I'm super excited to be able to announce that Core Image for Swift, my guide to Apple's awesome framework for image processing, is now available for pre-order at iBooks Store. This is the first book in a two part series: it introduces the framework and concentrates on working with still images. The second book will look at working with video and integrating with other frameworks such as SpriteKit.
The book is over 200 pages long with supporting Swift projects and playgrounds. The chapters are:
- Introducing Core Image:
- Core Image Filters in Detail: (this is the sample chapter you can read now!)
- Displaying Filtered Images: looks at different approaches for displaying Core Image output and covers UIImageView, using OpenGL with GLKView and using Metal with MTKView.
- Custom Composite Filters: looks at creating new filters with composites of existing built-in filters
- Custom Filters with Core Image Kernel: looks at writing filters from scratch with GLSL
- Color Kernels: A detailed look at CIColorKernel
- Warp Kernels: A detailed look at CIWarpKernel
- General Kernels: A detailed look at CIKernel
- Advanced Kernels: Discusses advanced kernels for creating fluid dynamic and reaction diffusion systems
- Custom Filters with Metal: Discusses wrapping Metal compute shaders in a Core Image filter to create effects impossible with CIKernels
The book is due for release March 1st, but feel free to place a pre-order now!