# Uses of Class
java.awt.image.ImageFilter

Packages that use ImageFilter
Package
Description
java.awt.image
Provides classes for creating and modifying images.
javax.swing
Provides a set of "lightweight" (all-Java language) components that, to the maximum degree possible, work the same on all platforms.

## Uses of ImageFilter in java.awt.image

Subclasses of ImageFilter in java.awt.image
Modifier and Type
Class
Description
`class`
`AreaAveragingScaleFilter`
An ImageFilter class for scaling images using a simple area averaging algorithm that produces smoother results than the nearest neighbor algorithm.
`class`
`BufferedImageFilter`
The `BufferedImageFilter` class subclasses an `ImageFilter` to provide a simple means of using a single-source/single-destination image operator (`BufferedImageOp`) to filter a `BufferedImage` in the Image Producer/Consumer/Observer paradigm.
`class`
`CropImageFilter`
An ImageFilter class for cropping images.
`class`
`ReplicateScaleFilter`
An ImageFilter class for scaling images using the simplest algorithm.
`class`
`RGBImageFilter`
This class provides an easy way to create an ImageFilter which modifies the pixels of an image in the default RGB ColorModel.
Methods in java.awt.image that return ImageFilter
Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`ImageFilter`
ImageFilter.`getFilterInstance(ImageConsumer ic)`
Returns a unique instance of an ImageFilter object which will actually perform the filtering for the specified ImageConsumer.
Constructors in java.awt.image with parameters of type ImageFilter
Modifier
Constructor
Description
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`FilteredImageSource(ImageProducer orig, ImageFilter imgf)`
Constructs an ImageProducer object from an existing ImageProducer and a filter object.

## Uses of ImageFilter in javax.swing

Subclasses of ImageFilter in javax.swing
Modifier and Type
Class
Description
`class`
`GrayFilter`
An image filter that "disables" an image by turning it into a grayscale image, and brightening the pixels in the image.