I was wondering if it's possible to "extract" a part of UIImageView
.
For example, I select using Warp Affine a part of the UIImageView
and I know the selected part frame
.
like in this image:
Is it possible to get from the original UIImageView
only the selected part without losing quality?
Get the snapshot of the view via category method:
@implementation UIView(Snapshot)
-(UIImage*)makeSnapshot
{
CGRect wholeRect = self.bounds;
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(wholeRect.size, YES, [UIScreen mainScreen].scale);
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
[[UIColor blackColor] set];
CGContextFillRect(ctx, wholeRect);
[self.layer renderInContext:ctx];
UIImage* image = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
return image;
}
@end
then crop it to your rect via another category method:
@implementation UIImage(Crop)
-(UIImage*)cropFromRect:(CGRect)fromRect
{
fromRect = CGRectMake(fromRect.origin.x * self.scale,
fromRect.origin.y * self.scale,
fromRect.size.width * self.scale,
fromRect.size.height * self.scale);
CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(self.CGImage, fromRect);
UIImage* crop = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef scale:self.scale orientation:self.imageOrientation];
CGImageRelease(imageRef);
return crop;
}
@end
in your VC:
UIImage* snapshot = [self.imageView makeSnapshot];
UIImage* imageYouNeed = [snapshot cropFromRect:selectedRect];
selectedRect
should be in you self.imageView
coordinate system, if no so then use
selectedRect = [self.imageView convertRect:selectedRect fromView:...]
Yes, it's possibile.First you should get the UIImageView's image, using this property:
@property(nonatomic, retain) UIImage *image;
And NSImage's :
@property(nonatomic, readonly) CGImageRef CGImage;
Then you get the cut image:
CGImageRef cutImage = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect(yourCGImageRef, CGRectMake(x, y, w, h));
If you want again a UIImage you should use this UIImage's method:
+ (UIImage *)imageWithCGImage:(CGImageRef)cgImage;
PS: I don't know how to do it directly, without convert it to CGImageRef, maybe there's a way.