CIFilter.io

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for your continued support of the CIFilter.io project. This small update fixes a critical bug with iOS 14 where the button to return to the filter list would not be shown (caused by an issue with navigation items in UIHostingController).

Also:

- Added support emails to the app for easier reporting of issues
- On compact screens, the filter list now shows automatically on first app launch
- Navigation buttons are now bigger and include the correct padding so they're easier to tap

Thank you so much for supporting the project, and don’t hesitate to reach out via email or Twitter if you have suggestions or issues!

Hey everyone! Thanks so much for your continued support of the CIFilter.io project. This is a small update to fix a few outstanding bugs, but I've made a few improvements as well - the filter details page is rewritten completely in SwiftUI, which means not only is it more accessible but the layout has changed to be easier to read and manage.

Also:

- Output images are now shown preserving transparency (checkered background), which makes the outputs of filters like CIEdgeWork much easier to detect and manage
- Filters are now shareable via a navigation bar icon on the filter detail page
- Added a warning to CIKMeans about how it's broken on certain iOS versions
- The filter list page now shows filter descriptions as well as names. I want to eventually extend this to show example images as well, but that will be implemented in a subsequent update
- Fixed an issue where the edit screen would dismiss when you saved an image from the share sheet
- Fixed an issue where output images with transparent backgrounds would get saved with white backgrounds instead

There's so much more I want to do with this project - rewrite the filter application page in SwiftUI (getting rid of the unintuitive scroll view experience), use Siri shortcuts for each filter type, save filter applications as "workflows" which can be applied to arbitrary images, enable filtering live photos and videos etc - but those will have to come in later updates. For now, I hope you enjoy the bug fixes and thank you for your continued support and ratings of CIFilter.io!

This version of CIFilter.io includes a TON of fixes and usability improvements! I want to thank everyone who has downloaded and tested the app for all their support. This version drops support for iOS < 13, and as such I was able to remove RxSwift entirely in favor of combine - and some of the new views are written in SwiftUI too! Additionally (with github issue references):

- There is now a slider for adjusting the lightness value of colors for filters which take colors as parameters (#99)
- The default image chooser is new and improved with a slicker design (#100)
- Improved drag and drop interactions, including the ability to drag an output image directly back onto an input image (#98, #94)
- Fixes an issue where the filter detail screen's layout would be incorrect when operating in split view mode (#97)
- Support for multiple CIFilter.io windows on iPad, including the ability to drag input and output images between windows (#96)
- When two windows are open, there's an option to close one of them directly from the list view
- Fixes for two filters whose parameters displayed incorrectly, CIAffineTile and CIMorphologyRectangleMaximum (#85, #93)
- Filter parameters are now sorted alphabetically by name (#36)
- Fix for an issue where the filter search bar would sometimes unnecessarily refresh (#94)
- Added two new built in images which are useful for testing out the transition filters since they're the same size

I'm also planning a release after this one with support for Siri Shortcuts and a revamped filter edit view - until then, please continue to report bugs via the github links which can be found on https://cifilter.io

This version of CIFilter.io includes fixes and improvements for issues reported by the community!

- Fixes an issue where text fields for numeric parameters did not show the decimal point key in the iOS keyboard
- Fixes an issue where color hex code input fields did not allow inputting hexidecimal digits
- Fixes an issue where some filters which are available only on newer versions of iOS would render incorrectly
- CIFilter.io now supports dark mode
- CIFilter.io now supports context menu interactions for the list page (jump to apply a filter immediately) and "Try It" page (more easily edit and export generated images)
- A few text styles have been updated to make text easier to read

Thanks again to everyone who has supported this project. You can always keep up to date with the latest status of CIFilter.io at https://cifilter.io and on Twitter @cifilterio