I want to capture the contents of a JPanel as an image so that I can store it exactly as the user sees it. Is there a relatively simple way to do this with swing?
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import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
public class SavePaint extends JPanel
{
public SavePaint()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame("TheFrame");
frame.add(this);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400,400);
frame.setVisible(true);
try
{
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(getWidth(), getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Graphics2D graphics2D = image.createGraphics();
frame.paint(graphics2D);
ImageIO.write(image,"jpeg", new File("/home/deniz/Desktop/jmemPractice.jpeg"));
}
catch(Exception exception)
{
//code
}
}
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
g.drawRect(50,50,50,50);
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
new SavePaint();
}
}
Use Robot and public BufferedImage createScreenCapture(Rectangle screenRect). and here is the link how to use it
use new java.awt.Robot().createScreenCapture(screenRect)
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I can't figure out on how to fix the problem. Please help me. Thank you.
Here are the codes:
package com.gabriel.mvc.app;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import com.gabriel.mvc.shapeimpl.CarRenderer;
import com.gabriel.mvc.shapesfx.MyShape;
import com.gabriel.mvc.shapesfx.Renderer;
public class CarView extends JFrame {
Image image;
MyShape car;
Renderer renderer = new CarRenderer();
void init(MyShape car) {
this.car = car;
}
void initUI() {
setVisible(true);
image = new ImageIcon("2284910.jpg").getImage();
setBounds(300,100,500,500);
setSize(500,500);
}
public void paint(Graphics g)
{
g.clearRect(0,0,600,600);
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
renderer.draw(g, car);
}
}
Here's the output, only solid color. Image not set as background. :(
Here's my expected output, I edited it on Photoshop.
You may refer on this code just replace your image source and add your CarRenderer after the drawImage method of Graphics.
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JDesktopPane;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Graphics;
public class SampleImageBg extends JFrame{
private JDesktopPane panel;
public SampleImageBg() {
panel = new javax.swing.JDesktopPane() {
private Image image;
{
try {
image = ImageIO.read(getClass().getResource("bg.jpeg"));// source of your background image
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight(), this);
g.clearRect(50,0,300,300); // add your renderer here instead
}
};
add(panel);
setVisible(true);
setSize(400, 600);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SampleImageBg();
}
}
I am trying to create a form. there is a button that when clicking the button, a photo which is specified would appear. my problem is, when I click the button, the picture pops up and if the cursor passes the form boundary, the image disappears. here is my code:
import java.awt.Frame;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import static java.lang.Math.abs;
import static java.lang.Math.min;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
public class SeamCarving extends JFrame
{
public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
final BufferedImage input = ImageIO.read(new File("path"));
final BufferedImage[] toPaint = new BufferedImage[]{input};
final Frame frame = new Frame("Seams") {
#Override
public void update(Graphics g) {
final BufferedImage im = toPaint[0];
if (im != null) {
g.clearRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
g.drawImage(im, 0, 0, this);
}
}
};
frame.setSize(input.getWidth(), input.getHeight());
frame.setVisible(true);
frame.add(startButton);
startButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
BufferedImage out = input;
out = deleteVerticalSeam(out);
toPaint[0] = out;
frame.repaint();
System.out.println("Do Something Clicked");
}
});
}
}
Don't override update, this isn't how painting is achieved in Swing. Attempting to paint directly to a top level container like JFrame is problematic at best.
Instead, start with a JPanel and use it's paintComponent method instead. Make sure you call super.paintComponent as well.
In fact, you could probably just use a JLabel to display the image instead.
Take a look at;
Performing Custom Painting
How to use labels
For more details
Updated with example
I still think a JLabel would be simpler solution, but what do I know.
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JButton;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class SeamCarving {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new SeamCarving();
}
public SeamCarving() {
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 {
private BufferedImage input;
private BufferedImage[] toPaint;
public TestPane() {
try {
input = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\hold\\thumbnails\\2005-09-29-3957.jpeg"));
toPaint = new BufferedImage[1];
} catch (IOException ex) {
ex.printStackTrace();
}
setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
JButton startButton = new JButton("Start");
startButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
BufferedImage out = input;
out = input; //deleteVerticalSeam(out);
toPaint[0] = out;
repaint();
System.out.println("Do Something Clicked");
}
});
add(startButton);
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
return input == null ? new Dimension(400, 400) : new Dimension(input.getWidth(), input.getHeight());
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (toPaint[0] != null) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.drawImage(input, 0, 0, this);
g2d.dispose();
}
}
}
}
The problem with overriding update is the paint subsystem can choose to avoid calling and end up calling paint directly, circumventing your painting.
Painting also involves painting child components (like your button) and borders, which you've conveniently discarded by not calling super.update.
Im a newbie to java, Im trying to create an application like a desktop widget for which i have made the JPanel transparent. I have two JLabels on top of it one for holding an image and other for displaying time. I had a timer to update the time displayed in the JLabel. But With a transparent JPanel behind the jlabel's text gets overwritten instead of replacement. After Googling and Looking up on stackoverflow i tried many methods to override the paintcomponent method of the JLabel. But it didnt affect anything. Later I manually called the paintcomponent method inside the timer which worked out. But I feel its just a workaround. I need to know why the paintcomponent didnt get invoked and when it usually gets invoked.
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Font;
import java.awt.GradientPaint;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.RepaintManager;
import javax.swing.SwingConstants;
import javax.swing.text.SimpleAttributeSet;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.Timer;
import java.util.TimerTask;
public class WindowSample {
private JFrame frame;
MyLabel panel1;
// JLabel panel1;
/**
* Launch the application.
*/
public static void main(String[] args) {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
try {
WindowSample window = new WindowSample();
window.frame.setVisible(true);
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
});
}
/**
* Create the application.
*/
public WindowSample() {
initialize();
}
/**
* Initialize the contents of the frame.
*/
private void initialize() {
frame = new JFrame();
Dimension dim = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize();
frame.setSize(dim);
frame.setBounds(0, 0, 500, 500);
frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 255, 0, 0));
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setContentPane(new ContentPane());
frame.getContentPane().setBackground(Color.WHITE);
frame.getContentPane().setLayout(null);
// ImagePanel panel = new ImagePanel();
JLabel panel = new JLabel(
scale(new ImageIcon("Science Drops.png").getImage()));
panel.setBounds(0, 0, 200, 200);
panel1 = new MyLabel();
// panel1 = new JLabel();
panel1.setHorizontalAlignment(SwingConstants.CENTER);
panel1.setAlignmentX(SwingConstants.CENTER);
panel1.setFont(new Font("Calibiri",Font.BOLD,16));
panel1.setBounds(0, 205, 200, 50);
Timer n = new Timer();
panel1.setBackground(Color.white);
n.scheduleAtFixedRate(new TimerTask() {
#Override
public void run() {
DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
// this manual call to paintComponent did the trick. If i remove this line the text gets overwritten over itself for every second.
panel1.paintComponents(panel1.getGraphics());
panel1.setText(df.format(new Date()));
}
}, 1000, 1000);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel1);
frame.getContentPane().add(panel);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
}
#SuppressWarnings("serial")
public class MyLabel extends JLabel {
MyLabel() {
setOpaque(false);
}
#Override
public void paintComponents(Graphics arg0) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) arg0.create();
g2d.clearRect(0, 0, getWidth(), getHeight());
g2d.dispose();
super.paintComponents(arg0);
}
}
public class ContentPane extends JPanel {
public ContentPane() {
setOpaque(false);
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g.create();
g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, 0.0f));
g2d.setColor(getBackground());
g2d.fill(getBounds());
g2d.dispose();
super.paintComponent(g);
}
}
public ImageIcon scale(Image src) {
int w = 200;
int h = 200;
int type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;
BufferedImage dst = new BufferedImage(w, h, type);
Graphics2D g2 = dst.createGraphics();
g2.drawImage(src, 0, 0, w, h, frame);
g2.dispose();
return new ImageIcon(dst);
}
}
Read Backgrounds With Transparency for information on how transparency works and for some possible solutions.
Also, some other comments with your code:
Don't use a null layout. Swing was designed to be used with layout managers for to many reasons to list here.
Custom painting is done by overriding paintComponent() (no "s"). However, in your case I don't see any reason to do custom painting if you follow the advice in the link I provided above. I also don't think you need to do custom painting in your panel, but I don't totally understand what you are attempting to do.
Use javax.swing.Timer instead of java.util.Timer. Have a look at this tutorial from oracle about timers and swing.
You seem to be going about it the hard way...
labels are transparent by default.
labels support icons out of the box (include animated gifs ;))
null layouts are never a good idea, they might seem like a good idea, but you will spend more time correcting for funny little inconsistencies which be resolved using an appropriate layout manager...
java.util.Timer is not a suitable timer for Swing, instead you want to use javax.swing.Timer instead. It will trigger it's updates within the context of the EDT.
Based off what I think you want to do...
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
import java.text.DateFormat;
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
import java.util.Date;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.Timer;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
public class MyClock {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MyClock();
}
public MyClock() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
final DateFormat df = new SimpleDateFormat("dd-MM-yyyy HH:mm:ss");
final JLabel label = new JLabel(df.format(new Date()));
label.setIcon(new ImageIcon("Clock.png"));
Timer timer = new Timer(500, new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
label.setText(df.format(new Date()));
}
});
timer.start();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 255, 0, 0));
frame.add(label);
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}
Take a look at How to use icons for more details about icon support in Swing.
You may also find Window#alwaysOnTop useful (remember, all frames lead to Window)
I can't believe there is still nobody who answered the right answer. Here's how you get away with this kind of problem :
Apply setOpaque(false) to your components, but also to all the parents.
It will prevent painting problems on your components with transparent backgrounds.
I'm trying to make a simple GUI using JAVA
no image is shown
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
public class EmiloLadderSnack {
public JFrame frame=new JFrame("EmiloLadderSnack");
public Image img;
public Graphics g;
public EmiloLadderSnack()
{
frame.setBounds(0, 0, Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().width, Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().height);
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setVisible(true);
try
{
img= ImageIO.read(new File("/media/01CCE00FA6888D80/Achieve/Eclipse/EmiloLadderSnack/src/photo.jpg"));
g.drawImage(img, 50, 50, null);
}
catch(Exception e)
{
System.out.println(e.toString());
}
}
public static void main(String args[])
{
new EmiloLadderSnack();
}
}
please help me to show an image in my simple GUI using JAVA
I'm using Eclipse
Hovercraft Full Of Eels is right, as he/she usually is. It really did not look like you tried.
Look at the tutorials, but I do believe when Hovercraft Full Of Eels says the correct way, hover means as follows.
Let me explain what I did below. First I created a new class that extended the JFrame. The JFrame is what is suppose to hold all of the components in a window. Then draw on the JPanel so that all of your drawings are contained in a lightweight container. I set the layout with a new layout I just discovered due to StackOverflow which I am very thankful for. The layout is called the MigLayout and it is a third party resource. You have to download it and import it. Please note that you do not have to have the MigLayout, but it is preferable to use due to its ease of use. After I set the Layout Constraint to fill and docked the JPanel in the center I created a new class which extended the JPanel so that I could change the paint method. The #Override lets you, in a way, re create the method for that extended class. As you can see once draw to that one graphics class then you are all set. There is a lot more you should read up on. Read the comments below your post, they suggest fairly good material.
Anything I get wrong Hovercraft will say below in the comments. So look for that as well.
Hovers corrections:
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JOptionPane;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class GraphicExample extends JPanel {
private static final String IMG_FILE_PATH = "/media/01CCE00FA6888D80/" +
"Achieve/Eclipse/EmiloLadderSnack/src/photo.jpg";
private BufferedImage img;
public GraphicExample(BufferedImage img) {
this.img = img;
}
#Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
if (img != null) {
g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
}
}
#Override
public Dimension getPreferredSize() {
if (img != null) {
return new Dimension(img.getWidth(), img.getHeight());
}
return super.getPreferredSize();
}
private static void createAndShowGui() {
try {
BufferedImage img = ImageIO.read(new File(IMG_FILE_PATH));
JFrame frame = new JFrame("GraphicExample");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.getContentPane().add(new GraphicExample(img));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
// the easy way to display an image -- in a JLabel:
ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(img);
JLabel label = new JLabel(icon);
JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(frame, label);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
System.exit(-1);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
public void run() {
createAndShowGui();
}
});
}
}
My initial recommendations:
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import net.miginfocom.swing.MigLayout;
public class DrawCircle extends JFrame {
JPanel panel;
public DrawCircle(String title, int width, int height) {
this.setTitle(title);
this.setSize(width, height);
this.setLocationRelativeTo(null); // Center JFrame
this.setLayout(new MigLayout("fill")); // Download external jar
this.panel = new DrawOval();
this.add(panel, "dock center"); // Link: http://www.miglayout.com/
this.setVisible(true);
}
public class DrawOval extends JPanel {
Color color = new Color(1, 1, 1);
public DrawOval() {
}
#Override
public void paint(Graphics g) {
g.setColor(color.RED);
g.fillOval(0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight());
}
}
}
I can't imagine that this is compiling. There must be a NullPointerException.
When you want to draw something you usually subclass JPanel and do the drawing in the paintComponent() method, like this:
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(img, 50, 50, null);
}
Is there a way to display an animated GIF image in Java without using a JLabel? I'm trying to implement some GIFS in a game and would like to just paint them without needing to mess with JComponents. Would an image observer work? Am I out of luck?
Following shows a image in JPanel without using JLabel:
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Toolkit;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class ImagePanel extends JPanel
{
Image image;
public ImagePanel()
{
image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage("e:/java/spin.gif");
}
#Override
public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
if (image != null)
{
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, this);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
#Override
public void run()
{
JFrame frame = new JFrame();
frame.add(new ImagePanel());
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
}