Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

#1

Post by progolferyo » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 2:55 AM UTC

Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration
getspookify.com

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by progolferyo » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 3:16 AM UTC

Ughh, the link is broken at the moment, stupid EC2 Elastic IP screwed up my instance and therefore my DNS. Here's a link to the app, http://bit.ly/spookify in the meantime...

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by andrewtbham » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 3:26 AM UTC

Besides putting it on hacker news, how do you plan to promote your app?

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

#4

Post by progolferyo » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 3:31 AM UTC

andrewtbham wrote: post #3

Besides putting it on hacker news, how do you plan to promote your app?

Honestly, it was just a fun project that let me experiment with the new CoreImage API's, but also make something fun, polished and worth a buck. With the new camera in the iPhone4S and everyone upgrading to iOS5, the photo apps are going to explode.

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by czhiddy » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 3:44 AM UTC

What was your experience with CoreImage like? Is the accelerated rendering noticeably faster than compositing with CG?

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by mobirati » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 3:44 AM UTC

Spookify is like a halloween version of Instagram :)

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by progolferyo » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 4:17 AM UTC

czhiddy wrote: post #5

What was your experience with CoreImage like? Is the accelerated rendering noticeably faster than compositing with CG?

So the rendering is definitely faster but I think the biggest advantage to non-computer graphics engineers is in the available API's over the actual improvement in rendering time, at least with what I ended up doing with it.

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by SurfScore » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 4:18 AM UTC

Looks like a well done app, not very original, but that doesn't mean much. If you can position it right and gain some traction, you should be able to hit the top of the charts by halloween

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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Post by djangle » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 4:45 AM UTC

Nice. Another similar app is http://www.demoncam.com/

Re: Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

#10

Post by chriseidhof » Sun, Oct 16, 2011, 8:11 AM UTC

Nice!

When I played around with CI I noticed that a lot of filters were still missing, almost all the filters I needed... how are your findings in this regard?