Hi thanks for trying to help.

Im trying to create a JPanel that contains a RenderedImage, that can be
added to a JFrame.

I extended the JPanel class to be able to "draw" the Image that I pass
to it on each paint of the component, however, when I add it to the
JFrame, I only see a blank JPanel.

I thought that if I took out the (super) calls, that it may correct the
problem, but then it just shows up as a tiny empty JPanel...  same
thing happens if I take out setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,200));

Code follows, thanks for you sage opinions!

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public class JPanelGraphics extends JPanel{

    RenderedImage myGraphics;

    JPanelGraphics (RenderedImage g){
        super();
        myGraphics = g;
    }

    public void paintComponent(Graphics2D g) {
        super.paintComponent(g);
        g.drawRenderedImage(myGraphics,
AffineTransform.getTranslateInstance(0,0 ));
    }
}
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main()
{
..........
JPanelGraphics pgGraphics = new JPanelGraphics(riGraphic);
pgGraphics.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400,200));
panInputGrid.add(pgGraphics);

//add components to frame
jfrWindow.getContentPane().add(pgGraphics);

..........
}