Create and manage images, in bitmap, PDF, and other formats.
Framework
- App
Kit
Images and PDF
Topics
Images
Providing Images for Different Appearances
Supply image resources that work for light and dark appearances and for high-contrast environments.
Supporting Continuity Camera in Your Mac App
Incorporate scanned documents and pictures taken with a user's iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch into your Mac app using Continuity Camera.
class NSImageA high-level interface for manipulating image data.
protocol NSImageA set of optional methods that you can use to respond to drawing failures and manage incremental loads.
class NSImageA semiabstract superclass that provides subclasses that you use to draw an image from a particular type of source data.
Bitmap Formats
class NSBitmapAn object that renders an image from bitmap data.
class NSCIImageAn object that can render an image from a Core Image object.
class NSPICTImageAn object that renders an image from a PICT format data stream of version 1, version 2, and extended version 2.
Vector Formats
class NSPDFImageAn object that can render an image from a PDF format data stream.
class NSPDFInfoAn object that stores information associated with the creation of a PDF file, such as its URL, tag names, page orientation, and paper size.
class NSEPSImageAn object that can render an image from encapsulated PostScript (EPS) code.
Custom Formats
class NSCustomAn object that uses a delegate object to render an image from a custom format.