BufferedImage Quality Very Bad

Question

Hello,
I've looked all over for a solution, because I figure there is already one documented, but I've failed, so I turn to you. :) I'm trying to create a very simple graphic, but the image quality I'm getting is TERRIBLE. It's a small 15x15 pixel graphic that is a rounded corner.
Here is a url to a page where you can see a blown up version of the original image I'm trying to recreate and my flawed image.
http://www.anathema.net/bufferedimage.html
Here's my code:
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage( 15 , 15 , BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB ) ;
Graphics2D g2 = image.createGraphics() ;
g2.setRenderingHint( RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING , RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON );
// First set the whole image to outsideRGB (which is orange)
Rectangle2D rect = new Rectangle2D.Double( 0 , 0 , image.getWidth() , image.getHeight() ) ;
g2.setPaint( new Color( outsideRGB ) );
g2.fill(rect);
// Create an arc to be the inside color field (the white in the example)
Arc2D arc1 = new Arc2D.Double( 1.0 , 1.0 , image.getWidth()*2.0 , image.getHeight()*2.0 , 90.0 , 180.0 , Arc2D.PIE ) ;
// Create an arc to be the dark border between the orange and white
Arc2D arc2 = new Arc2D.Double( 0.0 , 0.0 , image.getWidth()*2.0 , image.getHeight()*2.0 , 90.0 , 180.0 , Arc2D.OPEN ) ;
// Paint the white "inside" area
g2.setStroke( new BasicStroke(2) );
g2.setPaint( new Color( insideRGB ) ) ;
Area a = new Area(arc1) ;
g2.fill(a) ;
// Paint the border arc between the two color areas
g2.setPaint( new Color( borderRGB ) ) ;
g2.draw(arc2);
g2.dispose();
// Code using Sun's JPEGCodec to write it out to a file is not shownCan anyone help me figure this out? I've tried looking for an answer in this forum, but I can't find anyone with the same problem.

Answer 1

Save the image as something other than a jpeg (png or gif) because your image is suffering from the jpeg compression. The other solution is when you create your jpeg, set the quality level to 1.0 which will lead to no loss of data due to quantization.