Question

[Java] I’m using Images / BufferedImages (I don’t currently know a better way) to load external pictures unto the canvas.

Q: Is there a possibility of loading / displaying only a part of the picture? For example, using only a 60×60 area from a larger 500×300 picture file. (I believe this is called a Sprite) Loading the file using ImageIO.

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

BufferedImage input = ImageIO.read(new File(inputFile));
BufferedImage output = new BufferedImage(60, 60,  BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB)
Graphics g = output .getGraphics();
g.drawImage(input, 0, 0, null); //adjust 0, 0 to some x, y if necessary
ImageIO.write(output, "png", new File(outputFile));