How to save a NSImage as a new file

Question

How can I save a NSImage as a new file (png, jpg, ...) in a certain directory?

Answer 1

You could add a category to NSImage like this

@interface NSImage(saveAsJpegWithName)
- (void) saveAsJpegWithName:(NSString*) fileName;
@end

@implementation NSImage(saveAsJpegWithName)

- (void) saveAsJpegWithName:(NSString*) fileName
{
    // Cache the reduced image
    NSData *imageData = [self TIFFRepresentation];
    NSBitmapImageRep *imageRep = [NSBitmapImageRep imageRepWithData:imageData];
    NSDictionary *imageProps = [NSDictionary dictionaryWithObject:[NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0] forKey:NSImageCompressionFactor];
    imageData = [imageRep representationUsingType:NSJPEGFileType properties:imageProps];
    [imageData writeToFile:fileName atomically:NO];        
}

@end

The call to "TIFFRepresentation" is essential otherwise you may not get a valid image.