Image processing with Java 2D

Sophisticated image processing support comes to Java in the 2D API

Image processing is the art and science of manipulating digital images. It stands with one foot firmly in mathematics and the other in aesthetics, and is a critical component of graphical computer systems. If you've ever bothered with creating your own images for Web pages, you will no doubt appreciate the importance of Photoshop's image manipulation capabilities for cleaning up scans and clearing up less-than-optimal images.

If you did any image processing work in JDK 1.0 or 1.1, you probably remember that it was a little obtuse. The old model of image data producers and consumers is unwieldy for image processing. Before JDK 1.2, image processing involved MemoryImageSources, PixelGrabbers, and other such arcana. Java 2D, however, provides a cleaner, easier to use model.

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