title: What are currently the best image processing libraries for Java?
body: <p>I am looking for a java library that can scale, crop images without losing much quality, convert between image formats (png&lt;->jpg), etc.</p>
  
  <p>There is a similar <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/603283/what-is-the-best-java-image-processing-library-approach">question</a> already, but it was asked 1,5 years ago and I am hoping maybe there are any new inventions, as everything mentioned there looks outdated (and scary).</p>