Convert 2D binary matrix to black/white image in java

Question

I am new for java. I have 2D binary matrix with only 1s and 0s now. I want to save it as jpg image(black and white) with same width and height. How could I realize that? I t

Answer 1

This is a simple example that creates a 30x30 checkered box:

public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
    int w = 30, h = 30;

    // create the binary mapping
    byte BLACK = (byte)0, WHITE = (byte)255;
    byte[] map = {BLACK, WHITE};
    IndexColorModel icm = new IndexColorModel(1, map.length, map, map, map);

    // create checkered data
    int[] data = new int[w*h];
    for(int i=0; i<w; i++)
        for(int j=0; j<h; j++)
            data[i*h + j] = i%4<2 && j%4<2 || i%4>=2 && j%4>=2 ? BLACK:WHITE;

    // create image from color model and data
    WritableRaster raster = icm.createCompatibleWritableRaster(w, h);
    raster.setPixels(0, 0, w, h, data);
    BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(icm, raster, false, null);

    // output to a file
    ImageIO.write(bi, "jpg", new File("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\test.jpg"));
}

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EDIT:

For what you are doing you actually don't need to create your own ImageColorModel, you can use a built in type: BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY or TYPE_BYTE_BINARY. Here is a better example and shows how to use grayscale to get a checkered box:

public static void main(String... args) throws IOException {
    int w = 40, h = 40, divs = 5;

    BufferedImage bi = new BufferedImage(w, h, BufferedImage.TYPE_BYTE_GRAY);
    WritableRaster raster = bi.getRaster();

    for(int i=0; i<w; i++)
        for(int j=0; j<h; j++)
            raster.setSample(i,j,0,128+(int)(127*Math.sin(Math.PI*i/w*divs)*Math.sin(Math.PI*j/h*divs)));

    ImageIO.write(bi, "jpg", new File("C:\\Users\\user\\Desktop\\test.jpg"));
}

Answer 2

JHeatChart does this job as well without you having to create a custom image library.

http://www.javaheatmap.com/

// Create some dummy data.
double[][] data = new double[][]{{3,2,3,4,5,6},
                                 {2,3,4,5,6,7},
                                 {3,4,5,6,7,6},
                                 {4,5,6,7,6,5}};

// Step 1: Create our heat map chart using our data.
HeatChart map = new HeatChart(data);

// Step 2: Customise the chart.
map.setTitle("This is my heat chart title");
map.setXAxisLabel("X Axis");
map.setYAxisLabel("Y Axis");

// Step 3: Output the chart to a file.
map.saveToFile(new File("java-heat-chart.png"));

What you are essentially trying to do is make a heat map. And instead of a range of values ranging from 0 to whatever, you have a range of 0 and 1.

Replace double[][] data = new double[][](//etc); with your boolean array.