Create an image and not display it but saving it as a gif

Question

hi there,
i want to save an offImage as a gif. i have something like this (just the main lines)
JPanel jp = new JPanel()
Image img = jp.createImage(w,h);
Graphics gph = img.getGraphics();
gph.draw...
I've got an encoder class (GifEncoder) which works just fine with an image created as in the example above.But I don't want to display the image. Just create it, draw on it and save it
Unless i display the image (in the Panel, e.g. jp) I cannot save the picture as a gif. So I must register it with a component. Is there a way I can avoid this?
Thank you

Answer 1

I use the following which is for JPEG encoding but should work for GIF:
                              BufferedImage tempBImage = new BufferedImage(320,240,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
                              Graphics2D g = tempBImage.createGraphics();
g.draw~~~(~~~); //do your stuff here
     //Create a fileoutputstream.
     FileOutputStream fos;
     fos = new FileOutputStream(thumbDirString+ "\\" + picName);
     JPEGImageEncoder encoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(fos);
     encoder.encode(tempBImage);
     fos.flush();
     fos.close();