Apple Developer Connection Published Developing with Core Image

Take advantage of the power of modern graphics hardware and learn how to create your own graphics plug-ins, or Image Units, with Core Image, the framework in Tiger for ultra-fast high-precision image processing. Today's GPUs have amazing computational power that opens up new opportunities for developers, because video cards can now efficiently perform per-pixel processing that previously was bound to the CPU. Core Image compiles image processing programs—or kernels—at runtime, globally optimizing across multiple kernels and taking advantage of the GPU whenever possible. From creating new solutions for print, photography, scientific visualization, and film post-production to enhancing an application's user interface with innovative and effortless visual effects, Core Image performs the hard work that enables the next generation of imaging applications. The new article is available on this Apple web page. [Bill Fox]