Java tutorial
import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Image; import java.awt.Toolkit; import javax.swing.JComponent; import javax.swing.JFrame; class MyCanvas extends JComponent { public void paint(Graphics g) { Image img1 = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage("yourFile.gif"); int width = img1.getWidth(this); int height = img1.getHeight(this); int scale = 2; int w = scale * width; int h = scale * height; // explicitly specify width (w) and height (h) g.drawImage(img1, 10, 10, (int) w, (int) h, this); } } public class Graphics2DDrawScaleImage { public static void main(String[] a) { JFrame window = new JFrame(); window.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); window.setBounds(30, 30, 300, 300); window.getContentPane().add(new MyCanvas()); window.setVisible(true); } }