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Get and set pixels on a Buffered Image
In this tutorial we are going to show you how to set and get the RGB value of each pixel of a Buffered Image. This is particularly useful when you want to perform several operation on images based on the RGB values of each individual image. Or if you want your UI to interact in some way according to the values of the pixel that the user points to.
In short in order to flip an image one should take the following steps:
- Load an image from a source using
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage
method - Use an
ImageObserver
to monitor the loading of the image. When the image is fully load the user will be notified - Create a buffed image from the source image with a format more close to the custom display environment using
GraphicsEnvironment
,GraphicsDevice
andGraphicsConfiguration
to perform several image configurations - Use
Image.getRGB(x,y)
to get the RGB value of a specific pixel andImage.setRGB(x, y, rgbValue)
to set the RGB value of the pixel. - And simply paint the buffered image in a new
Frame
Let’s take a look at the code snippet that follows
package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.desktop; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration; import java.awt.GraphicsDevice; import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.Transparency; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.awt.image.ImageObserver; public class BufferedImagePixels { static boolean imageLoaded = false; public static void main(String[] args) { // The ImageObserver implementation to observe loading of the image ImageObserver myImageObserver = new ImageObserver() { public boolean imageUpdate(Image image, int flags, int x, int y, int width, int height) { if ((flags & ALLBITS) != 0) { imageLoaded = true; System.out.println("Image loading finished!"); return false; } return true; } }; // The image URL - change to where your image file is located! String imageURL = "image.png"; /** * This call returns immediately and pixels are loaded in the background * We use an ImageObserver to be notified when the loading of the image * is complete */ Image sourceImage = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(imageURL); sourceImage.getWidth(myImageObserver); // We wait until the image is fully loaded while (!imageLoaded) { try { Thread.sleep(100); } catch (InterruptedException e) { } } // Create a buffered image from the source image with a format that's compatible with the screen GraphicsEnvironment graphicsEnvironment = GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment(); GraphicsDevice graphicsDevice = graphicsEnvironment.getDefaultScreenDevice(); GraphicsConfiguration graphicsConfiguration = graphicsDevice.getDefaultConfiguration(); // If the source image has no alpha info use Transparency.OPAQUE instead BufferedImage image = graphicsConfiguration.createCompatibleImage(sourceImage.getWidth(null), sourceImage.getHeight(null), Transparency.BITMASK); // Copy image to buffered image Graphics2D graphics = image.createGraphics(); // Paint the image onto the buffered image graphics.drawImage(sourceImage, 0, 0, null); graphics.dispose(); int x = 10; int y = 10; // Get a pixel int rgb = image.getRGB(x, y); System.out.println("Pixel at [" + x + "," + y + "] RGB : " + rgb); // Get all the pixels int w = image.getWidth(null); int h = image.getHeight(null); int[] rgbs = new int[w*h]; image.getRGB(0, 0, w, h, rgbs, 0, w); // Set a pixel rgb = 0xFF00FF00; // green image.setRGB(x, y, rgb); } }
Example Output:
Image loading finished! Pixel at [10,10] RGB : -16294578
This was an example on how to Set and Get the pixels of a Buffed Image.