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UIImage fix orientation
- (UIImage *)fixOrientation {
// No-op if the orientation is already correct
if (self.imageOrientation == UIImageOrientationUp) return self;
// We need to calculate the proper transformation to make the image upright.
// We do it in 2 steps: Rotate if Left/Right/Down, and then flip if Mirrored.
CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
switch (self.imageOrientation) {
case UIImageOrientationDown:
case UIImageOrientationDownMirrored:
transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, self.size.height);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI);
break;
case UIImageOrientationLeft:
case UIImageOrientationLeftMirrored:
transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, 0);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI_2);
break;
case UIImageOrientationRight:
case UIImageOrientationRightMirrored:
transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, 0, self.size.height);
transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, -M_PI_2);
break;
}
switch (self.imageOrientation) {
case UIImageOrientationUpMirrored:
case UIImageOrientationDownMirrored:
transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.width, 0);
transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1, 1);
break;
case UIImageOrientationLeftMirrored:
case UIImageOrientationRightMirrored:
transform = CGAffineTransformTranslate(transform, self.size.height, 0);
transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1, 1);
break;
}
// Now we draw the underlying CGImage into a new context, applying the transform
// calculated above.
CGContextRef ctx = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL, self.size.width, self.size.height,
CGImageGetBitsPerComponent(self.CGImage), 0,
CGImageGetColorSpace(self.CGImage),
CGImageGetBitmapInfo(self.CGImage));
CGContextConcatCTM(ctx, transform);
switch (self.imageOrientation) {
case UIImageOrientationLeft:
case UIImageOrientationLeftMirrored:
case UIImageOrientationRight:
case UIImageOrientationRightMirrored:
// Grr...
CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0,0,self.size.height,self.size.width), self.CGImage);
break;
default:
CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0,0,self.size.width,self.size.height), self.CGImage);
break;
}
// And now we just create a new UIImage from the drawing context
CGImageRef cgimg = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(ctx);
UIImage *img = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgimg];
CGContextRelease(ctx);
CGImageRelease(cgimg);
return img;
}
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