NSImage+MBCoverFlowAdditions.m

/*
 
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 Copyright (c) 2009 Matthew Ball
 
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 */

#import "NSImage+MBCoverFlowAdditions.h"


@implementation NSImage (MBCoverFlowAdditions)

- (CGImageRef)imageRefCopy
{
	CGContextRef context = CGBitmapContextCreate(NULL/*data - pass NULL to let CG allocate the memory*/, 
												   [self size].width,  
												   [self size].height, 
												   8,
												   0, 
												   [[NSColorSpace genericRGBColorSpace] CGColorSpace], 
												   kCGBitmapByteOrder32Host|kCGImageAlphaPremultipliedFirst);
	
	[NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState];
	[NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:[NSGraphicsContext graphicsContextWithGraphicsPort:context flipped:NO]];
	[self drawInRect:NSMakeRect(0,0, [self size].width, [self size].height) fromRect:NSZeroRect operation:NSCompositeCopy fraction:1.0];
	[NSGraphicsContext restoreGraphicsState];
	
	CGImageRef cgImage = CGBitmapContextCreateImage(context);
	CGContextRelease(context);
	
	return cgImage;
}

@end