Cocoa-touch – How to Convert UIImage to CIImage and vice versa

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I'm trying to get CIImage from ImageView that display on the screen.

UIImage *image = myImageView.image;

convert image UIImage to CIImage.

CIImage *cImage = [....];

How to do this?

Best Answer

CIImage *ciImage = [UIImage imageNamed:@"test.png"].CIImage;
UIImage *uiImage = [[UIImage alloc] initWithCIImage:ciImage];

To fix the case where myUIImage.CIImage returns nil like [UIImageView image], you can instead do [CIImage imageWithCGImage:myUIImage.CGImage] – Dylan Hand

Swift version:

let ciImage = UIImage(named: "test.png")!.ciImage
let uiImage = UIImage(ciImage: ciImage)

To fix the case where myUIImage.ciImage returns nil like you can instead do CIImage(cgImage: myUIImage!.cgImage!).

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Cocoa – How to get pixel data from a UIImage (Cocoa Touch) or CGImage (Core Graphics)

FYI, I combined Keremk's answer with my original outline, cleaned-up the typos, generalized it to return an array of colors and got the whole thing to compile. Here is the result:

+ (NSArray*)getRGBAsFromImage:(UIImage*)image atX:(int)x andY:(int)y count:(int)count
{
    NSMutableArray *result = [NSMutableArray arrayWithCapacity:count];

    // First get the image into your data buffer
    CGImageRef imageRef = [image CGImage];
    NSUInteger width = CGImageGetWidth(imageRef);
    NSUInteger height = CGImageGetHeight(imageRef);
    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    unsigned char *rawData = (unsigned char*) calloc(height * width * 4, sizeof(unsigned char));
    NSUInteger bytesPerPixel = 4;
    NSUInteger bytesPerRow = bytesPerPixel * width;
    NSUInteger bitsPerComponent = 8;
    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(rawData, width, height,
                    bitsPerComponent, bytesPerRow, colorSpace,
                    kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);
    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);

    CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), imageRef);
    CGContextRelease(context);

    // Now your rawData contains the image data in the RGBA8888 pixel format.
    NSUInteger byteIndex = (bytesPerRow * y) + x * bytesPerPixel;
    for (int i = 0 ; i < count ; ++i)
    {
        CGFloat alpha = ((CGFloat) rawData[byteIndex + 3] ) / 255.0f;
        CGFloat red   = ((CGFloat) rawData[byteIndex]     ) / alpha;
        CGFloat green = ((CGFloat) rawData[byteIndex + 1] ) / alpha;
        CGFloat blue  = ((CGFloat) rawData[byteIndex + 2] ) / alpha;
        byteIndex += bytesPerPixel;

        UIColor *acolor = [UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:alpha];
        [result addObject:acolor];
    }

  free(rawData);

  return result;
}

Ios – Xcode – How to fix ‘NSUnknownKeyException’, reason: … this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key X” error

You may have a bad connection in your xib.

I've had this error many times. While TechZen's answer is absolutely right in this case, another common cause is when you change the name of a IBOutlet property in your .h/.m which you've already connected up to File's Owner in the nib.

From your nib:

Select the object in IB and go to the 'Connections Inspector'.
Under 'Referencing Outlets' make sure that your object isn't still connected to the old property name... if it is, click the small 'x' to delete the reference and build again.

Another common cause if you are using Storyboard, your UIButton might have more then one assignings (Solution is almost the same as for nib):

Open your storyboard and right click the UIButton
You will see that there is more than one assign/ref to this button. Remove one of the "Main..." greyed windows with the small "x":

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Cocoa – How to get pixel data from a UIImage (Cocoa Touch) or CGImage (Core Graphics)

Ios – Xcode – How to fix ‘NSUnknownKeyException’, reason: … this class is not key value coding-compliant for the key X” error

You may have a bad connection in your xib.

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