Below is the Java source code I (have) use(d) (in the past) to create an image from an E-mail. Basically this little bit of code prints a background, and some text onto a image and writes it to a file as a png. This is useful in all sorts of situations, and I believe from this code below you could make all sorts of variations to suit your needs. If you have any questions, please email me. Below is a sample of the type of image it produces. This program will create an image out of text in Java. Usage: textToImage.jar email fg-colour-hex bg-colour-hex filename Example: java -jar textToImage.jar example@example.com FFFFFF 0000FF C:\dir\image.png  You can download the Jar (in the attachments), the Netbeans Project (in the attachments) or use the code below for your own use. I don't care if you refer to me in anyway or not if you use this code below. It's not like I can stop you or afford an expensive copyright lawsuit or anything. package emailToImage; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Font; import java.awt.Graphics2D; import java.awt.image.BufferedImage; import java.awt.image.RenderedImage; import java.io.File; import java.io.IOException; import javax.imageio.ImageIO; /** * @author Matthew Jones, 2009 */ public class Main { public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException { try { // collect correct inputs or DIE. String email = args[0]; Color fg = new Color(Integer.parseInt(args[1], 16)); Color bg = new Color(Integer.parseInt(args[2], 16)); String filename = args[3]; // call render image method. RenderedImage rendImage = writeImage(email, fg, bg); File file = new File(filename); ImageIO.write(rendImage, "png", file); } catch (Exception e) { // Sloppy Error handling below System.out.println("Usage: textToImage.jar email fg-colour-hex bg-colour-hex filename"); System.out.println("Example: textToImage.jar eg@eg.com FFFFFF 0000FF C:\\dir\\image.png"); System.out.print(e.getMessage()); } } private static RenderedImage writeImage(String text, Color fgc, Color bgc) { // calculate image size requirements. int width = (text.length() * 7) + 5; // standard height requirement of 16 px. int height = 16; BufferedImage buffRenderImage = new BufferedImage(width, height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB); Graphics2D flatGraphic = buffRenderImage.createGraphics(); // Draw background flatGraphic.setColor(bgc); flatGraphic.fillRect(0, 0, width, height); //Draw text flatGraphic.setColor(fgc); Font font = new Font("Courier", Font.BOLD, 12); flatGraphic.setFont(font); flatGraphic.drawString(text, 1, 10); // don't use drawn graphic anymore. flatGraphic.dispose(); return buffRenderImage; } } |