In this example we are going to see how can you load an image from a source (a URL for instance) and make it look sharper in your own screen and according to the graphics environment that it is displayed into.
Basically, to sharpen a Buffered Image one should take the following steps:
- Load an image from a URL using
Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImagemethod - Use an
ImageObserverto 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,GraphicsDeviceandGraphicsConfigurationto perform several image configurations - Draw the image into the buffered image
- Use a
BufferedImageOpto put a new sharperKernelto the image - And simply paint the buffered image in a new
Frame
as you can see in the code snippet that follows:
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This was an example on how to sharpen a Buffered Image.
