JavaDesktop FeaturesItems from java.net's JavaDesktop Community homepage.Youtube player in JDIC browser- January 7, 2008 At Geertjan's suggestion, I tried his Youtube modules with my JDIC integration. Worked out of the box, no problem. I didn't have to change a thing. Nice when that happens, ehhttp://weblogs.java.net/blog/richunger/archive/2008/01/youtube_player.html Fractal flames 1- January 6, 2008 The Substance watermark pack comes with the functionality to generate fractal flame watermarks. While it takes considerably more time to create these watermarks (about 15-20 seconds on a decent machine), the visual results are certainly worth it, even outside the original goal of using the fractal flame images to add watermarking capabilities to Swing applications. ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=223 Painting vertical texts with subpixel anti-aliasing- January 5, 2008 Sometimes, the application design requires displaying vertical (rotated) texts. While this is not a common requirement, and the usage of vertical texts must be kept to the absolutely minimum, one should be aware of the possible technical solutions and the problems associated with them. This entry shows two possible solutions, accompanied by the screenshots and ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=222 Substance theme pack updated- January 4, 2008 In addition to about twenty core Substance themes, the theme pack plugin provides even more themes to create a unique look for your Swing applications. When you put the binary plugin in the classpath, the additional themes become available in the getAllThemes() API, and you can use them just like any other core theme. As part ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=221 Been There, Scene That- January 4, 2008 Part 1 of a two-part article on the animation engine in the Scene Graph project. A moving tale.http://weblogs.java.net/blog/chet/archive/2008/01/been_there_scen.html JavaFX Script and a New Key Animation Framework- January 3, 2008 JavaFX Script is getting a more comprehensive Key Animation framework. More....http://cld.blog-city.com/javafx_script_and_a_new_key_animation_framework.htm Java Posse 157 - Holiday Special- January 3, 2008 Holiday SpecialFully formatted shownotes can always be found at http:javaposse.com Join us for the Java Posse Roundup 2008 in Crested Butte from March 4th to 7th and be a part of sessions like this yourself! http:www.mindviewinc.comConferencesJavaPohttp://javaposse.com/index.php?post_id=293004 Native text rendering in Swing applications - ready, steady, go!- January 2, 2008 The subject of native text rendering in Swing applications has been introduced on this blog about six weeks ago, and I already described some of the implementation details. The devil is, of course, in details (unless you&8217;re working on whizzy demoes), and i&8217;ve spent the last month working on all the issues mentioned in the ...http://www.pushing-pixels.org/?p=219 |