UIImage -> CGImageRef

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Wallter picture Wallter · May 20, 2011 · Viewed 33.8k times · Source

I'm building an Iphone app that needs to convert a UIImage to a CGImageRef. I have no idea how to do this and would love some help. I have no background in working with images... :)

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Deepak Danduprolu picture Deepak Danduprolu · May 20, 2011

It is as simple as image.CGImage where image is a UIImage object.

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