This can be solved with the help of RadialGradientPaintand appropriate AlphaComposite.
Below is the MCVE , which shows how this can be done. He uses the same images as user1803551 used in his answer , so the screenshot will look (almost) the same. But this adds MouseMotionListener, which allows you to move the hole around, passing the current mouse position to the method updateGradientAtwhere the actual creation of the desired image takes place:
, (!). Paint Composite . ( fillRect, - ).
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.RadialGradientPaint;
import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.SwingUtilities;
public class TransparentGradientInImage
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable()
{
@Override
public void run()
{
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
private static void createAndShowGUI()
{
JFrame f = new JFrame();
f.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
TransparentGradientInImagePanel p =
new TransparentGradientInImagePanel();
f.getContentPane().add(p);
f.setSize(800, 600);
f.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
f.setVisible(true);
}
}
class TransparentGradientInImagePanel extends JPanel
{
private BufferedImage background;
private BufferedImage originalImage;
private BufferedImage imageWithGradient;
TransparentGradientInImagePanel()
{
try
{
background = ImageIO.read(
new File("night-sky-astrophotography-1.jpg"));
originalImage = convertToARGB(ImageIO.read(new File("7bI1Y.jpg")));
imageWithGradient = convertToARGB(originalImage);
}
catch (IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
addMouseMotionListener(new MouseAdapter()
{
@Override
public void mouseMoved(MouseEvent e)
{
updateGradientAt(e.getPoint());
}
});
}
private void updateGradientAt(Point point)
{
Graphics2D g = imageWithGradient.createGraphics();
g.drawImage(originalImage, 0, 0, null);
int radius = 100;
float fractions[] = { 0.0f, 1.0f };
Color colors[] = { new Color(0,0,0,255), new Color(0,0,0,0) };
RadialGradientPaint paint =
new RadialGradientPaint(point, radius, fractions, colors);
g.setPaint(paint);
g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.DstOut);
g.fillOval(point.x - radius, point.y - radius, radius * 2, radius * 2);
g.dispose();
repaint();
}
private static BufferedImage convertToARGB(BufferedImage image)
{
BufferedImage newImage =
new BufferedImage(image.getWidth(), image.getHeight(),
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g = newImage.createGraphics();
g.drawImage(image, 0, 0, null);
g.dispose();
return newImage;
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g)
{
super.paintComponent(g);
g.drawImage(background, 0, 0, null);
g.drawImage(imageWithGradient, 0, 0, null);
}
}
fractions colors RadialGradientPaint . , ...
float fractions[] = { 0.0f, 0.1f, 1.0f };
Color colors[] = {
new Color(0,0,0,255),
new Color(0,0,0,255),
new Color(0,0,0,0)
};
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float fractions[] = { 0.0f, 0.9f, 1.0f };
Color colors[] = {
new Color(0,0,0,255),
new Color(0,0,0,255),
new Color(0,0,0,0)
};
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RadialGradientPaint JavaDocs , .
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EDIT ,
, Paint/Composite getRGB/setRGB, . , , , , getRGB/setRGB , (, ).
, Paint/Composite , getRGB/setRGB, , . , , "" ( Caliper JMH), :
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Point;
import java.awt.RadialGradientPaint;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
public class TransparentGradientInImagePerformance
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int w = 1000;
int h = 1000;
BufferedImage image0 = new BufferedImage(w, h,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
BufferedImage image1 = new BufferedImage(w, h,
BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
long before = 0;
long after = 0;
int runs = 100;
for (int radius = 100; radius <=400; radius += 10)
{
before = System.nanoTime();
for (int i=0; i<runs; i++)
{
transparitize(image0, w/2, h/2, radius);
}
after = System.nanoTime();
System.out.println(
"Radius "+radius+" with getRGB/setRGB: "+(after-before)/1e6);
before = System.nanoTime();
for (int i=0; i<runs; i++)
{
updateGradientAt(image0, image1, new Point(w/2, h/2), radius);
}
after = System.nanoTime();
System.out.println(
"Radius "+radius+" with paint "+(after-before)/1e6);
}
}
private static void transparitize(
BufferedImage imgA, int centerX, int centerY, int r)
{
for (int x = centerX - r; x < centerX + r; x++)
{
for (int y = centerY - r; y < centerY + r; y++)
{
double distance = Math.sqrt(
Math.pow(Math.abs(centerX - x), 2) +
Math.pow(Math.abs(centerY - y), 2));
if (distance > r)
continue;
int argb = imgA.getRGB(x, y);
int a = (argb >> 24) & 255;
double factor = distance / r;
argb = (argb - (a << 24) + ((int) (a * factor) << 24));
imgA.setRGB(x, y, argb);
}
}
}
private static void updateGradientAt(BufferedImage originalImage,
BufferedImage imageWithGradient, Point point, int radius)
{
Graphics2D g = imageWithGradient.createGraphics();
g.drawImage(originalImage, 0, 0, null);
float fractions[] = { 0.0f, 1.0f };
Color colors[] = { new Color(0, 0, 0, 255), new Color(0, 0, 0, 0) };
RadialGradientPaint paint = new RadialGradientPaint(point, radius,
fractions, colors);
g.setPaint(paint);
g.setComposite(AlphaComposite.DstOut);
g.fillOval(point.x - radius, point.y - radius, radius * 2, radius * 2);
g.dispose();
}
}
...
Radius 390 with getRGB/setRGB: 1518.224404
Radius 390 with paint 764.11017
Radius 400 with getRGB/setRGB: 1612.854049
Radius 400 with paint 794.695199
, Paint/Composite , getRGB/setRGB. , Paint/Composite , RadialGradientPaint, , , .