage, BorderLayout.NORTH);
allContent.setVisible(true);
allContent.setOpaque(false);
// Add ScrollPane
scrollPane = new JScrollPane(allContent);
scrollPane.setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.HORIZONTAL_SCROLLBAR_AS_NEEDED);
scrollPane.setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(JScrollPane.VERTICAL_SCROLLBAR_ALWAYS);
scrollPane.getVerticalScrollBar().setUnitIncrement(10);
scrollPane.setOpaque(false);
scrollPane.getViewport().setOpaque(false);
scrollPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(0, 0, 0, 0));
scrollPane.setWheelScrollingEnabled(true);
// JFrame programFrame Constructors
programFrame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
programFrame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
programFrame.add(scrollPane);
programFrame.pack();
programFrame.setVisible(true);
programFrame.setResizable(true);
programFrame.setSize(1280, 720);
programFrame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
And here's the ImagePanel I have:
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
class ImagePanel extends JPanel {
private Image image;
private boolean tile;
ImagePanel(Image image) {
this.image = image;
this.tile = false;
};
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
int iw = image.getWidth(this);
int ih = image.getHeight(this);
if (iw > 0 && ih > 0) {
for (int x = 0; x < getWidth(); x += iw) {
for (int y = 0; y < getHeight(); y += ih) {
g.drawImage(image, x, y, iw, ih, this);
}
}
}
}
}
Thanks for the (future) help!
EDIT: Made a small change based on the answer given, and it's still not working.
Okay, so the problem is that the image that's supposed to be repeated isn't actually even showing up.
EDIT2: Rewrote my entire code for this, and it's still not working. Even setting the background color isn't working, which leads me to believe it's a problem with my paintComponent.
EDIT3: paintComponent is working thanks to help. My final problem is getting it to work correctly in my main method.

First JFrame.setVisible(true); should be done last, after pack() which does layouting.
framePanel.pack();
framePanel.setVisible(true);
The images maybe better reside in the application (jar) itself, then you can use getClass().getResource("...").
They should be loaded outside paint, say in the constructor. I guess, it was test code.
public static Image whiteOverlayStreak;
public static Image blackOverlayStreak;
DiagonalImages() {
loadImages();
}
private void loadImages() {
whiteOverlayStreak = new ImageIcon(
getClass().getResource("/white.jpg")).getImage();
blackOverlayStreak = new ImageIcon(
getClass().getResource("/black.jpg")).getImage();
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
int x = r.nextInt(w);
int y = r.nextInt(h);
Your failure was not using #Override because then you would have seen, that you miswrote Graphics2D g instead of Graphics g. The function paintComponent never got called! LoL
Additional question: adding a second panel
framePanel.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
framePanel.add(diagTest, BorderLayout.CENTER);
framePanel.add(otherPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);

It wasn't really an SSCCE.
I haven't tested this fully, mainly because I didn't want to have to set up an entire Eclipse project just to point out the obvious mistake.
Separate the image process from the JPanel.
Only extend Swing components when you're modifying a component method.
Here's my version of your code. I had to modify your code to read an image to get it to work. You're going to have to figure out that part of the code yourself.
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.Random;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
class GUIImages {
private Image whiteDiagonal;
// private Image blackDiagonal;
public GUIImages() {
loadImages();
}
private void loadImages() {
try {
whiteDiagonal = ImageIO.read(new File(
"C:/Documents and Settings/BOP00082/" +
"My Documents/My Pictures/Places-icon.png"));
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// whiteDiagonal = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource(
// "imageFolder/whiteBackgroundStreakOverlay.png")).getImage();
// blackDiagonal = new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource(
// "imageFolder/blackBackgroundStreakOverlay.png")).getImage();
}
public void doDrawing(JPanel panel, Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.drawImage(createDiagonalImage(panel), 0, 0, null);
}
private Image createDiagonalImage(JPanel panel) {
BufferedImage buffImg = new BufferedImage(677, 856,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D gbi = buffImg.createGraphics();
Dimension size = panel.getSize();
Insets insets = panel.getInsets();
int w = size.width - insets.left - insets.right;
int h = size.height - insets.top - insets.bottom;
Random r = new Random();
for (int i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
int x = Math.abs(r.nextInt()) % w;
int y = Math.abs(r.nextInt()) % h;
gbi.drawImage(whiteDiagonal, x, y, null);
}
gbi.dispose();
return buffImg;
}
}
class Surface extends JPanel {
GUIImages images;
public Surface(GUIImages images) {
this.images = images;
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
images.doDrawing(this, g);
}
}
public class RepeatDiagonals implements Runnable {
JFrame frame;
#Override
public void run() {
frame = new JFrame();
frame.setTitle("Repeat Diagonals");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new Surface(new GUIImages()));
frame.setSize(350, 250);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new RepeatDiagonals());
}
}

How to setSize of image using RescaleOp

I am writing a test app. To set Alpha for image I use paintComponent method. Watch next snippet...
public class TestImage extends JLabel{
public void paintComponent( Graphics g ) {
super.paintComponent( g );
Graphics2D g2d=(Graphics2D)g;
g2d.drawImage(this.bImage, rop, 0, 0);
}
public void setRescaleOp(RescaleOp rop){this.rop=rop;}
}
As you can see,
g2d.drawImage(this.bImage, rop, 0, 0);
does not allow to set width and height as if I use g.drawImage(bImage, 0, 0,width,height, null);
So the question is... How to set width and height for bImage in this case?
Any useful comment is appreciated
Andrew

First filter(), as shown here, and then scale using drawImage() or AffineTransformOp, as shown here.
Addendum: Alternatively, you can scale the image first (using either approach above) and then use your RescaleOp in drawImage().
As an aside, RescaleOp scales the image's color bands; it does not change the image's dimensions. To avoid confusion, dimensional scaling is sometimes called resampling.
Addendum: Here's an example of using drawImage() to resample and RescaleOp to adjust the alpha of an image.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.RescaleOp;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.JSlider;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeEvent;
import javax.swing.event.ChangeListener;
/**
* #see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5838842
* #see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5864490
*/
public class AlphaTest {
private static void display() {
JFrame f = new JFrame("AlphaTest");
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon("image.jpg");
final AlphaPanel ip = new AlphaPanel(icon, 0.75);
final JSlider slider = new JSlider();
slider.addChangeListener(new ChangeListener() {
#Override
public void stateChanged(ChangeEvent e) {
int v = slider.getValue();
ip.setAlpha((float) v / slider.getMaximum());
ip.repaint();
}
});
f.add(ip, BorderLayout.CENTER);
f.add(slider, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
f.pack();
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
display();
}
});
}
}
class AlphaPanel extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage bi;
private float[] scales = {1f, 1f, 1f, 0.5f};
private float[] offsets = new float[4];
private RescaleOp rop;
public AlphaPanel(ImageIcon icon, double scale) {
int width = (int) (scale * icon.getIconWidth());
int height = (int) (scale * icon.getIconHeight());
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(width, height));
this.bi = new BufferedImage(
width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
this.bi.createGraphics().drawImage(
icon.getImage(), 0, 0, width, height, null);
rop = new RescaleOp(scales, offsets, null);
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
g2d.drawImage(bi, rop, 0, 0);
}
public void setAlpha(float alpha) {
this.scales[3] = alpha;
this.rop = new RescaleOp(scales, offsets, null);
}
}