In Quartz 2D, Is it possible to mask an image by removing everything but the color channel you want?

Question

So I tried to use the Quartz CGImageCreateWithMaskingColors function, but he only problem is that it masks the color range you are selecting.

I want to mask everything but the color range I am selecting. For instance, I want to show all red colors in a picture but remove the other channels (Green and Blue).

I am doing this in Objective-C and I am a noob so please give me examples :)

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

use these methods.i found them in one of the SO posts.

-(void)changeColor
{
    UIImage *temp23=Image;//Pass your image here
    CGImageRef ref1=[self createMask:temp23];
    const float colorMasking[6] = {1.0, 3.0, 1.0, 2.0, 2.0, 3.0};
    CGImageRef New=CGImageCreateWithMaskingColors(ref1, colorMasking);
    UIImage *resultedimage=[UIImage imageWithCGImage:New];
    EditImageView.image = resultedimage;
    [EditImageView setNeedsDisplay];
}

-(CGImageRef)createMask:(UIImage*)temp
{


    CGImageRef ref=temp.CGImage;
    int mWidth=CGImageGetWidth(ref);
    int mHeight=CGImageGetHeight(ref);
    int count=mWidth*mHeight*4;
    void *bufferdata=malloc(count);

    CGColorSpaceRef colorSpaceRef = CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB();
    CGBitmapInfo bitmapInfo = kCGBitmapByteOrderDefault;
    CGColorRenderingIntent renderingIntent = kCGRenderingIntentDefault;

    CGContextRef cgctx = CGBitmapContextCreate (bufferdata,mWidth,mHeight, 8,mWidth*4, colorSpaceRef, kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst); 

    CGRect rect = {0,0,mWidth,mHeight};
    CGContextDrawImage(cgctx, rect, ref); 
    bufferdata = CGBitmapContextGetData (cgctx);

    CGDataProviderRef provider = CGDataProviderCreateWithData(NULL, bufferdata, mWidth*mHeight*4, NULL);
    CGImageRef savedimageref = CGImageCreate(mWidth,mHeight, 8, 32, mWidth*4, colorSpaceRef, bitmapInfo,provider , NULL, NO, renderingIntent);
    CFRelease(colorSpaceRef);
    return savedimageref;
}

then call changecolor method on a buttons click event and see the result