How to handle memory constraints in iOS 8 Photo Extensions?

Question

I added a new iOS 8 Photo Extension to my existing photo editing app. My app has quite a complex filter pipeline and needs to keep multiple textures in memory at a time. How

Answer 1

Here is how you apply two consecutive convolution kernels in Core Image, with the "intermediary result" between them:

- (CIImage *)outputImage { 

const double g = self.inputIntensity.doubleValue;
const CGFloat weights_v[] = { -1*g, 0*g, 1*g,
                              -1*g, 0*g, 1*g,
                              -1*g, 0*g, 1*g};

CIImage *result = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIConvolution3X3" keysAndValues:
          @"inputImage", self.inputImage,
          @"inputWeights", [CIVector vectorWithValues:weights_v count:9],
          @"inputBias", [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0],
          nil].outputImage;

CGRect rect = [self.inputImage extent];
rect.origin = CGPointZero;

CGRect cropRectLeft = CGRectMake(0, 0, rect.size.width, rect.size.height);
CIVector *cropRect = [CIVector vectorWithX:rect.origin.x Y:rect.origin.y Z:rect.size.width W:rect.size.height];
result = [result imageByCroppingToRect:cropRectLeft];

result = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CICrop" keysAndValues:@"inputImage", result, @"inputRectangle", cropRect, nil].outputImage;


const CGFloat weights_h[] = {-1*g, -1*g, -1*g,
    0*g,   0*g,   0*g,
    1*g,   1*g,     1*g};


result = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIConvolution3X3" keysAndValues:
          @"inputImage", result,
          @"inputWeights", [CIVector vectorWithValues:weights_h count:9],
          @"inputBias", [NSNumber numberWithFloat:1.0],
          nil].outputImage;

result = [result imageByCroppingToRect:cropRectLeft];

result = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CICrop" keysAndValues:@"inputImage", result, @"inputRectangle", cropRect, nil].outputImage;

result = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIColorInvert" keysAndValues:kCIInputImageKey, result, nil].outputImage;

return result;

}