Until recently, if you wanted to load a BufferedImage in JavaFX you were out of luck – the only way to do it was to write out the BufferedImage to disk and then read it back in as a JavaFX Image.
But, in August when JavaFX 2.2 was released, the update included a class called WritableImage which extends Image. Along with PixelWriter and PixelReader classes, this gives us greater control over images in JavaFX.
Using the PixelWriter and the getRGB method of BufferedImage, we are now able to read a BufferedImage into a WritableImage. As WritableImage extends Image, we can now use this however we would an Image!
Here’s how:
BufferedImage bf = null;
try {
bf = ImageIO.read(new File("C:/location/of/image.png"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
System.out.println("Image failed to load.");
}
WritableImage wr = null;
if (bf != null) {
wr = new WritableImage(bf.getWidth(), bf.getHeight());
PixelWriter pw = wr.getPixelWriter();
for (int x = 0; x < bf.getWidth(); x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < bf.getHeight(); y++) {
pw.setArgb(x, y, bf.getRGB(x, y));
}
}
}
ImageView imView = new ImageView(wr);Alternatively, you could use the toFXImage method from SwingFXUtils, but where's the fun in that?
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I have a problem I want to send a webcam image for sokets in javafx and I do not know how I put the code to see if you can help me
Server:
@Override
public void run() {
try {
ss = new ServerSocket(puerto);
System.out.println(“Escuchando…”);
//Cam cam;
while(true) {
s = ss.accept();
System.out.println(“Conectado”);
final float FACTOR = 4f;
BufferedImage bf = ImageIO.read(s.getInputStream());
//ImageIO.write(bufferedImage,”png”, new FileOutputStream(“/home/leyer/image.png”));
System.out.println(“Image received!”);
WritableImage wr = null;
if (bf != null) {
wr = new WritableImage(bf.getWidth(), bf.getHeight());
PixelWriter pw = wr.getPixelWriter();
for (int x = 0; x < bf.getWidth(); x++) {
for (int y = 0; y < bf.getHeight(); y++) {
pw.setArgb(x, y, bf.getRGB(x, y));
}
}
}
scanner.setGraphic(new ImageView(wr));
s.close();
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
Cliente:
Thread hiloWebcam = new Thread() {
@Override
public void run() {
// inicializamos webcam
Webcam webcam = Webcam.getDefault();
webcam.setViewSize(WebcamResolution.VGA.getSize());
WebcamPanel panel = new WebcamPanel(webcam);
panel.setFPSDisplayed(true);
panel.setDisplayDebugInfo(true);
panel.setImageSizeDisplayed(true);
panel.setMirrored(true);
// la insertamos al panel
swingNode.setContent(panel);
try {
while (true)
{
s = new Socket(ip, puerto);
ImageIO.write(webcam.getImage(), "png", s.getOutputStream());
s.getOutputStream().flush();
}
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
};
hiloWebcam.setDaemon(true);
hiloWebcam.start();