Problem in cropping the UIImage using CGContext? - iphone

Question

I developing the simple UIApplication in which i want to crop the UIImage (in .jpg format) with help of CGContext. The developed code till now as follows,
CGImageRef graphicOriginalImage = [originalImage.image CGImage];
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(originalImage.image.size);
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGBitmapContextCreateImage(graphicOriginalImage);
CGFloat fltW = originalImage.image.size.width;
CGFloat fltH = originalImage.image.size.height;
CGFloat X = round(fltW/4);
CGFloat Y =round(fltH/4);
CGFloat width = round(X + (fltW/2));
CGFloat height = round(Y + (fltH/2));
CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, 0, image.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, 1.0, -1.0);
CGRect rect = CGRectMake(X,Y ,width ,height);
CGContextDrawImage(ctx, rect, graphicOriginalImage);
croppedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
return croppedImage;
}
The above code is worked fine but it can't crop image.
The original image memory and cropped image memory i will got same(equal to original image memory).
The above code is right for cropping the image??????????????????

Answer 1

Here is a good way to crop an image to a CGRect:
- (UIImage*)imageByCropping:(UIImage *)imageToCrop toRect:(CGRect)rect
{
//create a context to do our clipping in
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size);
CGContextRef currentContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
//create a rect with the size we want to crop the image to
//the X and Y here are zero so we start at the beginning of our
//newly created context
CGRect clippedRect = CGRectMake(0, 0, rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
CGContextClipToRect( currentContext, clippedRect);
//create a rect equivalent to the full size of the image
//offset the rect by the X and Y we want to start the crop
//from in order to cut off anything before them
CGRect drawRect = CGRectMake(rect.origin.x * -1,
rect.origin.y * -1,
imageToCrop.size.width,
imageToCrop.size.height);
//draw the image to our clipped context using our offset rect
CGContextDrawImage(currentContext, drawRect, imageToCrop.CGImage);
//pull the image from our cropped context
UIImage *cropped = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
//pop the context to get back to the default
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
//Note: this is autoreleased
return cropped;
}
Or another way:
- (UIImage *)imageByCropping:(UIImage *)imageToCrop toRect:(CGRect)rect
 {
CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([imageToCrop CGImage], rect);
UIImage *cropped = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef];
CGImageRelease(imageRef);

 return cropped;
}
From http://www.hive05.com/2008/11/crop-an-image-using-the-iphone-sdk/.

Answer 2

The context you create to draw the image has the same size that the original image. That's why they have the same size.
If you don't want to re-invent the wheel, take a look at the TouchCode project on Google Code. You will find UIImage categories that do the job (see UIImage_ThumbnailExtensions.m).