The method of Srikar works very well, if you know both height and width of your new Size. If you for example know only the width you want to scale to and don't care about the height you first have to calculate the scale factor of the height.
+(UIImage*)imageWithImage: (UIImage*) sourceImage scaledToWidth: (float) i_width { float oldWidth = sourceImage.size.width; float scaleFactor = i_width / oldWidth; float newHeight = sourceImage.size.height * scaleFactor; float newWidth = oldWidth * scaleFactor; UIGraphicsBeginImageContext(CGSizeMake(newWidth, newHeight)); [sourceImage drawInRect:CGRectMake(0, 0, newWidth, newHeight)]; UIImage *newImage = UIGraphicsGetImageFromCurrentImageContext(); UIGraphicsEndImageContext(); return newImage; }