What's the easiest way to resize/optimize an i

Question

My application is downloading a set of image files from the network, and saving them to the local iPhone disk. Some of those images are pretty big in size (widths larger than 500 pixels, for instance). Since the iPhone doesn't even have a big enough display to show the image in its original size, I'm planning on resizing the image to something a bit smaller to save on space/performance.

Also, some of those images are JPEGs and they are not saved as the usual 60% quality setting.

How can I resize a picture with the iPhone SDK, and how can I change the quality setting of a JPEG image?

Answer 1

If anyone still looking for better option

-(UIImage *)scaleImage:(UIImage *)image toSize:(CGSize)targetSize {


    UIImage *sourceImage = image;
    UIImage *newImage = nil;

    CGSize imageSize = sourceImage.size;
    CGFloat width = imageSize.width;
    CGFloat height = imageSize.height;

    CGFloat targetWidth = targetSize.width;
    CGFloat targetHeight = targetSize.height;

    CGFloat scaleFactor = 0.0;
    CGFloat scaledWidth = targetWidth;
    CGFloat scaledHeight = targetHeight;

    CGPoint thumbnailPoint = CGPointMake(0.0,0.0);

    if (CGSizeEqualToSize(imageSize, targetSize) == NO) {

        CGFloat widthFactor = targetWidth / width;
        CGFloat heightFactor = targetHeight / height;

        if (widthFactor < heightFactor)
            scaleFactor = widthFactor;
        else
            scaleFactor = heightFactor;

        scaledWidth  = width * scaleFactor;
        scaledHeight = height * scaleFactor;

        // center the image


        if (widthFactor < heightFactor) {
            thumbnailPoint.y = (targetHeight - scaledHeight) * 0.5;
        } else if (widthFactor > heightFactor) {
            thumbnailPoint.x = (targetWidth - scaledWidth) * 0.5;
        }
    }


    // this is actually the interesting part:

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(targetSize);

    CGRect thumbnailRect = CGRectZero;
    thumbnailRect.origin = thumbnailPoint;
    thumbnailRect.size.width  = scaledWidth;
    thumbnailRect.size.height = scaledHeight;

    [sourceImage drawInRect:thumbnailRect];

    newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    if(newImage == nil) NSLog(@"could not scale image");


    return newImage ;

}

Answer 2

you can use this code to scale image in required size.

+ (UIImage *)scaleImage:(UIImage *)image toSize:(CGSize)newSize
{
    CGSize actSize = image.size;
    float scale = actSize.width/actSize.height;

    if (scale < 1) {
        newSize.height = newSize.width/scale;
    } 
    else {
        newSize.width = newSize.height*scale;
    }

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(newSize);
    [image drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, newSize.width, newSize.height)];
    UIImage* newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return newImage;
}

Answer 3

If you image is in document directory, Add this URL extension:

extension URL {
    func compressedImageURL(quality: CGFloat = 0.3) throws -> URL? {
        let imageData = try Data(contentsOf: self)
        debugPrint("Image file size before compression: \(imageData.count) bytes")

        let compressedURL = NSURL.fileURL(withPath: NSTemporaryDirectory() + NSUUID().uuidString + ".jpg")

        guard let actualImage = UIImage(data: imageData) else { return nil }
        guard let compressedImageData = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(actualImage, quality) else {
            return nil
        }
        debugPrint("Image file size after compression: \(compressedImageData.count) bytes")

        do {
            try compressedImageData.write(to: compressedURL)
            return compressedURL
        } catch {
            return nil
        }
    }
}

Usage:

guard let localImageURL = URL(string: "< LocalImagePath.jpg >") else {
    return
}

//Here you will get URL of compressed image
guard let compressedImageURL = try localImageURL.compressedImageURL() else {
    return
}

debugPrint("compressedImageURL: \(compressedImageURL.absoluteString)")

Note:- Change < LocalImagePath.jpg > with your local jpg image path.

Answer 4

I ended up using Brads technique to create a scaleToFitWidth method in UIImage+Extensions if that's useful to anyone...

-(UIImage *)scaleToFitWidth:(CGFloat)width
{
    CGFloat ratio = width / self.size.width;
    CGFloat height = self.size.height * ratio;

    NSLog(@"W:%f H:%f",width,height);

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(width, height));
    [self drawInRect:CGRectMake(0.0f,0.0f,width,height)];
    UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return newImage;
}

then wherever you like

#import "UIImage+Extensions.h"

UIImage *newImage = [image scaleToFitWidth:100.0f];

Also worth noting you could move this further down into a UIView+Extensions class if you want to render images from a UIView

Answer 5

Adding to the slew of answers here, but I have gone for a solution which resizes by file size, rather than dimensions.

This will both reduce the dimensions and quality of the image until it reaches your given size.

func compressTo(toSizeInMB size: Double) -> UIImage? {
    let bytes = size * 1024 * 1024
    let sizeInBytes = Int(bytes)
    var needCompress:Bool = true
    var imgData:Data?
    var compressingValue:CGFloat = 1.0

    while (needCompress) {

        if let resizedImage = scaleImage(byMultiplicationFactorOf: compressingValue), let data: Data = UIImageJPEGRepresentation(resizedImage, compressingValue) {

            if data.count < sizeInBytes || compressingValue < 0.1 {
                needCompress = false
                imgData = data
            } else {
                compressingValue -= 0.1
            }
        }
    }

    if let data = imgData {
        print("Finished with compression value of: \(compressingValue)")
        return UIImage(data: data)
    }
    return nil
}

private func scaleImage(byMultiplicationFactorOf factor: CGFloat) -> UIImage? {
    let size = CGSize(width: self.size.width*factor, height: self.size.height*factor)
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size)
    draw(in: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: size.width, height: size.height))
    if let newImage: UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext() {
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext()
        return newImage;
    }
    return nil
}

Credit for scaling by size answer

Answer 6

Try this,It work for me,

       CGRect rect =CGRectMake (0, 0,1200,900);
       UIGraphicsBeginImageContext( rect.size );
       [image drawInRect:rect];
       UIImage *picture1 = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
       UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
       NSData *imageData = UIImagePNGRepresentation(picture1);
       UIImage *img=[UIImage imageWithData:imageData];
      [imageArray addObject:img];