iPhone - Mirroring back a picture taken from the front camera

Question

When using the front camera of the iPhone 4 to take a picture, the taken picture is mirrored compared with what you see on the iPhone screen. How may I restore the \"on scre

Answer 1

Andrew Park's answer works great. This is Swift version.

func flipImage(image: UIImage!) -> UIImage! {
    let imageSize:CGSize = image.size;
    UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, true, 1.0);
    let ctx:CGContextRef = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext()!;
    CGContextRotateCTM(ctx, CGFloat(M_PI/2.0));
    CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, 0, -imageSize.width);
    CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, imageSize.height/imageSize.width, imageSize.width/imageSize.height);
    CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height), image.CGImage);
    let newImage:UIImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    return newImage
}

Answer 2

- (void)didTakePicture:(UIImage *)picture
{
    UIImage * flippedImage = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:picture.CGImage scale:picture.scale orientation:UIImageOrientationLeftMirrored];
    picture = flippedImage;
}

Answer 3

The best way is to draw the image into a new context.

CGSize imageSize = pickedImage.size;
UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, YES, 1.0);
CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, imageSize.width, 0.0);
CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, -1.0, 1.0);
CGContextDrawImage(ctx, pickedImage.CGImage, CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height));
UIImage *transformedImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
UIImageWriteToSavedPhotosAlbum (transformedImage, self, @selector(photoSaved:didFinishSavingWithError:contextInfo:), nil);

This was written out of memory and without aid of a compiler, please don't copy and paste...

Answer 4

You might want to mirror the image you get from the camera but what you originally get is correct. Take a picture with text to compare.

Answer 5

I know this question was already answered, but the answer above didn't work for me so in case there are others...

UIImage *theImage = [info objectForKey:UIImagePickerControllerOriginalImage];
    if (picker.cameraDevice == UIImagePickerControllerCameraDeviceFront) {
        CGSize imageSize = theImage.size;
        UIGraphicsBeginImageContextWithOptions(imageSize, YES, 1.0);
        CGContextRef ctx = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext();
        CGContextRotateCTM(ctx, M_PI/2);
        CGContextTranslateCTM(ctx, 0, -imageSize.width);
        CGContextScaleCTM(ctx, imageSize.height/imageSize.width, imageSize.width/imageSize.height);
        CGContextDrawImage(ctx, CGRectMake(0.0, 0.0, imageSize.width, imageSize.height), theImage.CGImage);
        UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
        UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
    }

and newImage is your new image with the up orientation

Answer 6

A slightly simpler answer updated for Swift 3:

func flipImage(image: UIImage) -> UIImage {
    guard let cgImage = image.cgImage else {
        // Could not form CGImage from UIImage for some reason.
        // Return unflipped image
        return image
    }
    let flippedImage = UIImage(cgImage: cgImage, 
                               scale: image.scale, 
                               orientation: .leftMirrored)
    return flippedImage
}