How can I stack Graphics2D objects

Question

How can I stack two or more Graphics2D objects on the same BufferedImage.

Answer 1

I am trying to create layers. Here is an example I have started with. The problem is the remarked code. The effect is correct but it is applied to the complete image. I would like to separate the effect to only the shadow text. I would appreciate any help. I am new to Java so still fumbling around with concepts.
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.font.*;
import java.awt.image.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.imageio.*;
import java.awt.geom.*;
import java.util.*;
public class ShadowText {
static Rectangle2D.Double Rectangle;
static BufferedImage image;
static Graphics graphics;
static Graphics2D g2d;
static TextLayout textLayout;
public ShadowText() {
public static void main(String[] args) {
BufferedImage image = new BufferedImage(500,120,BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
Rectangle2D Rectangle = new Rectangle2D.Double(0,0,500,120);
graphics = image.getGraphics();
g2d = (Graphics2D) graphics;
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
g2d.setPaint(Color.white);
g2d.fill(Rectangle);
g2d.draw(Rectangle);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
//g2d.setComposite(AlphaComposite.getInstance(AlphaComposite.SRC_OVER, .5f));
textLayout = new TextLayout("Shadow Text", new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 70), g2d.getFontRenderContext());
g2d.setPaint(Color.black);
textLayout.draw(g2d, 12, 102);
//float ninth = 1.0f / 9.0f;
//float[] kernel = {ninth, ninth, ninth, ninth, ninth, ninth, ninth, ninth, ninth};
//biop = new ConvolveOp(new Kernel(3, 3, kernel));
//op = (BufferedImageOp) biop;
//image = op.filter(image,null);
g2d.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_ANTIALIASING,RenderingHints.VALUE_ANTIALIAS_ON);
textLayout = new TextLayout("Shadow Text", new Font("Serif", Font.BOLD, 70), g2d.getFontRenderContext());
g2d.setPaint(Color.black);
textLayout.draw(g2d, 10, 100);
Write("C:/JavaTraining/Filters/images/ShadowText.jpg",image);
public static void Write(String file, BufferedImage image){
//Check for file exsist
StringTokenizer tokens = new StringTokenizer(file,".");
if(tokens.countTokens()>0){
String filename = tokens.nextToken().trim();
String type = tokens.nextToken().trim();
try{
if(type.equalsIgnoreCase("gif")) type = "png";
ImageIO.write(image, type, new File(file));
}catch (IOException e){
System.out.println("Invalid file name or path! "+file);
}else{
System.out.println("Invalid file name! "+file);
}