// Takes a PImage and compresses it into a JPEG byte stream
// Adapted from Dan Shiffman's UDP Sender code
public byte[] compressImage(PImage img) {
// We need a buffered image to do the JPG encoding
BufferedImage bimg = new BufferedImage(img.width, img.height, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
img.loadPixels();
bimg.setRGB(0, 0, img.width, img.height, img.pixels, 0, img.width);
// Need these output streams to get image as bytes for UDP communication
ByteArrayOutputStream baStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
BufferedOutputStream bos = new BufferedOutputStream(baStream);
// Turn the BufferedImage into a JPG and put it in the BufferedOutputStream
// Requires try/catch
try {
ImageIO.write(bimg, "jpg", bos);
} catch (IOException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
}
// Get the byte array, which we will send out via UDP!
return baStream.toByteArray();
}
