Image.getScaledInstance doesn't scale

Question

Hi All!
I've got a problem with image scaling of JPG file. In the constructor body of my class that inherites from JPanal I wrote following code:
Image image,image1;
image = (new ImageIcon(this.getClass().getResource("/Pics/about.jpg"))).getImage();
Thread.sleep(2000);
image1 = image.getScaledInstance(this.getWidth(), this.getHeight(), Image.SCALE_DEFAULT);Everything is OK with 'image' loading, but getScaledInstance doesn't scale loaded image.
In debuger I observe image1.getwidth()/getHeight() = -1...
What's wrong?

Answer 1

You can try one of these:
public PieceIcon(String symbol,int pNum)    { 
      playerNumber = pNum;
      pieceImage = new ImageIcon("./Images/"+symbol+".jpg").getImage().getScaledInstance(10,10,Image.SCALE_DEFAULT);
        //Image doesn't appear dispite being smaller than original image, appears if scaledInstance part removed
       setOpaque(false);    }
       validate();// try it with just one or the other or both
       repaint();