Java 2 Graphics

Introduction

1. Course Introduction
2. Course Overview

Getting Started

1. Where to Get Java
2. The Command Line Installation
3. Writing and Compiling a Program
4. The Mainline

The Graphics Object and Colors

1. The Graphics Class
2. The Graphics2D Class
3. The Coordinate System
4. Filling a Window with Color
5. Inventing a Color of Your Own
6. Shading Up and Down
7. A Color Gradient
8. Color Gradient Directions
9. Cyclical Color Gradient

Positioning/Sizing/Rotating

1. Polygon
2. Translate and Rotate
3. Circling
4. Scaling
5. Shearing
6. The Affine Transform

Fundamental Drawing

1. A Random Drawing
2. Arcs
3. Rounded Rectangles
4. Basic Line Drawing
5. Corners and Ends
6. Dashed Lines

Fundamental Fonts

1. Font Measuring
2. Positioning Text
3. Font List

Image Files

1. Loading Image Files
2. Scaling
3. Types of Scaling
4. Pixel by Pixel pt. 1
5. Pixel by Pixel pt. 2
6. Convolving pt. 1
7. Convolving pt. 2
8. Transformation pt. 1
9. Transformation pt. 2
10. Compositing
11. Cross Fading

The Mouse and Keyboard

1. Reading Mouse Events
2. Mouse Motion
3. All Mouse Events
4. Reading Keyboard Events
5. Selecting a Mouse Cursor
6. Dragging Objects
7. Dragging Solid Objects
8. Rubberbanding

Making Shapes and Fitting Curves

1. Building a Rectangle with GeneralPath
2. Scaling and Zig Zagging
3. The Winding Rule
4. Quadratic Curves
5. Asymmetric Quadratic Curves
6. Cubic Curves
7. Asymmetric Cubic Curves
8. Attaching Shapes with GeneralPath
9. Combining Shapes with GeneralPath
10. Combining Shapes with an Area Object
11. Crop Image
12. Filling an Area

Fitting Text

1. Ways of Displaying Text pt. 1
2. Ways of Displaying Text pt. 2
3. Positioning Text
4. Text Attributes
5. Drawn Letters
6. Letters with Pictures
7. Dynamic Resizing of Text

Stupid Animation Tricks

1. Flicker
2. No Flicker
3. No Flicker Applet
4. Pong and Electrons pt. 1
5. Pong and Electrons pt. 2

Credits

1. About this Author