Java tutorial
import java.io.File; import java.net.MalformedURLException; import javafx.application.Application; import javafx.scene.image.Image; import javafx.stage.Stage; public class Main extends Application { @Override public void start(Stage primaryStage) { try { File file = new File("C:/Users/abc/myphoto.jpg"); String localUrl = file.toURI().toURL().toString(); // don't load in the background Image localImage = new Image(localUrl, false); String remoteUrl = "http://java2s.com/style/demo/Firefox.png"; // load in the background Image remoteImage = new Image(remoteUrl, true); System.out.println(localUrl); System.out.println(remoteUrl); } catch (MalformedURLException ex) { // error } } public static void main(String[] args) { launch(args); } }