Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 6. Image Filtering

• The ImageProducer Interface

• The ImageConsumer Interface

• How Image Producers and Image Consumers Interact

• AWT Image Filters

  - Using Image Filters in General

  - Combining Image Filters

• ImageConsumer Properties

• Implementing Custom Image Filters

• Extending RGBImageFilter

  - DissolveFilter

  - DissolveEdgeFilter

• Extending ImageFilter

  - A Dissolve Filter That Extends ImageFilter

  - Wave Filter

• Implementing the ImageConsumer Interface

• An Introduction to Double Buffering

• Summary

The AWT provides extensive support for image filtering. A handful of image filters are provided in the java.awt.image package, but more importantly, a complete infrastructure is also provided for implementing custom image filters.

This chapter explores image filtering in ...