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Render premultiplied data to transparent PNG file in Java

Long story short I have premultiplied Texture. I grab a FrameBuffer, clear it with (0,0,0,0), set the blend mode to glBlendFunc(GL_ONE, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA), and render the Texture. Then I grab the pixels glReadPixels(0, 0, width, height, GL_RGBA, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, byteBufferPixels); and use that:
BufferedImage screenshot = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
screenshot.setRGB(0, 0, width, height, argbInts, 0, width);
try {
ImageIO.write(screenshot, "png", file);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
I also have tried BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE with no change.
The result is this:
How do I get a nice transparent PNG file out of premultiplied pixel data in OpenGL?
Thanks!

The JavaDoc for BufferedImage.setRGB(...) says:
Sets an array of integer pixels in the default RGB color model (TYPE_INT_ARGB) and default sRGB color space, into a portion of the image data.
This means that your input data argbInts needs to be in non-premultiplied form, regardless of the destination image type. It's of course possible to un-multiply the input pixel data before passing it to the setRGB method, but it's a bit tedious for an array with packed ints, so I leave that as an exercise for the reader... 😉
Instead, it is much easier to just change the image to TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE and set the pixel data directly with the original premultiplied pixels, like this:
BufferedImage screenshot = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE);
// Safe cast for TYPE_INT_*
int[] imageData = ((DataBufferInt) screenshot.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();
System.arraycopy(argbInts, 0, imageData, 0, argbInts.length));
try {
ImageIO.write(screenshot, "PNG", file);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}

Image quality reduces (turns reddish) as JPEG with BufferedImage

I am making a program where I extract out pixel array from an image, Take out ARGB values. And write them back again to make another image.
BufferedImage imagebuffer = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Downloads\\w3.jpg"));
iw = imagebuffer.getWidth();
ih = imagebuffer.getHeight();
pixels = new int[iw * ih];
PixelGrabber pg = new PixelGrabber(imagebuffer, 0, 0, iw, ih, pixels, 0, iw);
pg.grabPixels();
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
image.setRGB(0, 0, width, height, pixels, 0, width);
ImageIO.write(image, "jpg", new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Desktop\\out.jpg"));
ImageIO.write(image, "gif", new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Desktop\\out.gif"));
ImageIO.write(image, "png", new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Desktop\\out.png"));
Now output image for png and gif look fine but the output jpg image turns out quite reddish.
This is the original image
And this is the output jpg image
Any idea what might be causing this? Any push towards the right direction will be appreciated.

I dont know if this will work for you, but I always did it pixel-by-pixel.
So :
BufferedImage imagebuffer = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Downloads\\w3.jpg"));
iw = imagebuffer.getWidth();
ih = imagebuffer.getHeight();
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(iw,ih,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
for (int x=0; x < iw; x++) {
for (int y=0; y < ih; y++) {
image.setRGB(x,y,imagebuffer.getRGB(x,y));
}
}
ImageIO.write(image, "jpg", new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Desktop\\out.jpg"));
ImageIO.write(image, "gif", new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Desktop\\out.gif"));
ImageIO.write(image, "png", new File("C:\\Users\\Ramandeep\\Desktop\\out.png"));
And it this way has a similar count of lines, so I think you could give it a try.
If you'd like to insert text, id ìmport java.awt.*;, what includes Graphics and Graphics2D and Font, and then :
Font font=new Font("Sans,0,20); //Name, type(none, bold, italic), size
Graphics2D imagegraphics=imagebuffer.createGraphics();
imagegraphics.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); //enable antialiasing
imagegraphics.setFont(font);
imagegraphics.setColor(Color.BLACK);
String yourtext="Fighter";
int h=imagegraphics.getFontMetrics().getHeight();
int w=imagegraphics.getFontMetrics().stringWidth(yourtext);
imagegraphics.drawString(yourtext,5,h); //Draw text upper left corner, note that y-value is the bottom line of the string
EDIT :
It was the Alpha value. Fixed by :
BufferedImage image = new
BufferedImage(iw,ih,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); //RGB, jpeg hasnt got alpha, ints have been converted as if they contain red first, but its alpha(the first bytes, these ints are interpreted bitwise i think) (argb), so it became more red.

Convert color image into black and white using java created from scratch

I want to convert my picture from colored to Black and white which seems to be created from scratch.
Here is the code which i tried as described on the different post:
BufferedImage bi = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/***/Documents/Photograph.jpg"));
ColorConvertOp op =
new ColorConvertOp(ColorSpace.getInstance(ColorSpace.CS_GRAY), null);
ImageIO.write(bi, "PNG", new File("/Users/bng/Documents/rendered2.png"));
op.filter(bi, bi);
But still my image is not converted to the Black and white. Additionally, this code is increasing the rendered2.png image size to 10 folds.
Also, it would be great if i could find some Java 8 way of doing this.
Any suggestions?

Here is the code which worked for me:
BufferedImage input = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/bng/Documents/Photograph.jpg"));
// Create a black-and-white image of the same size.
BufferedImage im = new BufferedImage(input.getWidth(), input.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY);
// Get the graphics context for the black-and-white image.
Graphics2D g2d = im.createGraphics();
// Render the input image on it.
g2d.drawImage(input, 0, 0, null);
// Store the resulting image using the PNG format.
ImageIO.write(im, "PNG", new File("/Users/bng/Documents/rendered.png"));
It was BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_BINARY which provided me the exact solution.
Lokking for the Java 8 Version for above code.

You have to find RGB of the existing colors of the image you want to change it.
Fyi, you want to change it as white RGB value is (255,255,255) and for black RGB value is (0,0,0)
Following method easily do the color change if you apply correct way of your requirement
private BufferedImage changeColor(BufferedImage image, int srcColor, int replaceColor)
{
BufferedImage destImage = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g = destImage.createGraphics();
g.drawImage(image, null, 0, 0);
g.dispose();
for (int width = 0; width < image.getWidth(); width++)
{
for (int height = 0; height < image.getHeight(); height++)
{
if (destImage.getRGB(width, height) == srcColor)
{
destImage.setRGB(width, height, replaceColor);
}
}
}
return destImage;
}

you have to use the ColorConvertOp in a proper way:
create Source image
apply filter
save dest
example:
BufferedImage src = ImageIO.read(new File("/Users/***/Documents/Photograph.jpg"));
ColorConvertOp op =
new ColorConvertOp(ColorSpace.getInstance(ColorSpace.CS_GRAY), null);
BufferedImage dest = op.filter(src, null);
ImageIO.write(dest, "PNG", new File("/Users/bng/Documents/rendered2.png"));
src:
dest:

Transparent regions of a BufferedImage are writing out black

I know this is something to do with compositing but I can't work out what. In an earlier section of code, a particular list of pixels in a BufferedImage are set to be transparent black:
for(Pixel p : closed){
Color c = new Color(image.getRGB(p.x, p.y));
Color newC = new Color(0,0,0, 0);
image.setRGB(p.x, p.y, newC.getRGB() & 0x00000000);
}
if(andCrop){
image = image.getSubimage(left, top, right-left, bottom-top);
}
return image;
Then I attempt to write the image out:
try {
BufferedImage out = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(), java.awt.Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
Graphics2D g2d = out.createGraphics();
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Clear);
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
g2d.drawImage(image, 0, 0, image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(), null);
g2d.dispose();
File outputfile = new File(file);
ImageIO.write(out, "png", outputfile);
} catch (IOException e) {
}
Now, I know that 'out' is clear before I attempt to draw the image onto it. What I'm not getting is what's wrong with my compositing. Instead of coming out as transparent, I'm getting full-black.
All bufferedimages used are INT_ARGB.
EDIT - This has been solved. The image source was from ImageIO.read and the BufferedImage returned did not support alpha. A quick post-read conversion let the rest of the code run smoothly.

Things that comes to my mind... (thanks to Andrew):
java.awt.Transparency.TRANSLUCENT = 3
TYPE_INT_ARGB = 2
TYPE_INT_ARGB_PRE = 3
public BufferedImage(int width,
int height,
int imageType)
Constructs a BufferedImage of one of the predefined image types. (TYPE_...)
http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/image/BufferedImage.html
so it seems as basically it's a mixup.
Besides, what is the effect you want to achieve? you clear an empty image, then draw fully transparent pixels to it... I just don't get it.

Whelp, this has been downvoted now so I'm not sure this will be relevant, but the issue was that the original BufferedImage was being read in by ImageIO, and this image was not supporting ARGB. A quick post-read conversion allowed the rest of the code to work.

Converting transparent gif / png to jpeg using java

I'd like to convert gif images to jpeg using Java. It works great for most images, but I have a simple transparent gif image:
Input gif image http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2103/indexedtestal7.gif
[In case the image is missing: it's a blue circle with transparent pixels around it]
When I convert this image using the following code:
File file = new File("indexed_test.gif");
BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(file);
File f = new File("indexed_test.jpg");
ImageIO.write(image, "jpg", f);
This code works without throwing an Exception, but results an invalid jpeg image:
[In case the image is missing: IE cannot show the jpeg, Firefox shows the image with invalid colors.]
I'm using Java 1.5.
I also tried converting the sample gif to png with gimp and using the png as an input for the Java code. The result is the same.
Is it a bug in the JDK? How can I convert images correctly preferably without 3rd party libraries?
UPDATE:
Answers indicate that jpeg conversion cannot handle transparency correctly (I still think that this is a bug) and suggest a workaround for replacing transparent pixels with predefined color. Both of the suggested methods are quite complex, so I've implemented a simpler one (will post as an answer). I accept the first published answer with this workaround (by Markus). I don't know which implementation is the better. I go for the simplest one still I found a gif where it's not working.

For Java 6 (and 5 too, I think):
BufferedImage bufferedImage = new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(null), image.getHeight(null), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
g = bufferedImage.createGraphics();
//Color.WHITE estes the background to white. You can use any other color
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, bufferedImage.getWidth(), bufferedImage.getHeight(), Color.WHITE, null);

As already mentioned in the UPDATE of the question I've implemented a simpler way of replacing transparent pixels with predefined color:
public static BufferedImage fillTransparentPixels( BufferedImage image,
Color fillColor ) {
int w = image.getWidth();
int h = image.getHeight();
BufferedImage image2 = new BufferedImage(w, h,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g = image2.createGraphics();
g.setColor(fillColor);
g.fillRect(0,0,w,h);
g.drawRenderedImage(image, null);
g.dispose();
return image2;
}
and I call this method before jpeg conversion in this way:
if( inputImage.getColorModel().getTransparency() != Transparency.OPAQUE) {
inputImage = fillTransparentPixels(inputImage, Color.WHITE);
}

The problem (at least with png to jpg conversion) is that the color scheme isn't the same, because jpg doesn't support transparency.
What we've done successfully is something along these lines (this is pulled from various bits of code - so please forgive the crudeness of the formatting):
File file = new File("indexed_test.gif");
BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(file);
int width = image.getWidth();
int height = image.getHeight();
BufferedImage jpgImage;
//you can probably do this without the headless check if you just use the first block
if (GraphicsEnvironment.isHeadless()) {
if (image.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_CUSTOM) {
//coerce it to TYPE_INT_ARGB and cross fingers -- PNGs give a TYPE_CUSTOM and that doesn't work with
//trying to create a new BufferedImage
jpgImage = new BufferedImage(width,height,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
} else {
jpgImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, image.getType());
}
} else {
jgpImage = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().
getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration().
createCompatibleImage(width, height, image.getTransparency());
}
//copy the original to the new image
Graphics2D g2 = null;
try {
g2 = jpg.createGraphics();
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION,
RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC);
g2.drawImage(image, 0, 0, width, height, null);
}
finally {
if (g2 != null) {
g2.dispose();
}
}
File f = new File("indexed_test.jpg");
ImageIO.write(jpgImage, "jpg", f);
This works for png to jpg and gif to jpg. And you will have a white background where the transparent bits were. You can change this by having g2 fill the image with another color before the drawImage call.

3 months late, but I am having a very similar problem (although not even loading a gif, but simply generating a transparent image - say, no background, a colored shape - where when saving to jpeg, all colors are messed up, not only the background)
Found this bit of code in this rather old thread of the java2d-interest list, thought I'd share, because after a quick test, it is much more performant than your solution:
final WritableRaster raster = img.getRaster();
final WritableRaster newRaster = raster.createWritableChild(0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight(), 0, 0, new int[]{0, 1, 2});
// create a ColorModel that represents the one of the ARGB except the alpha channel
final DirectColorModel cm = (DirectColorModel) img.getColorModel();
final DirectColorModel newCM = new DirectColorModel(cm.getPixelSize(), cm.getRedMask(), cm.getGreenMask(), cm.getBlueMask());
// now create the new buffer that we'll use to write the image
return new BufferedImage(newCM, newRaster, false, null);
Unfortunately, I can't say I understand exactly what it does ;)

If you create a BufferedImage of type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB and save to JPEG weird things will result. In my case the colors are scewed into orange. In other cases the produced image might be invalid and other readers will refuse loading it.
But if you create an image of type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB then saving it to JPEG works fine.
I think this is therefore a bug in Java JPEG image writer - it should write only what it can without transparency (like what .NET GDI+ does). Or in the worst case thrown an exception with a meaningful message e.g. "cannot write an image that has transparency".

JPEG has no support for transparency. So even when you get the circle color correctly you will still have a black or white background, depending on your encoder and/or renderer.

BufferedImage originalImage = ImageIO.read(getContent());
BufferedImage newImage = new BufferedImage(originalImage.getWidth(), originalImage.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR);
for (int x = 0; x < originalImage.getWidth(); x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < originalImage.getHeight(); y++) {
newImage.setRGB(x, y, originalImage.getRGB(x, y));
}
}
ImageIO.write(newImage, "jpg", f);
7/9/2020 Edit: added imageIO.write