Convert Image to BufferedImage

Question

how do i convert an Image object
i) To a BufferedImage object
2) To a RenderedImage object

Answer 1

I tested the following code for copying a tif image onto clipboard and then pasting it on MSWord. It works fine, I have not tried the other way
import java.awt.image.RenderedImage;
import java.io.IOException;
import javax.media.jai.RenderedImageAdapter;
import util.TIFFFileHelper;
public class ClipboardSupport implements ClipboardOwner{
     public ClipboardSupport() {
          super();
     public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
          ClipboardSupport co = new ClipboardSupport();
          RenderedImage img=co.getTestImage();
          co.copyToClipBoard(img);
     private RenderedImage getTestImage() throws IOException{
          TIFFFileHelper th = new TIFFFileHelper("C:/workspace/AV/src/images/onepageSample.tif");
          th.getPageCountParseFirstPage();
          RenderedImage img = th.getFirstPage();
          return img;
     public void copyToClipBoard(RenderedImage img2){
          Image img=this.getCovertedImage(img2);
          this.copyToClipBoard(img);
     public void copyToClipBoard(Image img){
          Toolkit tkt = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit();
          Clipboard clipboard = tkt.getSystemClipboard();
          Transferable t = new ImageSelection(img);
          clipboard.setContents(t,this);
     public void lostOwnership(Clipboard clipboard, Transferable contents) {
          System.out.println("ClipboardSupport.lostOwnership() called");
     private Image getCovertedImage(RenderedImage img) {
          RenderedImageAdapter aid = new RenderedImageAdapter(img);
          Image im = aid.getAsBufferedImage();
          return im;
package util.clipboard;
import java.awt.Image;
import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor;
import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException;
import java.io.IOException;
public class ImageSelection implements Transferable {
     private Image img=null;
     DataFlavor dataFlavor = DataFlavor.imageFlavor;
     public ImageSelection(Image img) {
          super();
          this.img=img;
     public DataFlavor[] getTransferDataFlavors() {          
          DataFlavor[] data = new DataFlavor[1];
          data[0]=dataFlavor;
          return data;
     public boolean isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor flavor) {          
          if(dataFlavor.equals(flavor)){
               return true;
          }else{
               return false;
     public Object getTransferData(DataFlavor flavor) throws UnsupportedFlavorException, IOException {
          return img;
}