Re: [Openfx-developer] CoreImage api?

[Paul M. <pa...@pr...>]

>Has anyone had the chance to compare/contrast the OFX api to the
>recently announced (but not described) CoreImage api from Apple?
>    http://www.apple.com/macosx/tiger/core.html

I believe the CoreImage API is a an API for hardware accelerated image 
processing (ie. via GPU shaders). It provides a standard set of pre-built 
"filters" that are presumably built using GPU shaders and hidden through 
some API. There isn't really any detail but it seems to be QuickTime related.

 From what I have seen of Motion (which is Apple's real-time end-user 
software which seems to be built on CoreImage), this API is limited to 
certain resolutions and 8-bit components.

As OFX is a cross-platform software-based architecture, I don't see 
CoreImage as being too relevant (especially as there are no technical 
details or APIs documented yet).

BTW - "hi". I helped you guys write an Elastic Reality I/O module a LONG 
time ago.


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