Only Part Of JPEG images Appear when Performing Animation Using JPEG Files

Question

Hello,
I have an Applet that loads loops through 4 JPEGS one at a time for animation purposes. However, when running this Applet, unless I make the Width and Height very large, only part of the JPEGS appear.
The HTML code appears as follows:
<applet code="Dizzy.class" width=100 height=100>
</applet>
If I make the width=1000, and height 1000, then each of the JPEGS appear entirely. However, I don't have this much room on my HTML page to display these images. So, how do I make these images appear within a smaller space on the HTML page??
I've included the Web Applet code below also:
import java.awt.*;
* Dizzy
* This is a template applet for animation.
* It illustrates how to animate multiple images with
* one image per frame.
public
class Dizzy extends java.applet.Applet implements Runnable {
int frame;
int delay;
Thread animator;
Dimension offDimension;
Image offImage;
Graphics offGraphics;
Image frames[];
* Initialize the applet and compute the delay between frames.
public void init() {
String str = getParameter("fps");
int fps = (str != null) ? Integer.parseInt(str) : 4;
delay = (fps > 0) ? (1000 / fps) : 100;
frames = new Image[4];
for (int i = 1 ; i <= 4 ; i++) {
//frames[i-1] = getImage(getCodeBase(), "P" + i + ".JPG");
frames[i-1] = getImage(getCodeBase(), "P" + i + ".JPG");
* This method is called when the applet becomes visible on
* the screen. Create a thread and start it.
public void start() {
animator = new Thread(this);
animator.start();
* This method is called by the thread that was created in
* the start method. It does the main animation.
public void run() {
// Remember the starting time
long tm = System.currentTimeMillis();
while (Thread.currentThread() == animator) {
// Display the next frame of animation.
repaint();
// Delay depending on how far we are behind.
try {
tm += delay;
Thread.sleep(Math.max(0, tm - System.currentTimeMillis()));
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
break;
// Advance the frame
frame++;
* This method is called when the applet is no longer
* visible. Set the animator variable to null so that the
* thread will exit before displaying the next frame.
public void stop() {
animator = null;
offImage = null;
offGraphics = null;
* Update a frame of animation.
public void update(Graphics g) {
Dimension d = getSize();
// Create the offscreen graphics context
if ((offGraphics == null)
|| (d.width != offDimension.width)
|| (d.height != offDimension.height)) {
offDimension = d;
offImage = createImage(d.width, d.height);
offGraphics = offImage.getGraphics();
// Erase the previous image
offGraphics.setColor(getBackground());
offGraphics.fillRect(0, 0, d.width, d.height);
offGraphics.setColor(Color.black);
// Paint the frame into the image
paintFrame(offGraphics);
// Paint the image onto the screen
g.drawImage(offImage, 0, 0, null);
* Paint the previous frame (if any).
public void paint(Graphics g) {
update(g);
* Paint a frame of animation.
public void paintFrame(Graphics g) {
g.drawImage(frames[frame % 4], 0, 0, null);
Thanks for your reply,
Randy

Answer 1

Hi,
It is always good to check basic things... but no, I didn't put anything in the search field .
I finally found a dummy way to solve the issue (by he way, this also solved it for Garage Band...). Hi did the following:
1) Copy the folder "/Users/my_login/Music/iTunes/" on some other disc (or simply other location on the same disc)
2) Quit iTunes if it is opened
3) Put the original folder of point 1/ above in the trash, empty the trash
4) Copy the file back from the location you copied it before, to the original location
5) Open iTunes
6) Drag and Drop the folder iTunes from "/Users/my_login/Music/iTunes/" on the main iTunes windows. iTunes will re-index the files (it may take a while)
Quit FCP if it was opened. Open FCP. For me, at that time, all iTunes files were now appearing correctly in FCP.
Probably that the above procedure can be simplified... in my case, only applying points 5 and 6 didn't solve my issue, but I guess it could solve such issues in other similar cases. Hope this can help other people having similar issues.
Cheers.