an NPE is thrown after playing with PerspectiveTest demo from
the effects project:
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.validateColor(SunGraphics2D.java:1646)
        at sun.java2d.SunGraphics2D.<init>(SunGraphics2D.java:237)
        at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.createGraphics(SunVolatileImage.java:192)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.hw.AccelTypedVolatileImage.createGraphics(AccelTypedVolatileImage.java:54)
        at sun.awt.image.VolatileSurfaceManager.initContents(VolatileSurfaceManager.java:263)
        at sun.java2d.d3d.D3DVolatileSurfaceManager.initContents(D3DVolatileSurfaceManager.java:209)
        at sun.awt.image.SunVolatileImage.<init>(SunVolatileImage.java:74)
        at sun.java2d.pipe.hw.AccelTypedVolatileImage.<init>(AccelTypedVolatileImage.java:38)
        at sun.java2d.d3d.D3DGraphicsConfig.createCompatibleVolatileImage(D3DGraphicsConfig.java:273)
        at com.sun.scenario.effect.impl.hw.HWRenderer$1.run(HWRenderer.java:75)