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Foreword xviiPreface xixAcknowledgments xxvAbout the Authors xxviiIntroduction 1Part I: Graphics and GUI Fundamentals 9Chapter 1: Desktop Java Graphics APIs: Swing, AWT, and Java 2D 11 Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) 12 Java 2D 13 Swing 13 Chapter 2: Swing Rendering Fundamentals 15 Events 16 Swing Painting 17 Swing Rendering 20 Double-Buffering 28 Threading 31 Chapter 3: Graphics Fundamentals 43 Java 2D 43 Rendering 45 Chapter 4: Images 91 Image Types 92 BufferedImage 95 Image Scaling 98 Chapter 5: Performance 115 Use the Clip 115 Compatible Images 121 Managed Images 126 Intermediate Images 134 Optimal Primitive Rendering 143 Benchmark 144 Command-Line Flags 145 Part II: Advanced Graphics Rendering 151Chapter 6: Composites 153 AlphaComposite 153 AlphaComposite: The 12 Rules 155 Creating and Setting Up an AlphaComposite 163 Common Uses of AlphaComposite 164 Issues with AlphaComposite 168 Create Your Own Composite 170 Summary 177 Chapter 7: Gradients 179 Two-Stops Linear Gradient 179 Special Effects with Regular Gradients 182 Multistops Linear Gradient 187 Radial Gradient 189 Optimizing Gradients 193 Chapter 8: Image Processing 199 Image Filters 200 Processing an Image with BufferedImageOp 201 AffineTransformOp 203 ColorConvertOp 204 ConvolveOp 206 LookupOp 211 RescaleOp 213 Custom BufferedImageOp 214 A Note about Filters Performance 222 Summary 222 Chapter 9: Glass Pane 223 Painting on the Glass Pane 225 Blocking Input Events 230 Chapter 10: Layered Panes 237 Using Layered Pane Layers 238 Ordering Components within a Single Layer 242 Layered Panes and Layouts 243 Alternative to JLayeredPane with Layouts 244 Chapter 11: Repaint Manager 249 When Swing Gets Too Smart 249 Meet the RepaintManager 251 A Reflection on RepaintManager 253 Summary 262 Part III: Animation 263Chapter 12: Animation Fundamentals 265 It's About Time 265 Fundamental Concepts 266 Frame-Based Animation 266 Timing (and Platform Timing Utilities) 275 Resolution 288 Animating Your Swing Application 300

Chet Haase is a client architect in the Java SE group at Sun Microsystems. Passionate about graphics, he works with all desktop Java technologies, including Swing and Java 2D. He's worked with graphics technologies from 2D to 3D and from applications down to the driver level. Chet holds an M.S. in computer and information sciences from the University of Oregon and a B.A. in math from Carleton College. Romain Guy has served as a software engineer at Google and on the Swing Team at Sun Microsystems. His primary interests are graphics and graphical user interface development. Romain has written for several print and online journals, and he holds an M.S. in computer and information sciences.