Show HN: My iOS5 app using CoreImage and Twitter integration

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

23 points by progolferyo 14 years ago | 10 comments

Add 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

progolferyo 14 years ago |

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...

SurfScore 14 years ago |

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

chriseidhof 14 years ago |

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?

czhiddy 14 years ago |

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

progolferyo 14 years ago | |

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.

djangle 14 years ago |

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

andrewtbham 14 years ago |

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

progolferyo 14 years ago | |

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.

mobirati 14 years ago |

Spookify is like a halloween version of Instagram :)