Change Pixel colour values of UIImage

Question

I want to change the color of all pixels in UIImage. This code successfuly change the colour for a single point but when I run it in a loop for whole image then my Image disappears. First I read the pixel colour value then I apply changes to the colour of this pixel. Also loop runs for i's 0 value only. Below is the code

    UIImage *grayImage=[UIImage imageWithCGImage:source.CGImage];
            for(int i=0;i<imageToTest.frame.size.width;i++){
                for(int j=0;j<imageToTest.frame.size.height;j++){
                    NSLog(@"%d",i);
                    CGPoint point=CGPointMake((CGFloat) i,(CGFloat) j);
                    if (!CGRectContainsPoint(CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, source.size.width, source.size.height), point)) {
                        return nil;
                    }

                    NSInteger pointX = trunc(point.x);
                    NSInteger pointY = trunc(point.y);
                    CGImageRef cgImage = source.CGImage;
                    NSUInteger width = CGImageGetWidth(cgImage);
                    NSUInteger height = CGImageGetHeight(cgImage);
                    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
                    int bytesPerPixel = 4;
                    int bytesPerRow = bytesPerPixel * 1;
                    NSUInteger bitsPerComponent = 8;
                    unsigned char pixelData[4] = { 0, 0, 0, 0 };
                    CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(pixelData, 
                                                                 1,
                                                                 1,
                                                                 bitsPerComponent, 
                                                                 bytesPerRow, 
                                                                 colorSpace,
                                                                 kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedLast | kCGBitmapByteOrder32Big);
                    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace);
                    CGContextSetBlendMode(context, kCGBlendModeCopy);

                        // Draw the pixel we are interested in onto the bitmap context
                    CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -pointX, -pointY);
                    CGContextDrawImage(context, CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, (CGFloat)width, (CGFloat)height), cgImage);
                    CGContextRelease(context);

                        // Convert color values [0..255] to floats [0.0..1.0]
                    CGFloat red   = (CGFloat)pixelData[0] / 255.0f;
                    CGFloat green = (CGFloat)pixelData[1] / 255.0f;
                    CGFloat blue  = (CGFloat)pixelData[2] / 255.0f;
                    CGFloat alpha = (CGFloat)pixelData[3] / 255.0f;
                    UIColor *currentPixelColor;
                    CGFloat Answer=sliderValue/10;
                    red=red*Answer;
                    green=green*Answer;
                    blue=blue*Answer;
                    alpha=alpha*Answer;
                    currentPixelColor=[UIColor colorWithRed:red green:green blue:blue alpha:alpha];


                    int width2 = source.size.width;
                    int height2 = source.size.height;

                    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpace2 = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();    
                    CGContextRef context2 = CGBitmapContextCreate (nil,
                                                                   width2,
                                                                   height2,
                                                                   8,
                                                                   0,
                                                                   colorSpace2,
                                                                   kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst);

                    CGColorSpaceRelease(colorSpace2);

                    if (context2 == NULL) {
                        return nil;
                    }

                    CGContextDrawImage(context2,
                                       CGRectMake(0, 0, width2, height2), grayImage.CGImage);

                    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context2, currentPixelColor.CGColor);
                    CGContextFillRect(context2, CGRectMake(point.x, point.y, 1, 1));

                    grayImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context2)];
                    CGContextRelease(context2);

                }

            }


            return grayImage;

}

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 25 '12 at 13:07

I suspect you are running into this condition and returning nil (hence your image disappears):

if (!CGRectContainsPoint(CGRectMake(0.0f, 0.0f, source.size.width, source.size.height), point)) {
    return nil;
}

I think your iterations should be over source.size.width and source.size.height instead of the containing view's dimensions.

On a side note, you are probably iterating at a level to high. It would probably be possible (and certainly more efficient) to only create on CGContextRef and apply all your changes. Honestly I haven't looked at your algorithm close enough but you should try to take everything that doesn't need to be reiterated over and over out of your loop.

kindly suggest me the easy way to do this task because it is not optimal solution to change each pixel colour — Idrees Ashraf, May 25 '12 at 13:13
This [post](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7122221/how-to-implement-fast-image-filters-on-ios-platform) might help you — mprivat, May 25 '12 at 13:38

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 27 '12 at 23:42

You should look at using Core Image filters to do your color adjustments. They are very fast, and pretty easy to use. Erica Sadun's book "The iOS 5 Developer's Cookbook" includes a chapter on using CI that is very clear and easy to use. It also includes a work-around for an OS bug that prevents you from getting your modified image back from Core Image to a UIImage.

Change Pixel colour values of UIImage

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