Create and use images to make better Java applications

Since the introduction of Java 2D in J2SE 1.2, Java programmers have had access to a straightforward and effective image-processing model. Learn how to use Java 2D's powerful facilities to perform image processing on your pictures in this chapter download from Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications. While the Java Development Kit does not offer concrete image filters, it does provide the foundations for you to create your own. The built-in BufferedImageOp implementations let you write your own custom filters very quickly, and developers who need more flexibility may even create a new BufferedImageOp implementation from scratch.

Title: Filthy Rich Clients: Developing Animated and Graphical Effects for Desktop Java Applications
Author: Chet Haase, Romain Guy
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Chapter 8: Image Processing
ISBN: 0-13-241393-0; Copyright 2007 Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.
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