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+//
+//  UIImageExtra.m
+//  HedgewarsMobile
+//
+//  Created by Vittorio on 08/04/10.
+//  Copyright 2010 __MyCompanyName__. All rights reserved.
+//
+
+#import "UIImageExtra.h"
+
+
+@implementation UIImage (extra)
+ 
+-(UIImage *)scaleToSize:(CGSize) size {
+  // Create a bitmap graphics context
+  // This will also set it as the current context
+  UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(size);
+ 
+  // Draw the scaled image in the current context
+  [self drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, size.width, size.height)];
+ 
+  // Create a new image from current context
+  UIImage* scaledImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
+ 
+  // Pop the current context from the stack
+  UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
+ 
+  // Return our new scaled image (autoreleased)
+  return scaledImage;
+}
+
+-(UIImage *)mergeWith:(UIImage *)secondImage atPoint:(CGPoint) secondImagePoint {
+    // create a contex of size of the background image
+    UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(self.size);
+    
+    // drav the background image
+    [self drawAtPoint:CGPointMake(0,0)];
+    
+    // draw the image on top of the first image
+    [secondImage drawAtPoint:secondImagePoint];
+    
+    // create an image from the current contex (not thread safe)
+    UIImage *resultImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext();
+    
+    // free drawing contex
+    UIGraphicsEndImageContext();
+    
+    // return the resulting autoreleased image
+    return resultImage;
+}
+
+-(id) initWithContentsOfFile:(NSString *)path andCutAt:(CGRect) rect {
+    // load image from path
+    UIImage *image = [[UIImage alloc] initWithContentsOfFile: path];
+    
+    if (nil != image) {
+        // get its CGImage representation with a give size
+        CGImageRef cgImgage = CGImageCreateWithImageInRect([image CGImage], rect);
+    
+        // clean memory
+        [image release];
+    
+        // create a UIImage from the CGImage (memory must be allocated already)
+        UIImage *sprite = [self initWithCGImage:cgImgage];
+    
+        // clean memory
+        CGImageRelease(cgImgage);
+
+        // return resulting image
+        return sprite;
+    } else {
+        NSLog(@"initWithContentsOfFile: andCutAt: FAILED");
+        return nil;
+    }
+}
+ 
+@end