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BarryK88
BarryK88

Reputation: 1806

How can I change the color 'white' from a UIImage to transparent

I've got a UIImage which is generated as a screenshot. I'm adding this object with the following code:

self.view.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:1 blue:1 alpha:0.0];
    drawImage.backgroundColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:1 green:1 blue:1 alpha:0.0];

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.view.bounds.size);
    [drawImage.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
    UIImage *viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    CGImageRef rawImageRef=viewImage.CGImage;
    const float colorMasking[6] = {255,255,255,255,0,0}; 
    CGImageCreateWithMaskingColors(rawImageRef, colorMasking);
    UIImage *newImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:rawImageRef];

However my Image only turns white, and I'd like to have the image to be transparent on the places where it's white by using CGImageCreateMaskingColors.

Hope someone can help me out.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5805

Answers (1)

tommyli
tommyli

Reputation: 131

UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(self.view.bounds.size, YES, 1.0);
[self.view.layer renderInContext:UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()];
UIImage *viewImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

CGImageRef rawImageRef = viewImage.CGImage;
const float colorMasking[6] = {255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255};
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(viewImage.size);
CGImageRef maskedImageRef = CGImageCreateWithMaskingColors(rawImageRef, colorMasking);
CGContextTranslateCTM(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), 0.0, viewImage.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), 1.0, -1.0);

CGContextDrawImage(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), CGRectMake(0, 0, viewImage.size.width, viewImage.size.height), maskedImageRef);
UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
CGImageRelease(maskedImageRef);
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

Upvotes: 7

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