GIF

Java handles GIF well, somewhat less well JPG

Transparency images work fine (use Transparency on Powermacs to convert standard to 89a GIF)

getting an image in an applet is fairly straight forward as long as you can wait for it to load

	public void init(){
		img = getImage(getDocumentBase(),"my.gif");
	}
	
	public void paint(Graphics g){
		g.drawImage("my.gif",0,0,this);
	}

That should draw the image in your applet window.

You can clip the image to a given rectangle when you draw it:

	public void paint(Graphics g){
		g.clipRect(10,10,10,10);
		g.drawImage("my.gif",0,0,this);
	}

This could be useful for drawing parts of an image in various places. Eg.

	public void paint(Graphics g){
		g.clipRect(10,10,10,10);
		g.drawImage("my.gif",0,0,this);
		g = getGraphics(); //reset clipRect
		g.clipRect(20,20,10,10);
		g.drawImage("my.gif",10,10,this);
	}
This would draw the same sub-image in two places.

Here's another example of using drawImage action, and the source code. (It uses the file "group.gif" which is 15-icons wide).

Assignment

Try to combine image and sound examples (apr17.html and this page)

Don't forget to use the links, especially the HowDoI? page, which can be quite helpful.