Here you can find the source of createIcon(ImageIcon icon, ImageFilter filter)
private static synchronized ImageIcon createIcon(ImageIcon icon, ImageFilter filter)
//package com.java2s; /*/*from ww w . ja v a 2 s . c o m*/ JMeld is a visual diff and merge tool. Copyright (C) 2007 Kees Kuip This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This library 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 Lesser General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA */ import javax.swing.*; import java.awt.*; import java.awt.image.FilteredImageSource; import java.awt.image.ImageFilter; import java.awt.image.ImageProducer; public class Main { /** Create a new icon which is filtered by some ImageFilter */ private static synchronized ImageIcon createIcon(ImageIcon icon, ImageFilter filter) { ImageProducer ip; Image image; MediaTracker tracker; if (icon == null) { return null; } ip = new FilteredImageSource(icon.getImage().getSource(), filter); image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().createImage(ip); tracker = new MediaTracker(new JPanel()); tracker.addImage(image, 1); try { tracker.waitForID(1); } catch (InterruptedException e) { e.printStackTrace(); return null; } return new ImageIcon(image); } }