Thanks for the link Ken, though confusion still persists. Seems to be saying don't use -setFlipped: unless you really know what you're doing. That concurs with your own advice about not using setFlipped unless you're locking focus on the image to get a flipped context for drawing. I'm not, since I generate my PDF in a context I create for the purpose, THEN add the image rep to an image.
So on the basis that I don't know what I'm doing, I've removed all calls to [NSImage setFlipped:] anywhere. In the PDF generating code quoted, I do pass YES for flipped because the object itself expects a flipped coordinate system, by which I simply mean that when I draw something BELOW something else, it has a GREATER Y coordinate value. Having no flipping anywhere now, unfortunately it's still all over the place. First, if I ask the NSPDFImageRep created using the data generated below for its -PDFRepresentation, and write it to disk as a PDF file, it's now inverted. Objects are placed in the correct positions relative to one-another, but the entire image is upside-down, including any text. So, I try setting the image to flipped when I add the single PDF image rep to it: NSPDFImageRep* rep = [NSPDFImageRep imageRepWithData:[self pdf]]; [image addRepresentation:rep]; [image setFlipped:YES]; Now this image appears right-side up in NSImageView, but still writes an inverted PDF file and comes into Preview inverted. I can't really see how this is possible, since raw PDF data doesn't have any concept of 'flipped', does it? That surely means that the original PDF generation is wrong, but if I pass NO for flipped, not only is everything still upside-down but text is screwed as well, with each glyph individually inverted (which means that if the whole image is turned right-way up, any text is inverted). I've read all the documentation on flipped coordinates and now the blog post as well. I'm afraid I'm just as confused as ever. What I need is a clear way through this mess. Turning off all flippedness seemed to be that but isn't. Now I have no idea what I need to flip and when. --Graham On 28/05/2010, at 3:20 PM, Ken Ferry wrote: > On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 8:40 PM, Graham Cox <graham....@bigpond.com> wrote: > NSSize size = [self bounds].size; > NSRect destRect = NSZeroRect; > > destRect.size = size; > > NSMutableData* pdfData = [NSMutableData data]; > CGDataConsumerRef consumer = > CGDataConsumerCreateWithCFData((CFMutableDataRef) pdfData ); > CGRect mediaBox = CGRectMake( 0, 0, size.width, size.height ); > CGContextRef pdfContext = CGPDFContextCreate( consumer, &mediaBox, > NULL ); > CGDataConsumerRelease( consumer ); > > NSGraphicsContext* newGC = [NSGraphicsContext > graphicsContextWithGraphicsPort:pdfContext flipped:YES]; > [NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState]; > [NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:newGC]; > > CGPDFContextBeginPage( pdfContext, NULL ); > > [self drawContentInRect:destRect fromRect:NSZeroRect withStyle:nil]; > > CGPDFContextEndPage( pdfContext ); > > [NSGraphicsContext restoreGraphicsState]; > > CGPDFContextClose( pdfContext ); > CGContextRelease( pdfContext ); > > return pdfData; > > > Hi Graham, > > (First, for those following along, flipped images are deprecated in 10.6 > along with -[NSImage setFlipped:].) > > I agree, flipped images are confusing, and you can more or less think of them > as deprecated prior to 10.6 as well. This weblog post does a nice job of > explaining what everything means and what to do about it: > <http://www.noodlesoft.com/blog/2009/02/02/understanding-flipped-coordinate-systems/>. > This material is also covered in depth in the WWDC 2007 talk, Cocoa Drawing > Techniques. > > The only reason I can think of off the top of my head to call -setFlipped: on > an NSImage is if you plan to lockFocus on the image and you want the context > to be a flipped context during drawing. This use case is addressed in 10.6 > by the addition of -[NSImage lockFocusFlipped:] which gives you a flipped > context without doing anything to the internal state of the image. > > -Ken > Cocoa Frameworks _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com