How to get the list of filter names in CIFilter class?

Question

I am using the following code for exposure adjustment and its working. I need the filter names for sharpen, denoise, highlighs, color temperature, shadows, blur, etc.

Answer 1

All you need to do is ask CIFilter for the filter names. You can then ask each filter for its attributes, which returns a dictionary that describes each input and output parameter that the filter accepts.

NSArray* filters = [CIFilter filterNamesInCategories:nil];
for (NSString* filterName in filters)
{
    NSLog(@"Filter: %@", filterName);
    NSLog(@"Parameters: %@", [[CIFilter filterWithName:filterName] attributes]);
}

For example, this is the output of the above code for the CIZoomBlur filter:

Filter: CIZoomBlur
Parameters: {
    CIAttributeDescription = "Simulates the effect of zooming the camera while capturing the image.";
    CIAttributeFilterCategories =     (
        CICategoryBlur,
        CICategoryVideo,
        CICategoryStillImage,
        CICategoryBuiltIn
    );
    CIAttributeFilterDisplayName = "Zoom Blur";
    CIAttributeFilterName = CIZoomBlur;
    CIAttributeReferenceDocumentation = "http://developer.apple.com/cgi-bin/apple_ref.cgi?apple_ref=//apple_ref/doc/filter/ci/CIZoomBlur";
    inputAmount =     {
        CIAttributeClass = NSNumber;
        CIAttributeDefault = 20;
        CIAttributeDescription = "The zoom-in amount. Larger values result in more zooming in.";
        CIAttributeDisplayName = Amount;
        CIAttributeIdentity = 0;
        CIAttributeMin = 0;
        CIAttributeSliderMax = 200;
        CIAttributeSliderMin = 0;
        CIAttributeType = CIAttributeTypeDistance;
        CIUIParameterSet = CIUISetBasic;
    };
    inputCenter =     {
        CIAttributeClass = CIVector;
        CIAttributeDefault = "[150 150]";
        CIAttributeDescription = "The x and y position to use as the center of the effect.";
        CIAttributeDisplayName = Center;
        CIAttributeType = CIAttributeTypePosition;
        CIUIParameterSet = CIUISetBasic;
    };
    inputImage =     {
        CIAttributeClass = CIImage;
        CIAttributeDescription = "The image to use as an input image. For filters that also use a background image, this is the foreground image.";
        CIAttributeDisplayName = Image;
        CIUIParameterSet = CIUISetBasic;
    };
    outputImage =     {
        CIAttributeClass = CIImage;
    };
}

Most of the time, though, you'll probably just use the docs.