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This code mostly works, but the resulting data seems to loose a color channel (is what I am thinking) as the resulting image data when displayed is tinted blue!
Here is the code:
UIImage* myImage=[UIImage imageNamed:@"sample1.png"];
CGImageRef imageRef=[myImage CGImage];
CVImageBufferRef pixelBuffer = [self pixelBufferFromCGImage:imageRef];
The method pixelBufferFromCGIImage was grabbed from another post on stackoverflow here: How do I export UIImage array as a movie? (although this application is unrelated to what I am trying to do) it is
+ (CVPixelBufferRef)pixelBufferFromCGImage:(CGImageRef)image
{
CGSize frameSize = CGSizeMake(CGImageGetWidth(image), CGImageGetHeight(image));
NSDictionary *options = @{
(__bridge NSString *)kCVPixelBufferCGImageCompatibilityKey: @(NO),
(__bridge NSString *)kCVPixelBufferCGBitmapContextCompatibilityKey: @(NO)
};
CVPixelBufferRef pixelBuffer;
CVReturn status = CVPixelBufferCreate(kCFAllocatorDefault, frameSize.width,
frameSize.height, kCVPixelFormatType_32ARGB, (__bridge CFDictionaryRef) options,
&pixelBuffer);
if (status != kCVReturnSuccess) {
return NULL;
}
CVPixelBufferLockBaseAddress(pixelBuffer, 0);
void *data = CVPixelBufferGetBaseAddress(pixelBuffer);
CGColorSpaceRef rgbColorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(data, frameSize.width, frameSize.height,
8, CVPixelBufferGetBytesPerRow(pixelBuffer), rgbColorSpace,
(CGBitmapInfo) kCGImageAlphaNoneSkipLast);
CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0, 0, C