JavaFX™ Developer’s Guide

21. Importing Graphics

Although you can create useable JavaFX applications by manually composing nodes and bitmap images, at some point you will probably want to bring in a graphics designer to help make your application look as slick and professional as possible. Graphics designers usually do not want to work with code and integrated development environments (IDEs). Instead, they prefer to use professional graphics programs like Adobe Illustrator or Adobe Photoshop. In this chapter, we look at the JavaFX Production Suite, which provides a suite of tools that enable you to integrate artwork created by a graphic designer into a JavaFX application. We start by taking a look at how to use the JavaFX Production Suite plug-in to export a basic piece ...