byte[] data = ((DataBufferByte) buffImage.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();

    switch (buffImage.getType()) 
    {
        case BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR:  convertFromARGBToBGRA(data);break;
        case BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR:  convertFromBGRToRGB(data);   break;
        default: System.out.println("Unknown type:"+buffImage.getType()); break;
    }
    
    //February 2nd, 2011: Fix for JAVA 1.6 thanks to sonicWonder for the fix
    private static void convertFromARGBToBGRA(final byte[] data) {
        for (int i = 0; i <  data.length; i += 4) 
        {            
            data[i] ^= data[i + 3];
            data[i+3] ^= data[i];
            data[i] ^= data[i + 3];
            
            data[i + 1] ^= data[i + 2];
            data[i + 2] ^= data[i + 1];
            data[i + 1] ^= data[i + 2];
            
        }
    }

    private static void convertFromBGRToRGB(final byte[] data) 
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < data.length; i += 3) 
        {
            
            // A small optimisation
            data[i] ^= data[i + 2];
            data[i + 2 ] ^= data[i ];
            data[i] ^= data[i + 2];
            
        }
    }
        //End February 2nd, 2011: Fix for JAVA 1.6 thanks to sonicWonder for the fix