Setting the contrast / Darkening images.

[Alerhau]

I finally found a great way that I want to use for adding nighttime to my game.
Unfortunately, I could only find how to change the contrast / darken a bufferedImage, I'd like to do it with an ImageIcon / Icon if possible.
Works fine with doing it with an "Image" as well.

Thanks,
Ah

[JosAH]

Have a look at the ImageIO class and the ImageIcon class and you'll see the difference between an Image and an Icon.

kind regards,

Jos

[Alerhau]

It does'nt matter because I have both an Image array & an Icon array holding the same images.
The Images are made into Icons.
So, anyway. Is it possible to change the contrast / darken the Images or the Icons?

[DarrylBurke]

I have both an Image array & an Icon array holding the same images.

No you don't. An Icon array can hold Icons, not Images.

What result did you get when you changed the brightness of an image (BufferedImage) that belongs to an ImageIcon?

db

[JosAH]

It does'nt matter because I have both an Image array & an Icon array holding the same images.

What a waste of space; just because you don't know how to handle Icons and Images is no excuse to produce crappy software.

kind regards,

Jos

[Alerhau]

Jos,
I know exactly how to handle Icons & Images,
First I am creating Images which I am cutting into different parts like a texture pack.

Then I am changing them into Icons.
Everything is done my a for loop.

It takes up 7 rows of my code,
I would not call it a waste of space.

Kind,
Regards Ah

Btw, you should ask me before telling me that my code is bad.
In order to know that my code is bad, you have to see it.
Now,
Learn from this & help me with my question.

[liluma]

think he didn't meant that your code will not work... but just isn't memory efficient...
so just useing more memory then needed...

ps why not use those bufferedImages class then? since that class has the method?

[Alerhau]

The problem is that I am not familiar at all with the bufferedImages.
I've tried to read it up, but I did'nt really get it to work.

Thanks,
Ah

Btw,
I will read the API for it and see if I can find anything of interrest.
If you guys have ay tips for it, then please tell me.

[Alerhau]

This time I think that I'll actually need the code for it.

Thanks,
Ah