Here you can find the source of makeTransparentEdges(BufferedImage src)
public static BufferedImage makeTransparentEdges(BufferedImage src)
//package com.java2s; /*/*w ww . j av a 2s . com*/ JPC: A x86 PC Hardware Emulator for a pure Java Virtual Machine Release Version 2.0 A project from the Physics Dept, The University of Oxford Copyright (C) 2007 Isis Innovation Limited This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published by the Free Software Foundation. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA. Details (including contact information) can be found at: www.physics.ox.ac.uk/jpc */ import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; public class Main { public static BufferedImage makeTransparentEdges(BufferedImage src) { return makeTransparentEdges(src, 0, null); } public static BufferedImage makeTransparentEdges(BufferedImage src, float fraction, Color blend) { BufferedImage result = new BufferedImage(src.getWidth(), src.getHeight(), BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB); int bg = src.getRGB(0, 0); float r1 = 0, g1 = 0, b1 = 0; if (blend != null) { r1 = blend.getRed() * (1 - fraction); g1 = blend.getGreen() * (1 - fraction); b1 = blend.getBlue() * (1 - fraction); } for (int i = 0; i < src.getWidth(); i++) for (int j = 0; j < src.getHeight(); j++) { int rgb = src.getRGB(i, j); if (rgb == bg) result.setRGB(i, j, 0x00000000); else { if (blend != null) { int a = blend.getAlpha(); int r = 0xFF & (rgb >> 16); int g = 0xFF & (rgb >> 8); int b = 0xFF & rgb; r = (int) (fraction * r + r1); g = (int) (fraction * g + g1); b = (int) (fraction * b + b1); rgb = (a << 24) | (r << 16) | (g << 8) | b; } result.setRGB(i, j, rgb); } } return result; } }