Read an Image from a file : ImageIO « 2D Graphics « Java Tutorial

1. Java Tutorial
2. 2D Graphics
3. ImageIO

import java.awt.BorderLayout;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.FileInputStream;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.net.URL;

import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JLabel;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] argv) throws Exception {
    File sourceimage = new File("source.gif");
    Image image = ImageIO.read(sourceimage);

    JFrame frame = new JFrame();
    JLabel label = new JLabel(new ImageIcon(image));
    frame.getContentPane().add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }
}