绘制UIImage

-(UIImage *)imageFromColor:(UIColor*)color
{
    CGRect rect = CGRectMake(0, 0, 1, 1);
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(rect.size);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGContextSetFillColorWithColor(context, [color CGColor]);
    CGContextFillRect(context, rect);
    UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return img;
}

如何把一个图片设置成椭圆形状

UIImage * srcImg =[UIImage imageNamed:@"videoHoldbg.png"];
CGFloat width = srcImg.size.width;
CGFloat height = srcImg.size.height;
//开始绘制图片
UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(srcImg.size);
CGContextRef gc = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
绘制Clip区域
CGContextAddEllipseInRect(gc, CGRectMake(0, 0,100, 75)); //椭圆
CGContextClosePath(gc);
CGContextClip(gc);
//坐标系转换
//因为CGContextDrawImage会使用Quartz内的以左下角为(0,0)的坐标系
CGContextTranslateCTM(gc, 0, height);
CGContextScaleCTM(gc, 1, -1);
CGContextDrawImage(gc, CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), [srcImg CGImage]);
//结束绘画
UIImage *destImg = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageView * view =[[UIImageView alloc]initWithFrame:CGRectMake(100, 100, 100, 100)];
[view setImage:destImg];
[self.view addSubview:view]; 

Draw another image on a UIImage?http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6656745/draw-another-image-on-a-uiimage

CGFloat width, height;
UIImage *inputImage;    // input image to be composited over new image as example

// create a new bitmap image context at the device resolution (retina/non-retina)
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(CGSizeMake(width, height), YES, 0.0);        

// get context
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();       

// push context to make it current 
// (need to do this manually because we are not drawing in a UIView)
UIGraphicsPushContext(context);                             

// drawing code comes here- look at CGContext reference
// for available operations
// this example draws the inputImage into the context
[inputImage drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height)];

// pop context 
UIGraphicsPopContext();                             

// get a UIImage from the image context- enjoy!!!
UIImage *outputImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();

// clean up drawing environment
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

在Apple文档Drawing and Printing Guide for iOS中有一节关于绘制和创建image的内容 Drawing and Creating Images。其中有如下的说明：

• 如果你想显示image，作为自定义view的一部分，你必须在view的drawRect:的方法中来绘制view。
• 如果你想离屏渲染image（稍后绘制，或者把它保存到文件中），你必须创建一个bitmap image context。

绘制图片Drawing Image

从bundle中加载一个image

NSString *imagePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:@"myImage" ofType:@"png"];
UIImage *myImageObj = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile:imagePath];
 
// Store the image into a property of type UIImage *
// for use later in the class's drawRect: method.
self.anImage = myImageObj;

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect
{
    ...
 
    // Draw the image.
    [self.anImage drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(10, 10)];
}

使用Bitmap Graphics Context创建新的图片

- (void)connectionDidFinishLoading:(NSURLConnection *)connection {
    UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithData:self.activeDownload];
    if (image != nil && image.size.width != kAppIconHeight && image.size.height != kAppIconHeight) {
        CGRect imageRect = CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, kAppIconHeight, kAppIconHeight);
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(itemSize, NO, [UIScreen mainScreen].scale);
        [image drawInRect:imageRect];
        self.appRecord.appIcon = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();  // UIImage returned.
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    } else {
        self.appRecord.appIcon = image;
    }
    self.activeDownload = nil;
    [image release];
    self.imageConnection = nil;
    [delegate appImageDidLoad:self.indexPathInTableView];
}

也可以调用Core Graphics函数来创建 bitmap image

/ Other code precedes...
 
CGRect pageRect = CGPDFPageGetBoxRect(page, kCGPDFMediaBox);
pdfScale = self.frame.size.width/pageRect.size.width;
pageRect.size = CGSizeMake(pageRect.size.width * pdfScale, pageRect.size.height * pdfScale);
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(pageRect.size, YES, pdfScale);
CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
 
// First fill the background with white.
CGContextSetRGBFillColor(context, 1.0,1.0,1.0,1.0);
CGContextFillRect(context,pageRect);
CGContextSaveGState(context);
 
// Flip the context so that the PDF page is rendered right side up
CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0.0, pageRect.size.height);
CGContextScaleCTM(context, 1.0, -1.0);
 
// Scale the context so that the PDF page is rendered at the
// correct size for the zoom level.
CGContextScaleCTM(context, pdfScale,pdfScale);
CGContextDrawPDFPage(context, page);
CGContextRestoreGState(context);
UIImage *backgroundImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
backgroundImageView = [[UIImageView alloc] initWithImage:backgroundImage];
 
// Other code follows...