How can I use CIFilter in iOS?

cocoa-touch, core-image, ios, uikit

Solution

The following is an example of how I am generating a filtered UIImage on the iPhone using a CIFilter.

- (UIImage*)sepia
{    
    CIImage *beginImage = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:[self CGImage]];
    CIContext *context = [CIContext contextWithOptions:nil];

    CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CISepiaTone" 
                                  keysAndValues: kCIInputImageKey, beginImage, 
                        @"inputIntensity", [NSNumber numberWithFloat:0.8], nil];
    CIImage *outputImage = [filter outputImage];

    CGImageRef cgimg = 
    [context createCGImage:outputImage fromRect:[outputImage extent]];
    UIImage *newImg = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:cgimg];

    self = newImg;

    CGImageRelease(cgimg);
    return self;
}

Problem

Apple says that CIFilter is available in iOS. However, on my mac I couldn't find an CoreImage framework to link against. filter An optional Core Image filter object that provides the transition. @property(retain) CIFilter *filter i.e. when I try to do something like this, it crashes because CIFilter is unknown: ``` [transition setFilter:[CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIShapedWaterRipple"]]; ``` I linked against: ``` #import <UIKit/UIKit.h> #import <QuartzCore/QuartzCore.h> #import <CoreGraphics/CoreGraphics.h> ```

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