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java changed the sign of y coordinate [duplicate]

I need to:
1.) move the origin and also rotate the coordinate plane so that x-values progress rightward and y-values progress upward from the new origin(which needs to be the bottom left corner of the inner, blue rectangle in the code below). This will enable me to plot points at x,y coordinate pairs in the code below.
2.) plot rotated labels for the tic marks on the y-axis of the data plot.
The code below sets up this problem. It works, except for two problems:
1.) the data points are being plotted with the upper left hand corner as the origin and y-values descending downward
2.) the labels for the tic marks on the y-axis are not being drawn on the screen
Can anyone show me how to fix the code below so that it fixes these two problems and does what the first paragraph above describes?
The code is in the following two java files:
DataGUI.java
import java.awt.*;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import javax.swing.*;
class DataGUI extends JFrame{
DataGUI() {
super("X,Y Plot");
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(800, 400));
this.pack();
this.setSize(new Dimension(800, 600));
this.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
setLayout(new GridLayout());
ArrayList<Double> myDiffs = new ArrayList<Double>();
myDiffs.add(25.0);
myDiffs.add(9.0);
myDiffs.add(7.0);
myDiffs.add(16.0);
myDiffs.add(15.0);
myDiffs.add(6.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(8.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(27.0);
myDiffs.add(14.0);
myDiffs.add(12.0);
myDiffs.add(19.0);
myDiffs.add(10.0);
myDiffs.add(11.0);
myDiffs.add(8.0);
myDiffs.add(19.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(16.0);
myDiffs.add(5.0);
myDiffs.add(18.0);
myDiffs.add(23.0);
myDiffs.add(9.0);
myDiffs.add(4.0);
myDiffs.add(8.0);
myDiffs.add(9.0);
myDiffs.add(3.0);
myDiffs.add(3.0);
myDiffs.add(9.0);
myDiffs.add(13.0);
myDiffs.add(17.0);
myDiffs.add(7.0);
myDiffs.add(0.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(3.0);
myDiffs.add(33.0);
myDiffs.add(23.0);
myDiffs.add(26.0);
myDiffs.add(12.0);
myDiffs.add(12.0);
myDiffs.add(19.0);
myDiffs.add(14.0);
myDiffs.add(9.0);
myDiffs.add(26.0);
myDiffs.add(24.0);
myDiffs.add(13.0);
myDiffs.add(19.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(7.0);
myDiffs.add(28.0);
myDiffs.add(15.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(5.0);
myDiffs.add(17.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(16.0);
myDiffs.add(19.0);
myDiffs.add(2.0);
myDiffs.add(31.0);
DataPanel myPP = new DataPanel(myDiffs,this.getHeight(),this.getWidth());
this.add(myPP);
this.setVisible(true);// Display the panel.
}
public static void main(String[] args){
DataGUI myDataGUI = new DataGUI();
myDataGUI.setVisible(true);
}
}
DataPanel.java (Note: I edited the code below to include trashgod's suggestions, but it still does not work.)
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import javax.swing.*;
import java.text.DecimalFormat;
import java.text.NumberFormat;
import java.util.*;
class DataPanel extends JPanel {
Insets ins; // holds the panel's insets
ArrayList<Double> myDiffs;
double maxDiff = Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY;
double minDiff = Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
double maxPlot;
DataPanel(ArrayList<Double> Diffs, int h, int w){
setOpaque(true);// Ensure that panel is opaque.
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(w, h));
setMinimumSize(new Dimension(w, h));
setMaximumSize(new Dimension(w, h));
myDiffs = Diffs;
repaint();
this.setVisible(true);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g){// Override paintComponent() method.
super.paintComponent(g);
//get data about plotting environment and about text
int height = getHeight();
int width = getWidth();
ins = getInsets();
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D)g;
FontMetrics fontMetrics = g2d.getFontMetrics();
String xString = ("x-axis label");
int xStrWidth = fontMetrics.stringWidth(xString);
int xStrHeight = fontMetrics.getHeight();
String yString = "y-axis label";
int yStrWidth = fontMetrics.stringWidth(yString);
int yStrHeight = fontMetrics.getHeight();
String titleString ="Title of Graphic";
int titleStrWidth = fontMetrics.stringWidth(titleString);
int titleStrHeight = fontMetrics.getHeight();
int leftMargin = ins.left;
//set parameters for inner rectangle
int hPad=10;
int vPad = 6;
int testLeftStartPlotWindow = ins.left+5+(3*yStrHeight);
int testInnerWidth = width-testLeftStartPlotWindow-ins.right-hPad;
getMaxMinDiffs();
getMaxPlotVal();
double increment = 5.0;
int numTicks = (int)(maxPlot/increment);//will use numTicks for: remainder, leftStartPlotWindow, innerRectangle+labels+tickmarks
int remainder = testInnerWidth%numTicks;
int leftStartPlotWindow = testLeftStartPlotWindow-remainder;
System.out.println("remainder is: "+remainder);
int bottomPad = (3*xStrHeight)-vPad;
int blueTop = ins.bottom+(vPad/2)+titleStrHeight;
int blueHeight = height-bottomPad-blueTop;
int blueWidth = blueHeight;
int blueBottom = blueHeight+blueTop;
//plot outer rectangle
g.setColor(Color.red);
int redWidth = width-leftMargin-1;
g.drawRect(leftMargin, ins.bottom, redWidth, height-ins.bottom-1);
//write top label
g.setColor(Color.black);
g.drawString(titleString, leftStartPlotWindow+((blueWidth/2)-(titleStrWidth/2)), titleStrHeight);
// fill, then plot, inner rectangle
g.setColor(Color.white);
g.fillRect(leftStartPlotWindow, blueTop, blueWidth, blueHeight);
g.setColor(Color.blue);
g.drawRect(leftStartPlotWindow, blueTop, blueWidth, blueHeight);
//scale the diffs to fit window
double Scalar = blueWidth/maxPlot;
ArrayList<Double> scaledDiffs = new ArrayList<Double>();
for(int e = 0;e<myDiffs.size();e++){scaledDiffs.add(myDiffs.get(e)*Scalar);}
//plot the scaled Diffs
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();//save the graphics context's transform
g2d.translate(leftStartPlotWindow, blueTop);//translate origin to bottom-left corner of blue rectangle
g2d.scale(1, -1);//invert the y-axis
for(int w = 0;w<scaledDiffs.size();w++){
if(w>0){
double prior = scaledDiffs.get(w-1);
int priorInt = (int)prior;
double current = scaledDiffs.get(w);
int currentInt = (int)current;
g2d.drawOval(priorInt, currentInt, 4, 4);
}
}
g2d.setTransform(at);//restore the transform for conventional rendering
//write x-axis label
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.drawString(xString, leftStartPlotWindow+((blueWidth/2)-(xStrWidth/2)), height-ins.bottom-vPad);
//write y-axis label
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(-90), 0, 0);//rotate text 90 degrees counter-clockwise
g.drawString(yString, -(height/2)-(yStrWidth/2), yStrHeight);
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(+90), 0, 0);//rotate text 90 degrees clockwise
// draw tick marks on x-axis
NumberFormat formatter = new DecimalFormat("#0.0");
double k = (double)blueWidth/(double)numTicks;
double iteration = 0;
for(int h=0;h<=numTicks;h++){
int xval = (int)(h*k);
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.drawLine(leftStartPlotWindow+xval, blueBottom+2, leftStartPlotWindow+xval, blueBottom+(xStrHeight/2));//draw tick marks
g.drawString(formatter.format(iteration),leftStartPlotWindow+xval-(fontMetrics.stringWidth(Double.toString(iteration))/2),blueBottom+(xStrHeight/2)+13);
iteration+=increment;
}
// draw tick marks on y-axis
iteration = 0;
for(int h=0;h<=numTicks;h++){
int yval = (int)(h*k);
g.setColor(Color.red);
g.drawLine(leftStartPlotWindow-2, blueBottom-yval, leftStartPlotWindow-(yStrHeight/2), blueBottom-yval);//draw tick marks
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(-90), 0, 0);//rotate text 90 degrees counter-clockwise
g.drawString(formatter.format(iteration),leftStartPlotWindow-2,blueBottom-(fontMetrics.stringWidth(Double.toString(iteration))/2));
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(+90), 0, 0);//rotate text 90 degrees clockwise
iteration+=increment;
}
}
void getMaxMinDiffs(){// get max and min of Diffs
for(int u = 0;u<myDiffs.size();u++){
if(myDiffs.get(u)>maxDiff){maxDiff = myDiffs.get(u);}
if(myDiffs.get(u)<minDiff){minDiff = myDiffs.get(u);}
}
}
void getMaxPlotVal(){
maxPlot = maxDiff;
maxPlot += 1;//make sure maxPlot is bigger than the max data value
while(maxPlot%5!=0){maxPlot+=1;}//make sure maxPlot is a multiple of 5
}
}
Also, as always, links to articles or tutorials on the topic are much appreciated.

One approach is shown in SineTest. In outline,
Save the graphics context's transform.
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
AffineTransform at = g2d.getTransform();
Translate the origin to the center.
g2d.translate(w / 2, h / 2);
Invert the y-axis.
g2d.scale(1, -1);
Render using cartesian coordinates.
Restore the transform for conventional rendering.
g2d.setTransform(at);

Apologies for somewhat incomplete answer, but this may get your gears turning. Java draws things the way you described them: It considers the top left corner of the screen to be 0, 0 and draws x increasing to the right and y increasing downwards. If you make the line that states
g2d.drawOval(priorInt, currentInt, 4, 4);
into
g2d.drawOval(blueWidth - priorInt, blueHeight - currentInt, 4, 4);
it should yield the correct results for your first issue. I need a bit more info on the second problem to help you with that one though. Are they just off the screen or are the getting drawn over by something else? Try flipping +s and -s around to see if you can get the correct result if that is the case.

Drawing fully transparent "white" in Java BufferedImage

This might sound like a bit of strange title, but bear with me, there is a reason:
I am trying to generate a white glow around a text on a gray background.
To generate the glow, I created a new BufferedImage that's bigger than the text, then I drew the text in white onto the canvas of the image and ran a Gaussian Blur over the image via a ConvolveOp, hoping for something like this:
At first I was a bit surprised when the glow turned out darker than the gray background of the text:
But after a bit of thinking, I understood the problem:
The convolution operates on each color channel (R, G, B, and A) independently to calculate the blurred image. The transparent background of the picture has color value 0x00000000, i.e. a fully transparent black! So, when the convolution filter runs over the image, it not only blends the alpha value, but also mixes the black into the RGB values of the white pixels. This is why the glow comes out dark.
To fix this, I need to initialize the image to 0x00FFFFFF, i.e. a fully transparent white instead, but if I just set that color and fill a rectangle with it, it simply does nothing as Java says "well, it's a fully transparent rectangle that you're drawing! That's not going to change the image... Let me optimize that away for you... Done... You're welcome.".
If I instead set the color to 0x01FFFFFF, i.e. an almost fully transparent white, it does draw the rectangle and the glow looks beautiful, except I end up with a very faint white box around it...
Is there a way I can initialize the image to 0x00FFFFFF everywhere?
UPDATE:
I found one way, but it's probably as non-optimal as you can get:
I draw an opaque white rectangle onto the image and then I run a RescaleOp over the image that sets all alpha values to 0. This works, but it's probably a terrible approach as far as performance goes.
Can I do better somehow?
PS: I'm also open to entirely different suggestions for creating such a glow effect

The main reason why the glow appeared darker with your initial approach is most likely that you did not use an image with a premultiplied alpha component. The JavaDoc of ConvolveOp contains some information about how the alpha component is treated during a convolution.
You could work around this with an "almost fully transparent white". But alternatively, you may simply use an image with premultiplied alpha, i.e. one with the type TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE.
Here is a MCVE that draws a panel with some text, and some pulsing glow around the text (remove the timer and set a fixed radius to remove the pulse - I couldn't resist playing around a little here ...).
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.image.ConvolveOp;
import java.awt.image.Kernel;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class TextGlowTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
private static void createAndShowGUI()
{
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
f.getContentPane().add(new TextGlowPanel());
f.setSize(300,200);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class TextGlowPanel extends JPanel
{
private BufferedImage image;
private int radius = 1;
TextGlowPanel()
{
Timer t = new Timer(50, new ActionListener()
{
long startMillis = -1;
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
{
if (startMillis == -1)
{
startMillis = System.currentTimeMillis();
}
long d = System.currentTimeMillis() - startMillis;
double s = d / 1000.0;
radius = (int)(1 + 15 * (Math.sin(s * 3) * 0.5 + 0.5));
repaint();
}
});
t.start();
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics gr)
{
super.paintComponent(gr);
gr.setColor(Color.GRAY);
int w = getWidth();
int h = getHeight();
gr.fillRect(0, 0, w, h);
if (image == null || image.getWidth() != w || image.getHeight() != h)
{
// Must be prmultiplied!
image = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE);
}
Graphics2D g = image.createGraphics();
Font font = g.getFont().deriveFont(70.0f).deriveFont(Font.BOLD);
g.setFont(font);
g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
g.setColor(new Color(255,255,255,0));
g.fillRect(0,0,w,h);
g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.SrcOver);
g.setColor(new Color(255,255,255,0));
g.fillRect(0,0,w,h);
g.setColor(Color.WHITE);
g.drawString("Glow!", 50, 100);
image = getGaussianBlurFilter(radius, true).filter(image, null);
image = getGaussianBlurFilter(radius, false).filter(image, null);
g.dispose();
g = image.createGraphics();
g.setFont(font);
g.setColor(Color.BLUE);
g.drawString("Glow!", 50, 100);
g.dispose();
gr.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
}
// From
// http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/Advanced-Graphics/GaussianBlurDemo.htm
public static ConvolveOp getGaussianBlurFilter(
int radius, boolean horizontal)
{
if (radius < 1)
{
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Radius must be >= 1");
}
int size = radius * 2 + 1;
float[] data = new float[size];
float sigma = radius / 3.0f;
float twoSigmaSquare = 2.0f * sigma * sigma;
float sigmaRoot = (float) Math.sqrt(twoSigmaSquare * Math.PI);
float total = 0.0f;
for (int i = -radius; i <= radius; i++)
{
float distance = i * i;
int index = i + radius;
data[index] =
(float) Math.exp(-distance / twoSigmaSquare) / sigmaRoot;
total += data[index];
}
for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i++)
{
data[i] /= total;
}
Kernel kernel = null;
if (horizontal)
{
kernel = new Kernel(size, 1, data);
}
else
{
kernel = new Kernel(1, size, data);
}
return new ConvolveOp(kernel, ConvolveOp.EDGE_NO_OP, null);
}
}

I've found that clearRect should paint a transparent color.
g.setBackground(new Color(0x00FFFFFF, true));
g.clearRect(0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
You should also be able to force the BufferedImage to fill with a transparent color by setting the pixel data directly.
public static void forceFill(BufferedImage img, int rgb) {
for(int x = 0; x < img.getWidth(); x++) {
for(int y = 0; y < img.getHeight(); y++) {
img.setRGB(x, y, rgb);
}
}
}
It is not clearly documented but I tested it and setRGB appears to accept an ARGB value.

Is there a "fill" function for arbitrary shapes in javafx?

I need to know in which way I can color the following image (PNG) by using JavaFX. This image is currently included in a ImageView of JavaFX:
I want to color region 1 blue, the second one red, and the last two purple. How can I do this in JavaFX? Isn't there some kind of function as in Windows Paint? (You know, the painting bucket that fills a certain area with a color between borders).

Suggested Approach
You can use a flood fill algorithm.
Sample Code
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.geometry.Insets;
import javafx.geometry.Point2D;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.image.*;
import javafx.scene.layout.HBox;
import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import java.util.Stack;
public class UnleashTheKraken extends Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
launch(args);
}
#Override
public void start(final Stage stage) {
Image original = new Image(
"http://s12.postimg.org/wofhjvy2h/image_2.jpg"
);
WritableImage updateable = new WritableImage(
original.getPixelReader(),
(int) original.getWidth(),
(int) original.getHeight()
);
Kraken kraken = new Kraken(updateable, Color.WHITE);
kraken.unleash(new Point2D(40, 40), Color.BLUE);
kraken.unleash(new Point2D(40, 100), Color.RED);
kraken.unleash(new Point2D(100, 100), Color.GREEN);
kraken.unleash(new Point2D(120, 40), Color.YELLOW);
ImageView originalView = new ImageView(original);
ImageView filledView = new ImageView(updateable);
HBox layout = new HBox(10, originalView, filledView);
layout.setPadding(new Insets(10));
stage.setScene(new Scene(layout));
stage.show();
}
class Kraken {
private final WritableImage image;
private final Color colorToFill;
// tolerance for color matching (on a scale of 0 to 1);
private final double E = 0.3;
public Kraken(WritableImage image, Color colorToFill) {
this.image = image;
this.colorToFill = colorToFill;
}
public void unleash(Point2D start, Color color) {
PixelReader reader = image.getPixelReader();
PixelWriter writer = image.getPixelWriter();
Stack<Point2D> stack = new Stack<>();
stack.push(start);
while (!stack.isEmpty()) {
Point2D point = stack.pop();
int x = (int) point.getX();
int y = (int) point.getY();
if (filled(reader, x, y)) {
continue;
}
writer.setColor(x, y, color);
push(stack, x - 1, y - 1);
push(stack, x - 1, y );
push(stack, x - 1, y + 1);
push(stack, x , y + 1);
push(stack, x + 1, y + 1);
push(stack, x + 1, y );
push(stack, x + 1, y - 1);
push(stack, x, y - 1);
}
}
private void push(Stack<Point2D> stack, int x, int y) {
if (x < 0 || x > image.getWidth() ||
y < 0 || y > image.getHeight()) {
return;
}
stack.push(new Point2D(x, y));
}
private boolean filled(PixelReader reader, int x, int y) {
Color color = reader.getColor(x, y);
return !withinTolerance(color, colorToFill, E);
}
private boolean withinTolerance(Color a, Color b, double epsilon) {
return
withinTolerance(a.getRed(), b.getRed(), epsilon) &&
withinTolerance(a.getGreen(), b.getGreen(), epsilon) &&
withinTolerance(a.getBlue(), b.getBlue(), epsilon);
}
private boolean withinTolerance(double a, double b, double epsilon) {
return Math.abs(a - b) < epsilon;
}
}
}
Answers to additional questions
But wouldn't the image be colored pixel by pixel?
Yes, that's the point, you need to shade the pixels. Everything in computer graphics with bitmapped displays eventually comes down to coloring pixels.
Is this an efficient way in coloring?
It's instantaneous (as far as I can tell) on the sample image you provided. Space-wise it takes up some memory, but all such algorithms will use memory. The sample code I provided is not the most efficient flood fill shading algorithm which could be devised (time or space wise). The wikipedia page I linked has alternate more efficient (and more complicated) algorithms you could apply if you needed to.
Alternate Approach
If you have a cut-out stencil shape for each area, you could stack the stencils and apply ColorAdjust effects to them (such as in: How to change color of image in JavaFX). The ColorAdjust is (likely) a hardware accelerated effect. This alternate is not a general approach though as it requires you to know the stencil shapes.

Shape circle = new Circle(x,y,r);
Shape rect = new Rectangle(x,y,w,h);
Shape region1 = Shape.subtract(circle, rect);// to "cut" the rect away from a circle.
// You'll need to do this twice for each piece.
region1 = Shape.subtract(region1,anotherRect);
region1.setFill(Color.BLUE);
// Then simply add your shape to a node and set it's translation.
The way this works is that where the rectangle overlaps the circle, that part of the circle will be removed.

Creating Brighter Color? (Java)

I was trying to create a brighter color using the default colors that java.awt.Color provides
but when I draw using the 2 colors, they appear to be the same?
Color blue = Color.BLUE;
Color brighterBlue = blue.brighter();
test.setColor(blue);
test.fillCircle(size);
test.setColor(brighterBlue);
test.drawCircle(size);

There are a lot of ways to approach this problem.
The most obvious way is to add a fraction to an existing color value, for example...
int red = 128;
float fraction = 0.25f; // brighten by 25%
red = red + (red * float);
Instead, you could apply a load factor to the color instead. We know the maximum value for a color element is 255, so instead of trying to increasing the color factor itself, you could increase the color element by a factor of the over all color range, for example
int red = 128;
float fraction = 0.25f; // brighten by 25%
red = red + (255 * fraction); // 191.75
This basically increases the color element by a factor 255 instead...cheeky. Now we also need to take into consideration the fact that the color should never be greater than 255
This will allow you to force colors to approach white as the brighten and black as the darken...
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.Rectangle;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class BrighterColor {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new BrighterColor();
}
public BrighterColor() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
public TestPane() {
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
Rectangle rec = new Rectangle(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight() / 2);
g2d.setColor(Color.BLUE);
g2d.fill(rec);
g2d.translate(0, getHeight() / 2);
g2d.setColor(brighten(Color.BLUE, 0.25));
g2d.fill(rec);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
/**
* Make a color brighten.
*
* #param color Color to make brighten.
* #param fraction Darkness fraction.
* #return Lighter color.
*/
public static Color brighten(Color color, double fraction) {
int red = (int) Math.round(Math.min(255, color.getRed() + 255 * fraction));
int green = (int) Math.round(Math.min(255, color.getGreen() + 255 * fraction));
int blue = (int) Math.round(Math.min(255, color.getBlue() + 255 * fraction));
int alpha = color.getAlpha();
return new Color(red, green, blue, alpha);
}
}

Quoting the docs:
This method applies an arbitrary scale factor to each of the three RGB components of this Color to create a brighter version of this Color.
So, assuming that Color.blue is the color rgb(0, 0, 255), the brighter method would attempt to:
Multiply the 0s by the scale factor, resulting in 0s again; and
Multiply the 255 by a scale factor, which because of capping results in 255 again.
Do note that the hue-saturation-value (where "value" is the same as "brightness") colour coordinate model is not the same as the hue-saturation-lightness model, which behaves somewhat more intuitively. (See Wikipedia on HSL and HSV.) Unfortunately Java doesn't have HSL calculations built in, but you should be able to find those by searching easily.

How to change the brightness of an Image

My Question: I want to be able to change the brightness of a resource image and have three instances of it as ImageIcons. One at 50% brightness (so darker), another at 75% brightness (a little brighter), and finally another at 100% brightness (the same as the original image). I also want to preserve transparency.
What I've tried: I've searched around and it looks like the best solution is using RescaleOp, but I just can't figure it out. I don't know what the scaleFactor and the offset is all about. Here's my code for what I've tried.
public void initialize(String imageLocation, float regularBrightness, float focusedBrightness, float pressedBrightness, String borderTitle) throws IOException {
BufferedImage bufferedImage = ImageIO.read(ButtonIcon.class.getResource(imageLocation));
setRegularIcon(getAlteredImageIcon(bufferedImage, regularBrightness));
setFocusedIcon(getAlteredImageIcon(bufferedImage, focusedBrightness));
setPressedIcon(getAlteredImageIcon(bufferedImage, pressedBrightness));
setTitle(borderTitle);
init();
}
private ImageIcon getAlteredImageIcon(BufferedImage bufferedImage, float brightness) {
RescaleOp rescaleOp = new RescaleOp(brightness, 0, null);
return new ImageIcon(rescaleOp.filter(bufferedImage, null));
}
The call would be something like this:
seeATemplateButton.initialize("/resources/templateIcon-regular.png", 100f, 75f, 50f, "See A Template");
//I think my 100f, 75f, 50f variables need to change, but whenever I change them it behaves unexpectedly (changes colors and stuff).
What happens with that code: The image appears "invisible" I know it's there because it's on a JLabel with a mouse clicked event on it and that works just fine. If I just skip the brightness changing part and say setRegularIcon(new ImageIcon(Button.class.getResource(imageLocation)); it works just fine, but obviously it's not any darker.
What I think I need: Some help understanding what offset, scaleFactor, and the filter method mean/do, and consequently what numbers to give for the brightness variable.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

The doc says:
The pseudo code for the rescaling operation is as follows:
for each pixel from Source object {
for each band/component of the pixel {
dstElement = (srcElement*scaleFactor) + offset
}
}
It's just a linear transformation on every pixel. The parameters for that transformation are scaleFactor and offset. If you want 100% brightness, this transform must be an identity, i.e. dstElement = srcElement. Setting scaleFactor = 1 and offset = 0 does the trick.
Now suppose you want to make the image darker, at 75% brightness like you say. That amounts to multiplying the pixel values by 0.75. You want: dstElement = 0.75 * srcElement. So setting scaleFactor = 0.75 and offset = 0 should do the trick. The problem with your values is that they go from 0 to 100, you need to use values between 0 and 1.

I would suggest just writing over the image with a semi-transparent black.
Assuming you want to write directly on the image:
Graphics g = img.getGraphics();
float percentage = .5f; // 50% bright - change this (or set dynamically) as you feel fit
int brightness = (int)(256 - 256 * percentage);
g.setColor(new Color(0,0,0,brightness));
g.fillRect(0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
Or if you're just using the image for display purposes, do it in the paintComponent method. Here's an SSCCE:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.*;
public class ImageBrightener extends JPanel{
BufferedImage img;
float percentage = 0.5f;
public Dimension getPreferredSize(){
return new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
public ImageBrightener(){
try {
img = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1176/230441-thehoff_super.jpeg"));
} catch (IOException e) {
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g){
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
int brightness = (int)(256 - 256 * percentage);
g.setColor(new Color(0,0,0,brightness));
g.fillRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
}
public static void main(String[] args){
final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new ImageBrightener());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
}
EDIT
Assuming the same code as above, you can manipulate everything besides the Alpha by messing with the rasterizer. Here's an example (paint shadedImage instead of img if using this exmaple). Please note this doesn't catch edge cases of RGB values greater than 256 and less than 0.
img = ImageIO.read(new URL("http://media.giantbomb.com/uploads/0/1176/230441-thehoff_super.jpeg"));
shadedImage = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth(), img.getWidth(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
shadedImage.getGraphics().drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
WritableRaster wr = shadedImage.getRaster();
int[] pixel = new int[4];
for(int i = 0; i < wr.getWidth(); i++){
for(int j = 0; j < wr.getHeight(); j++){
wr.getPixel(i, j, pixel);
pixel[0] = (int) (pixel[0] * percentage);
pixel[1] = (int) (pixel[1] * percentage);
pixel[2] = (int) (pixel[2] * percentage);
wr.setPixel(i, j, pixel);
}
}

A few more examples for study:
AlphaTest rescales just the alpha transparency of an image between zero and one with no offsets. Coincidentally, it also resamples the image to three-quarter size.
RescaleOpTest does the same using a fixed scale and no offsets.
RescaleTest scales all bands of an image between zero and two with no offsets.
As noted in the API, the scale and offset are applied to each band as the slope and y-intercept, respectively, of a linear function.
dstElement = (srcElement*scaleFactor) + offset

Basic logic is take RGB value of each pixel ,add some factor to it,set it again to resulltant matrix(Buffered Image)
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.Color;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.io.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
class psp{
public static void main(String a[]){
try{
File input=new File("input.jpg");
File output=new File("output1.jpg");
BufferedImage picture1 = ImageIO.read(input); // original
BufferedImage picture2= new BufferedImage(picture1.getWidth(), picture1.getHeight(),BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
int width = picture1.getWidth();
int height = picture1.getHeight();
int factor=50;//chose it according to your need(keep it less than 100)
for (int y = 0; y < height ; y++) {//loops for image matrix
for (int x = 0; x < width ; x++) {
Color c=new Color(picture1.getRGB(x,y));
//adding factor to rgb values
int r=c.getRed()+factor;
int b=c.getBlue()+factor;
int g=c.getGreen()+factor;
if (r >= 256) {
r = 255;
} else if (r < 0) {
r = 0;
}
if (g >= 256) {
g = 255;
} else if (g < 0) {
g = 0;
}
if (b >= 256) {
b = 255;
} else if (b < 0) {
b = 0;
}
picture2.setRGB(x, y,new Color(r,g,b).getRGB());
}
}
ImageIO.write(picture2,"jpg",output);
}catch(Exception e){
System.out.println(e);
}
}}