Flickering when drawing onto bufferedImage - java

I have a 3d-object composed of multiple polygons that I draw using graphics2D. When I rotate it it, it seems as if it has not enough time to draw the entire object at every frame since at some frames, some of the polygons are simply missing(not drawn). I don't understand how that can be since I in paintComponent first draw all the polygons onto the bufferedImage myImg, and then draw the finished image onto the screen. When I remove clearRect, this issue is resolved but then of course it doesn't remove the last frame's drawing before drawing the next.
Note: I'm an amateur but I've tried really hard understanding and so this is my last resort and would be really glad to get some help. The code (with unnecessary code removed is as follows) :
public class Main {
long temp = System.currentTimeMillis() + frameRate;
public static void main(String[] args) {
myGUI = new GUI(width, height);
while(true) {
if (System.currentTimeMillis() >= temp) {
temp += frameRate;
rotateObject();
myGUI.myCanvas.myLabel.repaint();
}
}
}
}
public class GUI extends JFrame {
public Canvas myCanvas;
public GUI(int w, int h) {
this.setSize(w, h);
this.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
myCanvas = new Canvas(w, h);
this.getContentPane().add(myCanvas);
this.setVisible(true);
this.pack();
}
}
public class Canvas extends JPanel {
public BufferedImage myImg;
public Graphics2D g2d;
public JLabel myLabel;
public Canvas(int w, int h) {
myImg = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR);
myLabel = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(myImg));
this.add(myLabel);
g2d = myImg.createGraphics();
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g2d.clearRect(0, 0, myImg.getWidth(), myImg.getHeight());
g2d.setColor(Color.RED));
g2d.fillPolygon(pointsX, pointsY, 3);
g.drawImage(myImg, 0, 0, null);
}
}
This is how my object is flickering

You really need to take the time to read through:
Performing Custom Painting
Painting in AWT and Swing
2D Graphics
Concurrency in Swing
How to Use Swing Timers
These aren't "beginner" topics and a reasonable understanding of Swing in general and the language in particular would be very advantageous.
Don't, ever, use getGraphics on a component. This is simply a bad idea (and I have no idea why this method is public).
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.geom.AffineTransform;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (IOException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(Test.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage myImg;
private double rotation;
public TestPane() throws IOException {
myImg = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("/images/happy.png"));
Timer timer = new Timer(33, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
rotation += Math.toRadians(5);
repaint();
}
});
timer.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
AffineTransform at = AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance((getWidth() - myImg.getWidth()) / 2, (getHeight() - myImg.getHeight()) / 2);
at.rotate(rotation, myImg.getWidth() / 2, myImg.getHeight() / 2);
g2d.transform(at);
g2d.drawImage(myImg, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

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Take snapshot of JPanel and display it in a new window

I created a chart extending JPanel and overriding paint() method. When I click on this panel I'd like to create a "snapshot" of the chart and open it in a new JFrame.
I tried by creating a buffered image as shown below, but the problem is that when I resize the window I loose lot of quality.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import javax.swing.JComponent;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class SnapshotDemo extends JPanel{
private JComponent src;
private BufferedImage img;
private final JFrame f = new JFrame();
public SnapshotDemo(JComponent src) {
super(new BorderLayout());
this.src = src;
this.img = takeSnapshot(src);
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2.drawImage(img, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), null);
}
public void display(){
f.setContentPane(this);
f.setSize(1000,600);
f.setVisible(true);
}
public static BufferedImage takeSnapshot(JComponent src){
BufferedImage i = new BufferedImage(src.getWidth(), src.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D g2 = i.createGraphics();
src.printAll(g2);
return i;
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
JPanel p = new JPanel(){
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
super.paint(g);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g.create();
g2.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
int x = 0;
int y = 0;
int stepx = getWidth()/5;
int stepy = getHeight()/5;
for(int i=0; i<10; i++){
g2.drawLine(x, y, x+stepx, y+stepy);
x+=stepx;
y+=stepy;
}
g2.setPaint(Color.red);
g2.drawOval(getWidth()/2-30, getHeight()/2-30, 60, 60);
}
};
p.addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {}
#Override
public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {}
#Override
public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {}
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
SnapshotDemo d = new SnapshotDemo(p);
d.display();
}
});
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setContentPane(p);
f.setSize(1000, 600);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
Any idea about how to handle this issue better? Is there a way to avoid the use of images (BufferedImage etc...)?
Thanks in advance.
but the problem is that when I resize the window I loose lot of quality.
When you resize any image you lose quality. This is called pixilation. If you don't want to loose quality the don't resize the image larger.
I created a chart extending JPanel and overriding paint() method.
Don't override paint(). Custom painting is done by overriding paintComponent(...) and don't forget the super.paintComponent(...) at the start of the method.
But why are you even creating a custom panel. Just use the BufferedImage to create an ImageIcon and then add the ImageIcon to a JLabel. This way the image will always be displayed at its actual size so resizing the window will not affect the quality.

How do I fire MouseMotionListener events in real-time?

I am trying to create a graphics drawing program that allows the user to draw red pixels on the screen by dragging their mouse over it. So in a way, you can think of this program as Microsoft's Paint program but with only the pencil drawing tool and color red.
Unfortunately the mouseDragged() function in my program is not working properly. It will skip some of the pixels on the screen if I move my mouse too fast, like this:
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.*;
public class FrameView extends JFrame {
JPanel panel;
Graphics2D drawingContext;
public static void main(String[] args) {
new FrameView();
}
public FrameView() {
panel = new JPanel();
panel.addMouseMotionListener(new MouseControls());
panel.setBackground(Color.WHITE);
this.add(panel);
this.setSize(new Dimension(500, 500));
this.setTitle("Drawing Program");
this.setVisible(true);
drawingContext = (Graphics2D)panel.getGraphics();
}
private class MouseControls extends MouseAdapter {
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
int x = e.getX();
int y = e.getY();
final int WIDTH = 1;
final int HEIGHT = 1;
Shape pixel = new Rectangle(x, y, WIDTH, HEIGHT);
drawingContext.setColor(Color.RED);
drawingContext.draw(pixel);
}
}
}
getGraphics is NOT how painting works in Swing, instead, you should be overriding the paintComponent method of the component and performing your custom painting there.
Painting is destructive, it is expected that when ever paintComponent is called, you will completely repaint the current state of the component.
Have a look at Painting in AWT and Swing and Performing Custom Painting for more details
As to you "mouse" problem, this is actually how it works, you won't be notified of EVERY pixel position the mouse has to pass through, your mouse would lag horribly across the screen if it did. Instead, the OS moves the mouse in ever increasing steps based on the speed of the movement of the user input.
Instead of drawing just the points, draw lines between them, for example
nb: I've deliberately painted the points larger so you can see where they are been reported, you will see that all the dots (for a single drag) are connected
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Line2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class Test {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new Test();
}
public Test() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private List<List<Point>> points = new ArrayList<>(25);
private List<Point> activeList;
public TestPane() {
MouseAdapter ma = new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent e) {
if (activeList != null) {
activeList.add(e.getPoint());
repaint();
}
}
#Override
public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
activeList = new ArrayList<>(25);
points.add(activeList);
}
#Override
public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
if (activeList != null && activeList.isEmpty()) {
points.remove(activeList);
}
activeList = null;
}
};
addMouseMotionListener(ma);
addMouseListener(ma);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setColor(Color.RED);
for (List<Point> group : points) {
Point previous = null;
for (Point p : group) {
// You can get rid of this, it's simply to show
// where the points would actually be rendered
g2d.fill(new Ellipse2D.Float(p.x - 2, p.y - 2, 4, 4));
if (previous != null) {
g2d.draw(new Line2D.Float(previous, p));
}
previous = p;
}
}
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}

Using canvas in Netbeans GUI builder [duplicate]

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I'm trying to use canvas in java. I'm using netbeans GUI builder to add several canvases to the window but I'm not sure how to for example draw the line or rectangle on them. I read several manuals how to do that but I'm still beginner in Java and I didn't quite understand what am I supposed to do. The constructor of the class looks like this:
public Classname() {
initComponents();
canvas1.setBackground(Color.red); // That works.
// Now I want to (for example) draw a line on the canvas1 (or some other canvas)
}
Could somebody please explain me what code should I write and where to put it? Thanks in advance. (Sorry for my english.)
Assuming your mean java.awt.Canvas, I'd recommend that you shouldn't be using it. Two main reasons, one, it's a heavy weight component, which introduces a list of issues when mixed with Swing/lightweight components and two, it's not double buffered, which just adds additional overheads you're going to have to deal with.
The preferred means by which to perform custom painting is to generally create a new class that extends from JPanel and the override it's paintComponent method for example
public class PaintPane extends JPanel {
public PaintPane () {
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.drawLine(0, getHeight() / 2, getWidth(), getHeight() / 2);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
This will draw a simple line across the middle of the panel.
You can then drag the class from the "Projects" tab into the form editor (and onto an existing form container), like you would with components from the palette
Take a look at Performing Custom Painting and 2D Graphics for more details
Updated with example based on comments
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Shape;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import javax.swing.Action;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class DrawExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new DrawExample();
}
private DrawPane drawPane;
public DrawExample() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
drawPane = new DrawPane();
JButton addRect = new JButton("Add Rectangle");
addRect.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
int width = drawPane.getWidth() - 1;
int height = drawPane.getHeight() - 1;
int x = (int)(Math.random() * (width - 5));
int y = (int)(Math.random() * (height - 5));
width -= x;
height -= y;
int rectWidth = (int)(Math.random() * width);
int rectHeight = (int)(Math.random() * height / 2);
drawPane.addRect(x, y, rectWidth, rectHeight);
}
});
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(drawPane);
frame.add(addRect, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class DrawPane extends JPanel {
private List<Shape> shapes;
public DrawPane() {
shapes = new ArrayList<Shape>(25);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
for (Shape shape : shapes) {
g2d.draw(shape);
}
g2d.dispose();
}
public void addRect(int x, int y, int width, int height) {
shapes.add(new Rectangle(x, y, width, height));
repaint();
}
}
}

getting the right image observer for rotating an image

So Im drawing a BufferedImage 'bird' but I want to rotate it according to the angle that it is falling. I have a bird object which contains the BufferedImage and a render() method which draw it rotated.
public void render(Graphics2D g, ImageObserver io) {
double theta = Math.tan((height - pastHeight) / .875);
System.out.println(theta);
Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D) bird.getGraphics();
g2.drawImage(bird, 100, (int) height, null);
g2.rotate(theta);
g2.drawImage(bird, 100, (int) height, io);
}
I call this as such
bird.render(g2, ???);
in my paintcomponent method in my jcomponent.
only problem is I dont know what to use as my ImageObserver... I've tried passing in my JFrame and my JComponent but the image no longer appears when I do that... what would I pass in for the image to appear in my window and/or how else would I achieve this rotation?
Assuming that you are doing this in something that extends JComponent, you should use
bird.render(g2, this);
As JComponent implements ImageObserver
The problem with the image disappearing isn't an issue with the ImageObserver but the point around which the rotation is occurring, which I believe is the top/left corner of the Graphics context.
Try using Graphics2D#rotate(double, int, int) which will allow you to specify the origin points of the rotation (pivot point).
Don't forget to reset your translations, as they will effect everything that is painted after your supply them and may be re-used in subsequent paint cycles.
Updated with simple example
This is a basic example that demonstrates the different uses of rotate.
First, I simply used Graphics#rotate(double)
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class RotateImage {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new RotateImage();
}
public RotateImage() {
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.add(new TestPane());
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class TestPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage img;
private double angel = 0d;
public TestPane() {
try {
img = ImageIO.read(...);
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
Timer timer = new Timer(40, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
angel += 5;
repaint();
}
});
timer.start();
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(200, 200);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(angel));
int x = (getWidth() - img.getWidth()) / 2;
int y = (getHeight() - img.getHeight()) / 2;
g2d.drawImage(img, x, y, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}
Then I replaced g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(angel)); with g2d.rotate(Math.toRadians(angel), getWidth() / 2, getHeight() / 2);, which used the center position of the component (or the Graphics context) as the anchor point around which the rotation would occur...
Now, because you only want to rotate your image, you're going to need to calculate the anchor point around the current position of the image's center position (assuming you want it to rotate around the middle)

Event detection on opaque pixels in JButton

I have a class extending JButton that I am trying to apply a .png image to.
The image is irregular in shape, and is surrounded by transparent pixels. I have overridden the paintComponent() method in the JButton to apply my buffered image to the button. Right now, the image is the only thing being drawn, which is what I want.
However, the button is still detecting events in the rectangle around it. Is there a way to limit detection to only the area containing opaque pixels (or rather to not detect events on the transparent pixels)?
Code for button class is below.
public class DrawButton extends JButton{
private BufferedImage bi;
public DrawButton(BufferedImage bi){
setPreferredSize(new Dimension(bi.getWidth(), bi.getHeight()));
this.bi = bi;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g){
g.drawImage(bi, 0, 0, null);
g.dispose();
}
}
Well I would suggest using a MouseAdapter, and override mouseClicked(..). In mouseClicked check if pixel is alpha at point of click if it is do nothing, if not do something.
Always call super.paintComponent(..) as first call in overriden paintComponent method, but because, especially with buttons, this will redraw the JButton background call setContentAreaFilled(false) on JButton instance to stop this. You may also want setBorderPainted(false) too.
Here is a small example I made (adapted from here):
if click on smiley:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TransparentButton {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
final JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
MyButton button = null;
try {
button = new MyButton(scaleImage(100, 100, ImageIO.read(new URL("http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eRryNji1gQU/UCIPw0tY5bI/AAAAAAAASt0/qAvERbom5N4/s1600/original_smiley_face.png"))));
} catch (Exception ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
button.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
#Override
public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent me) {
super.mouseClicked(me);
MyButton mb = ((MyButton) me.getSource());
if (!isAlpha(mb.getIconImage(), me.getX(), me.getY())) {
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, "You clicked the smiley");
}
}
private boolean isAlpha(BufferedImage bufImg, int posX, int posY) {
int alpha = (bufImg.getRGB(posX, posY) >> 24) & 0xFF;
return alpha == 0;
}
});
frame.add(button);
frame.pack();
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public static BufferedImage scaleImage(int w, int h, Image img) throws Exception {
BufferedImage bi;
bi = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TRANSLUCENT);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) bi.createGraphics();
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.addRenderingHints(new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY));
g2d.drawImage(img, 0, 0, w, h, null);
return bi;
}
}
class MyButton extends JButton {
BufferedImage icon;
MyButton(BufferedImage bi) {
this.icon = ((BufferedImage) bi);
setContentAreaFilled(false);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return new Dimension(icon.getWidth(), icon.getHeight());
}
public BufferedImage getIconImage() {
return icon;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(icon, 0, 0, this);
}
}

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