Cocoa draw image with rounded corners and shadow

I am trying to draw an image using core graphics such that it has rounded corners and a drop shadow. Here is a snippet of my code:

CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0, 1), 2, shadowColor);    
CGContextAddPath(context, path);
CGContextClip(context);
CGContextDrawImage(context, rect, image);

The problem I am having is that the clipping to create the rounded corners is also clipping the shadow. Since the image may be transparent in areas, I cannot simply draw the rounded rectangle with a shadow under the image. I guess I need to apply the rounded shape to the image first, and then draw the resulting image to the screen and add the shadow. Doe开发者_运维技巧s anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!

Okay, so assuming that you have a UIView subclass, which has an instance variable, image, which is a UIImage, then you can do your drawRect: function like so...

- (void)drawRect:(CGRect)rect {
    [super drawRect:rect];

    CGRect _bounds = [self bounds];
    CGColorRef aColor;
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // Create a path
    CGRect insetRect = CGRectInset(_bounds, kBSImageButtonBorder, kBSImageButtonBorder);
    CGRect offsetRect = insetRect; offsetRect.origin = CGPointZero;

    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(insetRect.size);
    CGContextRef imgContext = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
    CGPathRef clippingPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:offsetRect cornerRadius:CORNER_RADIUS].CGPath; 
    CGContextAddPath(imgContext, clippingPath);
    CGContextClip(imgContext);  
    // Draw the image
    [image drawInRect:offsetRect];
    // Get the image
    UIImage *img = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    // Setup the shadow
    aColor = [UIColor colorWithRed:0.0f green:0.0f blue:0.0f alpha:0.5f].CGColor;
    CGContextSetShadowWithColor(context, CGSizeMake(0.0f, 2.0f), 2.0f, aColor);     

    // Draw the clipped image in the context
    [img drawInRect:insetRect];

}

I'm a little new to Quartz programming myself, but that should give you your image, centered in the rectangle, minus a border, with a corner radius, and a 2.f point shadow 2.f points below it. Hope that helps.

Here is a function to round the corners of an image using Daniel Thorpe's answer, in case you came here, like me, just looking for a way to do this.

+ (UIImage *) roundCornersOfImage:(UIImage *)image toRadius:(float)radius {

    // create image sized context
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(image.size);
    CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();

    // add rounded rect clipping path to context using radius
    CGRect imageBounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, image.size.width, image.size.height);
    CGPathRef clippingPath = [UIBezierPath bezierPathWithRoundedRect:imageBounds cornerRadius:radius].CGPath;
    CGContextAddPath(context, clippingPath);
    CGContextClip(context);

    // draw the image
    [image drawInRect:imageBounds];

    // get the image
    UIImage *outImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();

    return outImage;
}

You can use an imageView with a layer, the layer has properties for setting shadows and borders, this is how:

    self.imageView = [[NSImageView alloc] initWithFrame:NSMakeRect(0,0,60,60)];
    self.imageView.image = [NSImage imageNamed:@"yourImageName"];
    self.imageView.wantsLayer = YES;
    self.imageView.layer.cornerRadius = 10;
    //make the shadow and set it
    NSShadow* shadow = [[NSShadow alloc] init];
    shadow.shadowBlurRadius = 2;
    shadow.shadowOffset = NSMakeSize(2, -2);
    shadow.shadowColor = [NSColor blackColor];
    self.imageView.shadow = shadow;

Hope this helps, this is also much faster to draw then using drawRect overrides