Can I edit the pixels of the UIImage's property CGImage

Question

UIImage has a read-only property CGImage. I have to read its pixels to a memory block and edit them and then make a new UIImage to replace the old one. I want to know if th

Answer 1

I used the following code to add 2 thin red lines at right and left of an image

-(UIImage*)ModifyImage:(UIImage*) img
{
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(img.size);

    [img drawInRect:CGRectMake(0,0,img.size.width,img.size.height) blendMode:kCGBlendModeSourceOut alpha:1.0f];

    CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    int w =img.size.width;
    int cw,ch;

    cw = img.size.width / 35;
    ch = img.size.height / 35;

    unsigned char* data = CGBitmapContextGetData (ctx);

    for(int y = 0 ; y < img.size.height ; y++)
    {
        for(int x = 0 ; x < img.size.width ; x++)
        {
            //int offset = 4*((w * y) + x);

            int offset = (CGBitmapContextGetBytesPerRow(ctx)*y) + (4 * x);

            int blue    =  data[offset];
            int green   = data[offset+1];
            int red     = data[offset+2];
            //int alpha   = data[offset+3];

            if(x <= (cw * 2) || x >= (cw * 35))
            {
                data[offset]    = 0;
                data[offset+1]  = 0;
                data[offset+2]  = 255;
                data[offset+3]  = 255;
            }
        }
    }

    UIImage *rtimg = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return rtimg;
}