painting Scene to BufferedImage

hi,

 

I am trying to export a scene as a java.awt.Image by painting to a BufferedImage, without opening the scene view in a topcomponent. In a similar manner to the issue raised in "Help regarding Satellite view integration with Navigator panel." I receive an error due to the scene not having been validated. Is there a way of doing this? I have tried creating a view but not using it, but this results in a blank image or the same issue.

 

thanks

 

Pete