Graphics object to image

You can simply draw over it

i.e.

1.  "I have an image and call .getGraphics()"
2.  "... would like to superimpose an image of a component on top of it" - so call drawImage on the Graphics obtained above

//unfilteredScreenImage is a BufferedImage
Graphics g1 = unfilteredScreenImage.getGraphics();
           
//gp is a glasspane for a frame which contains some painted graphics
Graphics g2 = gp.getGraphics();


I get an error calling: g1.paint(g2) because it cannot find a method with a graphics object as an argument

Am I overlooking something?

Thanks,
David

That's because Graphics#paint() doesn't exist....  :o\

But then how to accomplish the effect?

Perhaps this is stupid enough to work:


    Graphics g1 = unfilteredScreenImage.getGraphics();
    Graphics g2 = gp.getGraphics();
   
    g1.drawImage( g2, 0, 0, this );


?

Sorry, try this instead:

    Graphics g2 = gp.getGraphics();
    g1.drawImage( unfilteredScreenImage, 0, 0, this );

Dammit... still wrong. lol.. Before I go any further, can you tell me what class 'gp' instantiates please?

Sorry IM, didn't hit refresh to see those responses and in the meantime I solved it via CEHJ's suggestion.

gp is a custom glassPane.

I fixed it by passing the g1 to the paint method of gp.

i.e. gp.paint(g1);

and that did the trick.

Thanks for all the help guys,
David

Good man.  :-)

:-) You caught my slip ;-)