This is a bit of a cheat. This does not create a shadow outside the window, as it creates a shadow behind the content.
This method not only makes the window not decorated, but also transparent. The replacement “content area” is partially filled so that the shadow effect appears “behind it”.
import com.jhlabs.image.GaussianFilter;
import java.awt.AlphaComposite;
import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.EventQueue;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.GraphicsConfiguration;
import java.awt.GraphicsEnvironment;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.Insets;
import java.awt.RenderingHints;
import java.awt.Transparency;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.logging.Level;
import java.util.logging.Logger;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;
import javax.swing.JPanel;
import javax.swing.UIManager;
import javax.swing.UnsupportedLookAndFeelException;
import javax.swing.border.EmptyBorder;
public class TestImageDropShadow {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new TestImageDropShadow();
}
public TestImageDropShadow() {
EventQueue.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
@Override
public void run() {
try {
UIManager.setLookAndFeel(UIManager.getSystemLookAndFeelClassName());
} catch (ClassNotFoundException | InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | UnsupportedLookAndFeelException ex) {
}
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Testing");
frame.setUndecorated(true);
frame.setBackground(new Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setContentPane(new ShadowPane());
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(new JLabel(new ImageIcon("/you/own/pony")));
frame.pack();
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
});
}
public class ShadowPane extends JPanel {
private BufferedImage shadow;
public ShadowPane() {
setOpaque(false);
setBorder(new EmptyBorder(10, 10, 10, 10));
}
@Override
public void invalidate() {
shadow = null;
super.invalidate();
}
@Override
protected void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Insets insets = getInsets();
int x = insets.left;
int y = insets.top;
int width = getWidth() - (insets.left + insets.right);
int height = getHeight() - (insets.top + insets.bottom);
if (shadow == null) {
int shadowWidth = Math.min(Math.min(insets.left, insets.top), Math.min(insets.right, insets.bottom));
shadow = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB);
Graphics2D g2d = shadow.createGraphics();
g2d.setColor(getBackground());
g2d.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
g2d.dispose();
shadow = generateShadow(shadow, shadowWidth, Color.BLACK, 0.5f);
}
System.out.println(insets);
g.drawImage(shadow, 0, 0, this);
g.setColor(getBackground());
g.fillRect(x, y, width, height);
}
}
public static void applyQualityRenderingHints(Graphics2D g2d) {
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_COLOR_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_DITHERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS, RenderingHints.VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_STROKE_CONTROL, RenderingHints.VALUE_STROKE_PURE);
}
public static BufferedImage createCompatibleImage(int width, int height) {
return createCompatibleImage(width, height, Transparency.TRANSLUCENT);
}
public static BufferedImage createCompatibleImage(int width, int height, int transparency) {
BufferedImage image = getGraphicsConfiguration().createCompatibleImage(width, height, transparency);
image.coerceData(true);
return image;
}
public static BufferedImage createCompatibleImage(BufferedImage image) {
return createCompatibleImage(image, image.getWidth(), image.getHeight());
}
public static BufferedImage createCompatibleImage(BufferedImage image,
int width, int height) {
return getGraphicsConfiguration().createCompatibleImage(width, height, image.getTransparency());
}
public static GraphicsConfiguration getGraphicsConfiguration() {
return GraphicsEnvironment.getLocalGraphicsEnvironment().getDefaultScreenDevice().getDefaultConfiguration();
}
public static BufferedImage generateBlur(BufferedImage imgSource, int size, Color color, float alpha) {
GaussianFilter filter = new GaussianFilter(size);
int imgWidth = imgSource.getWidth();
int imgHeight = imgSource.getHeight();
BufferedImage imgBlur = createCompatibleImage(imgWidth, imgHeight);
Graphics2D g2 = imgBlur.createGraphics();
applyQualityRenderingHints(g2);
g2.drawImage(imgSource, 0, 0, null);
g2.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_IN, alpha));
g2.setColor(color);
g2.fillRect(0, 0, imgSource.getWidth(), imgSource.getHeight());
g2.dispose();
imgBlur = filter.filter(imgBlur, null);
return imgBlur;
}
public static BufferedImage generateShadow(BufferedImage imgSource, int size, Color color, float alpha) {
int imgWidth = imgSource.getWidth() + (size * 2);
int imgHeight = imgSource.getHeight() + (size * 2);
BufferedImage imgMask = createCompatibleImage(imgWidth, imgHeight);
Graphics2D g2 = imgMask.createGraphics();
applyQualityRenderingHints(g2);
int x = Math.round((imgWidth - imgSource.getWidth()) / 2f);
int y = Math.round((imgHeight - imgSource.getHeight()) / 2f);
g2.drawImage(imgSource, x, y, null);
g2.dispose();
BufferedImage imgGlow = generateBlur(imgMask, (size * 2), color, alpha);
return imgGlow;
}
}
Basically, what happens here, we first make transparent transparent. Then we replace the content area with our own, special one ShadowPane.
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