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An effect is any action that enhances the appearance of the graphics. In JavaFX, an effect is an algorithm that is applied on nodes to enhance their appearance visually. The effect property of the Node class is used to specify the effect. In JavaFX, you can set various effects to a node such as bloom, blur and glow. Each of…

A JavaFX application can consist of a lot of elements including all kinds of media like images, videos, GIFs, and all dimensional shapes, text, etc. This is to improve the quality of user experience with the application. All these elements are represented by nodes on a JavaFX scene graph. Previously, we have learned how to…

Like Linear Gradient Pattern, there are various types of gradient patterns that depict the way they’re flowed. The other types are Radial, Angular, Reflected, Diamond gradient patterns. In this chapter, we will learn about the Radial Gradient Pattern. The Radial Gradient Pattern is another type of gradient pattern that starts from a center point and…

Apart from solid colors, you can also display a color gradient in JavaFX. A color gradient, in color science, is defined as the progression of colors depending on their positions. Hence, a color gradient is also known as color ramp or color progression. Traditionally, a color gradient contains colors arranged sequentially or linearly. However, in…

When you draw a 2D shape in a JavaFX application, you might have observed that, by default, it is colored black. But, the color black is not always suitable for all types of applications a user creates. Hence, JavaFX allows you to change this default color into whichever color the user deems perfect for their…

The Path Element Arc is used to draw an arc to a point in the specified coordinates from the current position. It is represented by a class named ArcTo. This class belongs to the package javafx.scene.shape. This class has 4 properties of the double datatype namely − To draw the Path element arc, you need to pass values to…

A Cubic curve is a two dimensional structure that is a type of a Bezier curve. A Bezier curve is defined as a curve that passes through a set of control points (P0…Pn). It is called a Cubic curve when the number of control points are 4 (or, if the order of the curve is…

Quadratic Curve or QuadCurve is generally defined as the curve that is defined by a quadratic equation. In JavaFX, we make use of 6 different properties to create this QuadCurve node. And to create a complex shape using QuadCurve, we would have to specify these properties everytime it is required. JavaFX makes this process simpler…

The path element VLineTo is used to draw a vertical line to a point in the specified coordinates from the current position. It is represented by a class named VLineTo. This class belongs to the package javafx.scene.shape. This class has a property of the double datatype namely − To draw the path element vertical line, you need to pass…

The path element HLineTo is used to draw a horizontal line to a point in the specified coordinates from the current position. It is represented by a class named HLineTo. This class belongs to the package javafx.scene.shape. This class has a property of the double datatype namely − To draw a path element horizontal line, you need to pass…