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Thread: Screen Blur

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    Default Screen Blur

    I am working on a Java Applet.

    I have been trying to find a way to slightly blur the screen when an invalid action is preformed by the user.

    My idea is this: redrawing the current background image slightly skewing where the image gets drawn by a few pixels and adjusting alpha as necessary.

    example:

    public void paint(Graphics gfx){
         gfx.drawImage(buffer, xShake, yShake, this);
    }
     
    public void shake() {
    		fade.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, alpha));
    	    fade.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
                    //adjust xShake and yShake somewhere in here (maybe)
    		alpha += 0.10f;
    		if (alpha >= 1.0f) {
    			alpha = 0.0f;
    		}
    		else{
    			repaint();
    		}
    	}

    My question is now, how would you guys go about making the screen blur, the above attempt failed. If there is an existing java class that handles this, that would be great.

    The above is just my current idea on how I might be able to do it, I don't know why it isn't working.

    When I adjust xShake and yShake in the method, I have final image back in it's original position by the end of the method. When that's the case, no change happens on the applet. Otherwise, if I have xShake and yShake end at a spot other than the original, a mere fade occurs...

    Any help is always appreciated, thank you!


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    Default Re: Screen Blur

    Update:

    In my paint method I've tried to implement a time delay like so:

    if(shakeActive == true){
    	delay = System.currentTimeMillis();
    	while(System.currentTimeMillis() < delay + 1000){
    		if(delay == System.currentTimeMillis()){
                            delay += 1000;
    			gfx.drawImage(imageToShake, xShake, yShake, this);
    		}
    	}
    }

    I haven't had any luck yet, but I'm still working at it.


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    BAM PROBLEM SOLVED!!!! WOOT!
    Last edited by Ludicrous; April 1st, 2012 at 09:52 AM.

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    Default Re: Screen Blur

    In my paint method I've tried to implement a time delay like so:
    Do not invoke time delays from within paint. Swing is single threaded, and you will tie up that thread. Instead, you can blur an image using standard Image manipulations. See Java Image Processing - Blurring for Beginners I do not know exactly what your blur entails - if its just an image then you can blur. If its the whole GUI then you can paint the UI to an Image Graphics, blur the image, and overlay this using something like the Glass pane.

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