[SOLVED] Getting a CGImage from CIImage

Getting a CGImage from CIImage

I have a UIImage which is loaded from a CIImage with:

tempImage = [UIImage imageWithCIImage:ciImage];

The problem is I need to crop tempImage to a specific CGRect and the only way I know how to do this is by using CGImage. The problem is that in the iOS 6.0 documentation I found this:

CGImage
If the UIImage object was initialized using a CIImage object, the value of the property is NULL.

A. How to convert from CIImage to CGImage? I'm using this code but I have a memory leak (and can't understand where):

+(UIImage*)UIImageFromCIImage:(CIImage*)ciImage {  
    CGSize size = ciImage.extent.size;  
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);  
    CGRect rect;  
    rect.origin = CGPointZero;  
    rect.size   = size;  
    UIImage *remImage = [UIImage imageWithCIImage:ciImage];  
    [remImage drawInRect:rect];  
    UIImage *result = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();  
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();  
    remImage = nil;  
    ciImage = nil;  
    //
    return result;  
}

Solution

See the CIContext documentation for createCGImage:fromRect:

CGImageRef img = [myContext createCGImage:ciImage fromRect:[ciImage extent]];

From an answer to a similar question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10472842/474896

Also since you have a CIImage to begin with, you could use CIFilter to actually crop your image.