I was reading in images that were in the same folder as my programs like this
public void GetImages() { imgMonster = new ImageIcon(Astro_n_Monster.class.getResource("image.png")).getImage(); } but now I've moved them into a different folder but within the project folder still. I'm not quite sure how to read them anymore because I've tried stuff like, "H:NetBeansProjects\Game\Pictures\image.png" but that won't read it in. I need help with what to change within the ""
imgMonster = new ImageIcon("Pictures/image.png").getImage(); You can call it without using getResource(). If you juse use this file path, it should work. Netbeans will start from the Game dir Which is your project root. From there it will follow your file path specified
Game (project root) Pictures image.png src build Have you tried H:\\NetBeansProjects\\Game\\Pictures\\image.png or H:/NetBeansProjects/Game/Pictures/image.png. The char "\" is only for escaping other characteres. And your code is wrong. It should be like this:
Image imgMonster = new ImageIcon("H:\\NetBeansProjects\\Game\\Pictures\\image.png").getImage(); 
AnyClass.class.getResource("image.png") returns the absolute URL of that resource. But for that it must be located into the class path folder.
For your code to work, image.png should be available where the .class file of Astro_n_Monster generates.
Consider following package structure with simple solution for loading image from package
com |_ myCompany |_ images |_ image.png com |_ myCompany |_ javaClasses |_ Astro_n_Monster Now even your move your class Astro_n_Monster class along with images package you will get the output using following code
imgMonster = new ImageIcon(Astro_n_Monster.class.getResource("/com/myCompany/images/image.png")).getImage(); 