Loading an image in to createImage()

[Mike]

Hello, I am trying to load an image in to the createImage() method so that I
can rotate it on a panel (without the whole panel rotating!!). Basically I
just want to copy all the pixels from one image and paste them in to
another.

Hope someone can help
Mike

Btw, why do I get a runtime error with image.getGraphics() when when
intialising an image using getImage(getDocumentBase(),filename) ?