On 2009 Feb 28, at 20:10, Graham Cox wrote:

Create the new image, swapping width and height, lock focus onto it, apply a transform that rotates 90 degrees, and draw the first into the second.

You can't do it without drawing, but the drawing doesn't need to be onscreen.

Thanks, Graham.  Fun stuff....


@interface NSImage (Transform)

/*!
 @brief    Rotates an image around its center by a given
 angle in degrees and returns the new image.

 @details  The width and height of the returned image are,
 respectively, the height and width of the receiver.

 I have not yet tested this with a non-square image.
*/
- (NSImage*)imageRotatedByDegrees:(CGFloat)degrees ;

@end

#import "NSImage+Transform.h"


@implementation NSImage (Transform)

- (NSImage*)imageRotatedByDegrees:(CGFloat)degrees {
NSSize rotatedSize = NSMakeSize(self.size.height, self.size.width) ; NSImage* rotatedImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize:rotatedSize] ;

    NSAffineTransform* transform = [NSAffineTransform transform] ;

    // In order to avoid clipping the image, translate
    // the coordinate system to its center
    [transform translateXBy:+self.size.width/2
                        yBy:+self.size.height/2] ;
    // then rotate
    [transform rotateByDegrees:degrees] ;
    // Then translate the origin system back to
    // the bottom left
    [transform translateXBy:-rotatedSize.width/2
                        yBy:-rotatedSize.height/2] ;

    [rotatedImage lockFocus] ;
    [transform concat] ;
    [self drawAtPoint:NSMakePoint(0,0)
             fromRect:NSZeroRect
            operation:NSCompositeCopy
             fraction:1.0] ;
    [rotatedImage unlockFocus] ;

    return [rotatedImage autorelease] ;
}

@end



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