In addition to copying and scaling images, the Java 2D API also filter an image. Filtering is drawing or producing a new image by applying an algorithm to the pixels of the source image.

This 2d Java tutorial describes 2d graphics, geometry, text APIs, images, printing, advanced 2d topics

Saving the contents of a Java 2D image to an external GIF, PNG, or JPEG image file. This lesson teaches you the basics of loading, displaying, and saving images.

This 2d Java tutorial describes 2d graphics, geometry, text APIs, images, printing, advanced 2d topics

Working with Images explains how to create a BufferedImage object, perform image-filtering operations, and draw on an image. Printing teaches you how to render 2D graphics to a printer, print complex documents, and use Print Services.

This lesson started with an explanation for using the javax.imageio package, to load images from an external image format into the internal BufferedImage format used by Java 2D. Then it explains how to use the Graphics.drawImage() to draw that image, with optional filtering.

Java 2D supports loading these external image formats into its BufferedImage format using its Image I/O API which is in the javax.imageio package. Image I/O has built-in support for GIF, PNG, JPEG, BMP, and WBMP.

Different objects such as line art, text, and other graphics and even other images can be drawn onto an image (as shown on the following images). The Java 2D API enables you to apply image filtering operations to BufferedImage and includes several built-in filters.

Uses of Class java.awt.ImageUses of Image in java.applet

The Graphics class is the abstract base class for all graphics contexts that allow an application to draw onto components that are realized on various devices, as well as onto off-screen images. A Graphics object encapsulates state information needed for …