Java - Image Opacity

Question

I have been making a video using pure Java. I would like to put in a pop-up menu for players when every they hit ESC. I have the menu setup but it looks really quite ugly. I would like to make the menu blur the image behind it.

For example on the new iOS 7 on Apple devises a lot of the things like the dock blur to whatever is behind it. There is an example of what I am trying to achieve below!

Answer 1

The simplest solution would be to use something JXLayer, as it will allow you to apply filter effects to the components that it covers.

For example.