Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration
getspookify.comAdd a function that shows ghosts are shaded figures/faces in dark spots of group pictures. And explain that there is the strongest XYZenergy the phone cpuld detect. Offer an option to facebook tag the people in the group picture - go viral
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...
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
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?
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.
Nice. Another similar app is http://www.demoncam.com/
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.
Spookify is like a halloween version of Instagram :)