Cropping a part of UIImage in iPhone
To crop any part of an image in iPhone using Objective C, start with an UIImage object. UIImage *image; Create a bitmap representation the image using the CGImageRef class. CGImageRef imageReference = image.CGImage; Define the frame size for the part of image which should be cropped. CGRect cropFrame = CGRectMake(10, 10, 50, 50); Now set the current context of UIGraphics CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); Draw the image using the crop frame and imageReference using the current context. CGContextDrawImage(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), cropFrame, imageReference); Save the cropped image on a new UIImage object. UIImage *imageCopy = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); After consolidating the above code to a single shot, it looks like, UIImage *image; CGImageRef imageReference = image.CGImage; ...