Change the alpha value of a BufferedImage?

Question

How do I change the global alpha value of a BufferedImage in Java? (I.E. make every pixel in the image that has a alpha value of 100 have a alpha value of 80)

Answer 1

You may need to first copy your BufferedImage to an image of type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB. If your image is of type, say, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB, then the alpha component won't be set correctly. If your BufferedImage is of type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB, then the code below works. /** * Modifies each pixel of the BufferedImage so that the selected component (R, G, B, or A) * is adjusted by delta. Note: the BufferedImage must be of type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB. * @param src BufferedImage of type BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB. * @param colorIndex 0=red, 1=green, 2=blue, 3= alpha * @param delta amount to change component * @return */ public static BufferedImage adjustAColor(BufferedImage src,int colorIndex, int delta) { int w = src.getWidth(); int h = src.getHeight(); assert(src.getType()==BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); for (int y = 0; y < h; y++) for (int x = 0; x < w; x++) { int rgb = src.getRGB(x,y); java.awt.Color color= new java.awt.Color(rgb,true); int red=color.getRed(); int green=color.getGreen(); int blue=color.getBlue(); int alpha=color.getAlpha(); switch (colorIndex) { case 0: red=adjustColor(red,delta); break; case 1: green=adjustColor(green,delta); break; case 2: blue=adjustColor(blue,delta); break; case 3: alpha=adjustColor(alpha,delta); break; default: throw new IllegalStateException(); } java.awt.Color adjustedColor=new java.awt.Color(red,green,blue,alpha); src.setRGB(x,y,adjustedColor.getRGB()); int gottenColorInt=src.getRGB(x,y); java.awt.Color gottenColor=new java.awt.Color(gottenColorInt,true); assert(gottenColor.getRed()== red); assert(gottenColor.getGreen()== green); assert(gottenColor.getBlue()== blue); assert(gottenColor.getAlpha()== alpha); } return src; } private static int adjustColor(int value255, int delta) { value255+= delta; if (value255<0) { value255=0; } else if (value255>255) { value255=255; } return value255; }