# Package javafx.scene.image

package javafx.scene.image

Provides the set of classes for loading and displaying images.

- The `Image` class is used to load images (synchronously or asynchronously). Image can be resized as it is loaded and the resizing can be performed with specified filtering quality and with an option of preserving image's original aspect ratio.
- The `ImageView` is a `Node` used for displaying images loaded with `Image` class. It allows displaying a dynamically scaled and/or cropped view of the source image. The scaling can be performed with specified filtering quality and with an option of preserving image's original aspect ratio.

- Related Packages
  Package
  Description
  javafx.scene
  Provides the core set of base classes for the JavaFX Scene Graph API.
- Class
  Description
  Image
  The `Image` class represents graphical images and is used for loading images from a specified URL.
  ImageView
  The `ImageView` is a `Node` used for painting images loaded with `Image` class.
  PixelBuffer<T extends Buffer>
  The `PixelBuffer` class represents pixel data that is constructed from a `java.nio.Buffer` supplied by the application.
  PixelFormat<T extends Buffer>
  A `PixelFormat` object defines the layout of data for a pixel of a given format.
  PixelFormat.Type
  An enum describing the in-array storage format of a single pixel managed by a `PixelFormat`.
  PixelReader
  This interface defines methods for retrieving the pixel data from an `Image` or other surface containing pixels.
  PixelWriter
  This interface defines methods for writing the pixel data of a `WritableImage` or other surface containing writable pixels.
  WritableImage
  The `WritableImage` class represents a custom graphical image that is constructed from pixels supplied by the application, and possibly from `PixelReader` objects from any number of sources, including images read from a file or URL.
  WritablePixelFormat<T extends Buffer>
  A `PixelFormat` object representing a pixel format that can store full colors and so can be used as a destination format to write pixel data from an arbitrary image.