Java tutorial
import java.awt.AlphaComposite; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Graphics; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.RenderingHints; import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D; import javax.swing.JFrame; import javax.swing.JPanel; public class ColorFadingAnimation extends JPanel { private Rectangle2D rect = new Rectangle2D.Float(20f, 20f, 80f, 50f); private float alpha_rectangle = 1f; public ColorFadingAnimation() { new RectRunnable(); } public void paint(Graphics g) { super.paint(g); Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g; g2d.setColor(new Color(50, 50, 50)); RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING, RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON); rh.put(RenderingHints.KEY_RENDERING, RenderingHints.VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY); g2d.setRenderingHints(rh); g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, alpha_rectangle)); g2d.fill(rect); } public static void main(String[] args) { JFrame frame = new JFrame("Color fading aniamtion"); frame.add(new ColorFadingAnimation()); frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE); frame.setSize(250, 150); frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null); frame.setVisible(true); } class RectRunnable implements Runnable { private Thread runner; public RectRunnable() { runner = new Thread(this); runner.start(); } public void run() { while (alpha_rectangle >= 0) { repaint(); alpha_rectangle += -0.01f; if (alpha_rectangle < 0) { alpha_rectangle = 0; } try { Thread.sleep(50); } catch (Exception e) { } } } } }