How to improve the performance of g.drawImage() method for resizing images

Question

I have an application where users are able to upload pictures in albums but naturally the uploaded images need to be resized so there are also thumbs available and the shown

Answer 1

Well, Jacob and I wanted to resize an Image, not a BufferedImage. So we ended up with this code:

/**
 * we want the x and o to be resized when the JFrame is resized
 *
 * @param originalImage an x or an o. Use cross or oh fields.
 *
 * @param biggerWidth
 * @param biggerHeight
 */
private Image resizeToBig(Image originalImage, int biggerWidth, int biggerHeight) {
    int type = BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB;


    BufferedImage resizedImage = new BufferedImage(biggerWidth, biggerHeight, type);
    Graphics2D g = resizedImage.createGraphics();

    g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.Src);
    g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
    g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
    g.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);

    g.drawImage(originalImage, 0, 0, biggerWidth, biggerHeight, this);
    g.dispose();


    return resizedImage;
}