image - Quality loss using ImageIO.write

Question

I have noticied significant quality loss using ImageIO.write, how I can disable automatic compression ?

val baos: ByteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream
val newBi = new BufferedImage(img.getWidth, img.getHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB)
val gr = newBi.createGraphics()
gr.drawImage(img, 0, 0, img.getWidth(), img.getHeight(), Color.WHITE, null)
ImageIO.write(newBi, "jpeg", baos)
val b = baos.toByteArray
baos.close()

Answer 1

Use ImageWriter.

ImageWriter writer = ImageIO.getImageWritersByFormatName("jpeg").next();
ImageWriteParam param = writer.getDefaultWriteParam();
param.setCompressionMode(ImageWriteParam.MODE_EXPLICIT); // Needed see javadoc
param.setCompressionQuality(1.0F); // Highest quality
writer.write(image);

For non-photo images use .png.

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As @PiotrekDe commented, the following seems more logical.

writer.write(null, new IIOImage(image, null, null), param)