How do I crop an image in Java?

Question

I want to crop an image manually using the mouse.
Suppose the image has some text, and I want to select some text from an image, then for that purpose I want to crop th

Answer 1

This is a method which will work:

import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;

public BufferedImage crop(BufferedImage src, Rectangle rect)
{
    BufferedImage dest = new BufferedImage(rect.getWidth(), rect.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_ARGB_PRE);
    Graphics g = dest.getGraphics();
    g.drawImage(src, 0, 0, rect.getWidth(), rect.getHeight(), rect.getX(), rect.getY(), rect.getX() + rect.getWidth(), rect.getY() + rect.getHeight(), null);
    g.dispose();
    return dest;
}

Of course you have to make your own JComponent:

import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.awt.event.MouseMotionListener;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import javax.swing.JComponent;

public class JImageCropComponent extends JComponent implements MouseListener, MouseMotionListener
{
   private BufferedImage img;
   private int x1, y1, x2, y2;

   public JImageCropComponent(BufferedImage img)
   {
       this.img = img;
       this.addMouseListener(this);
       this.addMouseMotionListener(this);
   }

   public void setImage(BufferedImage img)
   {
       this.img = img;
   }

   public BufferedImage getImage()
   {
       return this;
   }

   @Override
   public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
   {
      g.drawImage(img, 0, 0, this);
      if (cropping)
      {
          // Paint the area we are going to crop.
          g.setColor(Color.RED);
          g.drawRect(Math.min(x1, x2), Math.min(y1, y2), Math.max(x1, x2), Math.max(y1, y2));
      }
   }

   @Override
   public void mousePressed(MouseEvent evt)
   {
       this.x1 = evt.getX();
       this.y1 = evt.getY();
   }

   @Override
   public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent evt)
   {
       this.cropping = false;
       // Now we crop the image;
       // This is the method a wrote in the other snipped
       BufferedImage cropped = crop(new Rectangle(Math.min(x1, x2), Math.min(y1, y2), Math.max(x1, x2), Math.max(y1, y2));
       // Now you have the cropped image;
       // You have to choose what you want to do with it
       this.img = cropped;
   }

   @Override
   public void mouseDragged(MouseEvent evt)
   {
       cropping = true;
       this.x2 = evt.getX();
       this.y2 = evt.getY();
   }

   //TODO: Implement the other unused methods from Mouse(Motion)Listener

}

I didn't test it. Maybe there are some mistakes (I'm not sure about all the imports).

You can put the crop(img, rect) method in this class. Hope this helps.