Thread: How do I print pieces of an image in a frame?

Originally Posted by jtm429

i was wondering if anyone could tell me how to print different sections of the pixels on the image in a frame. Sort of like a puzzle.

At high conceptual level, there are different approaches, at least 2:
1) From the single image, create many distinct Image objects, each containing a specific rectangle of the original image. Then these images can be easily used in JLabel or JButton components. The splitting can be done using various approaches.
2) Create a "custom" component (typically extending JComponent or JPanel) where each rectangle of the original image is drawn at any wanted location of the component. Use of this approach requires a good knowledge of the painting concepts in Swing.