How can I pad an NSImage with white pixels in Objective-C?

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SimonKravis OP

Created Nov ’22

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I have an NSImage that I would like to pad out with white pixels. How can I do this?

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Bruce D M OP

Nov ’22

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If what you need to do is add a white border around and image, here's some code



-(NSImage *)addBorderToImage: (NSImage *)oldImage
                        width: (CGFloat)w;
{
    NSSize      size;
    NSRect      iRect;
    NSImage     *newImage;

    size = oldImage.size;
    iRect.origin.x = w;
    iRect.origin.y = w;
    iRect.size = size;

    size.width += 2 * w;
    size.height += 2 * w;

    newImage = [[NSImage alloc] initWithSize: size];

    [newImage lockFocus];
    [[NSColor whiteColor] drawSwatchInRect: NSMakeRect( 0 , 0 , size.width, size.height)];
    [oldImage drawInRect: iRect];
    [newImage unlockFocus];

    return newImage;
}
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