AppletTalk.com Java discussions newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Point me to the right API? (java image manipulation)          AppletTalk.com Forum Index -> Java Help View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Duane Morin Guest Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:22 pm    Post subject: Point me to the right API? (java image manipulation) Perhaps somebody can point me in the right direction and give me a kick to get me started. I'm normally a serverside guy so I dont muck with the graphics libraries much at all. What I want to do is start with an image file, break it into a grid of NxN, and then shuffle those pieces randomly. Kind of like a 15-puzzle. I'm not looking for somebody to write it for me, and it's not homework . I'm just wondering what the state of the image APIs is lately and where I should look? Can I manipulate an image directly like this, or should I be looking more for something that renders it first and then reclaims it piece by piece like mini screenshots? THanks very much! Back to top Andrew Thompson Guest Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 4:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Point me to the right API? (java image manipulation) On 24 Nov 2004 08:22:42 -0800, Duane Morin wrote: Quote: ..I'm normally a serverside guy so I dont muck with the graphics .. Check the GUI FAQ and associated group.. <http://www.physci.org/codes/javafaq.jsp#cljg> Quote: ..libraries much at all. What I want to do is start with an image file, break it into a grid of NxN, and then shuffle those pieces randomly. Kind of like a 15-puzzle. I'm not looking for somebody to write it for me, and it's not homework . I'm just wondering what the state of the image APIs is lately and where I should look? BufferedImage.getSubimage() would seem a good way to get your tiles. Follow the links in the GUI FAQ for image manipulation examples. <http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/computer-lang/java/gui/faq.html> -- Andrew Thompson http://www.PhySci.org/codes/ Web & IT Help http://www.PhySci.org/ Open-source software suite http://www.1point1C.org/ Science & Technology http://www.LensEscapes.com/ Images that escape the mundane Back to top Steve W. Jackson Guest Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2004 5:32 pm    Post subject: Re: Point me to the right API? (java image manipulation) In article <60428b02.0411240822.1cab4cde (AT) posting (DOT) google.com>, [email]dmorin (AT) gmail (DOT) com[/email] (Duane Morin) wrote: Quote: :Perhaps somebody can point me in the right direction and give me a :kick to get me started. I'm normally a serverside guy so I dont muck :with the graphics libraries much at all. : :What I want to do is start with an image file, break it into a grid of :NxN, and then shuffle those pieces randomly. Kind of like a :15-puzzle. I'm not looking for somebody to write it for me, and it's :not homework . I'm just wondering what the state of the image APIs :is lately and where I should look? Can I manipulate an image directly :like this, or should I be looking more for something that renders it :first and then reclaims it piece by piece like mini screenshots? : :THanks very much! I'm by no means highly graphically literate, so I'm not going to claim I've got the best advice... :-) But a quick look at the JavaDocs shows a pretty handy collection of features in the java.awt.image package, among others. You should easily be able to find classes there which can take the image, once read from a file, and break it into parts you can manage separately. One idea that comes to my mind initially is doing something to separate the various squares of the original image into separate images that you may be able to store to offscreen Graphics2D objects, for instance, and then render each one in its appropriate location on another component as you shuffle, respond to user actions, etc. It might even be fun to experiment, if I had lots of time. = Steve = -- Steve W. 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