Controlling Rendering Quality

Use the Graphics2D class rendering hints attribute to specify whether you want objects to be rendered as quickly as possible or whether you prefer that the rendering quality be as high as possible.

To set or change the rendering hints attribute in the Graphics2D context, construct a RenderingHints object and pass it into Graphics2D by using the setRenderingHints method. If you just want to set one hint, you can call Graphics2D setRenderingHint and specify the key-value pair for the hint you want to set. (The key-value pairs are defined in the RenderingHints class.)

For example, to set a preference for antialiasing to be used if possible, you could use setRenderingHint:

public void paint (graphics g){
    Graphics2D g2 = (Graphics2D)g;
    RenderingHints rh = new RenderingHints(
             RenderingHints.KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING,
             RenderingHints.VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON);
    g2.setRenderingHints(rh);
...
}

Note: Not all platforms support modification of the rendering mode, so specifying rendering hints does not guarantee that they will be used.

RenderingHints supports the following types of hints:

Hint	Key	Values
Antialiasing	`KEY_ANTIALIASING`	`VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON` `VALUE_ANTIALIAS_OFF` `VALUE_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT`
Alpha Interpolation	`KEY_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION`	`VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_QUALITY` `VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_SPEED` `VALUE_ALPHA_INTERPOLATION_DEFAULT`
Color Rendering	`KEY_COLOR_RENDERING`	`VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_QUALITY` `VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_SPEED` `VALUE_COLOR_RENDER_DEFAULT`
Dithering	`KEY_DITHERING`	`VALUE_DITHER_DISABLE` `VALUE_DITHER_ENABLE` `VALUE_DITHER_DEFAULT`
Fractional Text Metrics	`KEY_FRACTIONALMETRICS`	`VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_ON` `VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_OFF` `VALUE_FRACTIONALMETRICS_DEFAULT`
Image Interpolation	`KEY_INTERPOLATION`	`VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BICUBIC` `VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR` `VALUE_INTERPOLATION_NEAREST_NEIGHBOR`
Rendering	`KEY_RENDERING`	`VALUE_RENDER_QUALITY` `VALUE_RENDER_SPEED` `VALUE_RENDER_DEFAULT`
Stroke Normalization Control	`KEY_STROKE_CONTROL`	`VALUE_STROKE_NORMALIZE` `VALUE_STROKE_DEFAULT` `VALUE_STROKE_PURE`
Text Antialiasing	`KEY_TEXT_ANTIALIASING`	`VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_ON` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_OFF` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_DEFAULT` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_GASP` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_HRGB` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_HBGR` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_VRGB` `VALUE_TEXT_ANTIALIAS_LCD_VBGR`
LCD Text Contrast	`KEY_TEXT_LCD_CONTRAST`	Values should be a positive integer in the range 100 to 250. A lower value (such as 100) corresponds to higher contrast text when displaying dark text on a light background. A higher value (such as 200) corresponds to lower contrast text when displaying dark text on a light background. A typical useful value is in the narrow range 140-180. If no value is specified, a system or implementation default value will be applied.

When a hint is set to default, the platform rendering default is used.

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