private void createThumbnail(String filename, int thumbWidth, int thumbHeight, int quality, String outFilename)
		throws InterruptedException, FileNotFoundException, IOException
	{
		// load image from filename
		Image image = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getImage(filename);
		MediaTracker mediaTracker = new MediaTracker(new Container());
		mediaTracker.addImage(image, 0);
		mediaTracker.waitForID(0);
		// use this to test for errors at this point: System.out.println(mediaTracker.isErrorAny());
		
		// determine thumbnail size from WIDTH and HEIGHT
		double thumbRatio = (double)thumbWidth / (double)thumbHeight;
		int imageWidth = image.getWidth(null);
		int imageHeight = image.getHeight(null);
		double imageRatio = (double)imageWidth / (double)imageHeight;
		if (thumbRatio < imageRatio) {
			thumbHeight = (int)(thumbWidth / imageRatio);
		} else {
			thumbWidth = (int)(thumbHeight * imageRatio);
		}
		
		// draw original image to thumbnail image object and
		// scale it to the new size on-the-fly
		BufferedImage thumbImage = new BufferedImage(thumbWidth, thumbHeight, BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB);
		Graphics2D graphics2D = thumbImage.createGraphics();
		graphics2D.setRenderingHint(RenderingHints.KEY_INTERPOLATION, RenderingHints.VALUE_INTERPOLATION_BILINEAR);
		graphics2D.drawImage(image, 0, 0, thumbWidth, thumbHeight, null);
		
		// save thumbnail image to outFilename
		BufferedOutputStream out = new BufferedOutputStream(new FileOutputStream(outFilename));
		JPEGImageEncoder encoder = JPEGCodec.createJPEGEncoder(out);
		JPEGEncodeParam param = encoder.getDefaultJPEGEncodeParam(thumbImage);
		quality = Math.max(0, Math.min(quality, 100));
		param.setQuality((float)quality / 100.0f, false);
		encoder.setJPEGEncodeParam(param);
		encoder.encode(thumbImage);
		out.close();
	}