How to draw a BufferedImage with a color tint

Question

I'm trying to draw a BufferedImage to my Canvas with a varying color tint, but can't find any real working examples.

I don't want to generate a new tinted BufferedImage, but repeatedly draw a BufferedImage to my GUI in real time with varying color tints, depending on various conditions.
An image drawn with a tint color of 0xFF0000 will be drawn as a red-only image, while a tint color of 0xFFFFFF won't affect the image.

How would I accomplish such a thing using the Graphics2D instance of my control?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Maybe ColorTintFilter from Filthy Rich Clients book can help you. The relevant sample chapter from the book is available here.

Here is a code snippet that uses the filter:

BufferedImage image = ...;
BufferedImageOp imageFilter = new ColorTintFilter(Color.RED, 1.0f);
image = imageFilter.filter(image, null);