Add transparent JPanel upon AWT Component to paint on

Question

I\'ve got a Problem: In my Java application I\'ve got an AWT Component (cannot change that one) that streams and shows an avi-file. Now I want to draw upon this movie and though

Answer 1

did you try a GlassPane since i think thats exactly it's use case. soemthing like JFrame.setGlassPane() if i remember correctly. check here:

Java API JFrame

GlassPane examples