+(UIImage *)rotateImage:(UIImage *)aImage { CGImageRef imgRef = aImage.CGImage; CGFloat width = CGImageGetWidth(imgRef); CGFloat height = CGImageGetHeight(imgRef); CGAffineTransform transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity; CGRect bounds = CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height); CGFloat scaleRatio = 1; CGFloat boundHeight; UIImageOrientation orient = aImage.imageOrientation; switch(orient) { case UIImageOrientationUp: //EXIF = 1 transform = CGAffineTransformIdentity; break; case UIImageOrientationUpMirrored: //EXIF = 2 transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(width, 0.0); transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1.0, 1.0); break; case UIImageOrientationDown: //EXIF = 3 transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(width, height); transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI); break; case UIImageOrientationDownMirrored: //EXIF = 4 transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0.0, height); transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, 1.0, -1.0); break; case UIImageOrientationLeftMirrored: //EXIF = 5 boundHeight = bounds.size.height; bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width; bounds.size.width = boundHeight; transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(height, width); transform = CGAffineTransformScale(transform, -1.0, 1.0); transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, 3.0 * M_PI / 2.0); break; case UIImageOrientationLeft: //EXIF = 6 boundHeight = bounds.size.height; bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width; bounds.size.width = boundHeight; transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(0.0, width); transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, 3.0 * M_PI / 2.0); break; case UIImageOrientationRightMirrored: //EXIF = 7 boundHeight = bounds.size.height; bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width; bounds.size.width = boundHeight; transform = CGAffineTransformMakeScale(-1.0, 1.0); transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI / 2.0); break; case UIImageOrientationRight: //EXIF = 8 boundHeight = bounds.size.height; bounds.size.height = bounds.size.width; bounds.size.width = boundHeight; transform = CGAffineTransformMakeTranslation(height, 0.0); transform = CGAffineTransformRotate(transform, M_PI / 2.0); break; default: [NSException raise:NSInternalInconsistencyException format:@"Invalid image orientation"]; } UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(bounds.size); CGContextRef context = UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(); if (orient == UIImageOrientationRight || orient == UIImageOrientationLeft) { CGContextScaleCTM(context, -scaleRatio, scaleRatio); CGContextTranslateCTM(context, -height, 0); } else { CGContextScaleCTM(context, scaleRatio, -scaleRatio); CGContextTranslateCTM(context, 0, -height); } CGContextConcatCTM(context, transform); CGContextDrawImage(UIGraphicsGetCurrentContext(), CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height), imgRef); UIImage *imageCopy = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); UIGraphicsEndImageContext(); return imageCopy; }