You cannot crop an image anymore, only less. So, you start by measuring the target, say 100x100. And your BufferedImage ( bi ), say 150x50.
Create a rectangle of your goal:
Rectangle goal = new Rectangle(100, 100);
Then cross it with the dimensions of your image:
Rectangle clip = goal.intersection(new Rectangle(bi.getWidth(), bi.getHeight());
Now the clip matches the bi part that will fit your goal. In this case, 100x50.
Now get subImage using the clip value.
BufferedImage clippedImg = bi.subImage(clip,1, clip.y, clip.width, clip.height);
Create a new BufferedImage ( bi2 ) goal size:
BufferedImage bi2 = new BufferedImage(goal.width, goal.height);
Fill it with white (or any other bg color):
Graphics2D big2 = bi2.getGraphics(); big2.setColor(Color.white); big2.fillRect(0, 0, goal.width, goal.height);
and draw a cropped image on it.
int x = goal.width - (clip.width / 2); int y = goal.height - (clip.height / 2); big2.drawImage(x, y, clippedImg, null);