My answer is inspired by the following posts / blog entries:
- Rotate cv::Mat using cv::warpAffine offsets destination image
- http://john.freml.in/opencv-rotation
Main ideas:
- Adjusting the rotation matrix by adding a translation to the new image center
- Using
cv::RotatedRect
to rely on existing opencv functionality as much as possible
Code tested with opencv 3.4.1:
#include "opencv2/opencv.hpp"
int main()
{
cv::Mat src = cv::imread("im.png", CV_LOAD_IMAGE_UNCHANGED);
double angle = -45;
// get rotation matrix for rotating the image around its center in pixel coordinates
cv::Point2f center((src.cols-1)/2.0, (src.rows-1)/2.0);
cv::Mat rot = cv::getRotationMatrix2D(center, angle, 1.0);
// determine bounding rectangle, center not relevant
cv::Rect2f bbox = cv::RotatedRect(cv::Point2f(), src.size(), angle).boundingRect2f();
// adjust transformation matrix
rot.at<double>(0,2) += bbox.width/2.0 - src.cols/2.0;
rot.at<double>(1,2) += bbox.height/2.0 - src.rows/2.0;
cv::Mat dst;
cv::warpAffine(src, dst, rot, bbox.size());
cv::imwrite("rotated_im.png", dst);
return 0;
}