Custom PNG Cursor - Edges Are Not Smooth

Question

I wanted to create a custom cursor. Instead of the standard, I tried to install this: but the last effect was terrible. The edges were black and jagged:

exactly the same as in this applet when loading.

The code is as follows:

final Image customCursor = new ImageIcon("C:\\Users\\my_name\\Desktop\\apple.png").getImage(); final Point hotspot = new Point(0, 0); final String name = "Cursor"; this.setCursor(getToolkit().createCustomCursor(customCursor, hotspot, name)); 

Is there a way to work around PNG with smooth edges? It seems unbelievable that there is still such an error in Java.

Answer 1

Did you try to load it as a BufferedImage and then run "ImageIcon (yourBufferedImage)" ...?