- (UIImage *)imageByCroppingImage:(UIImage *)image toSize:(CGSize)size
{
// not equivalent to image.size (which depends on the imageOrientation)!
double refWidth = CGImageGetWidth(image.CGImage);
double refHeight = CGImageGetHeight(image.CGImage);
double x = (refWidth - size.width) / 2.0;
double y = (refHeight - size.height) / 2.0;
CGRect cropRect = CGRectMake(x, y, size.height, size.width);
CGImageRef imageRef = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([image CGImage],
cropRect);
UIImage *cropped = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:imageRef scale:0.0
orientation:self.imageOrientation];
CGImageRelease(imageRef);
return cropped;
}