2d graphics

[Arkie_student]

Hi, i have a question about 2d programming, i must make a "tv test picture" and i don;t know howto make it because of all the variety in the picture.


Ive been told that i must work in layers?


but what about the circle and the color thats "ïnvisible" outside the circle?

and howto to make the white/black border outside?

like this figure:

http://AnimeXclusive.no-ip.com/java/test.gif

this is also the same picture that i have to make in java.



Thank you .



this my code:
http://AnimeXclusive.no-ip.com/java/
the file called: Main and MyFrame

i know it it isnt much but thats the best that i can do right now.

i also have problem drawing the circle in the middle of the screen.

[rogueace]

By working in layers, it means you need to build things on top of each other. For example, start with a white background, then draw gray boxes and a black border (using for loops), then the circle on top of that... and so on.
In your code, you don't have a main method. That's why it won't run. You need a main method to call all of your other methods. They don't just happen automatically.
Try starting with this code:

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;

public class TVTest
{
public static void main(String[] args)
{
// create Frame
Frame myFrame = new Frame();
myFrame.setSize(500, 450);
myFrame.setVisible(true);
myFrame.setTitle("TV Test");
myFrame.setBackground(Color.white);

// create graphics object
Graphics myGraphics = myFrame.getGraphics();

// add listener to close frame
myFrame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter()
{
public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e)
{
System.exit(0);
}
});
}
}

I hope that helps, at least to get the basic format for making frames (and being able to close them).

For the circle in the middle of the screen:

myGraphics.drawOval(0, 0, myFrame.getWidth(), myFrame.getHeight())

that'll do it.