Apple announces “Core Image” for programmable OpenGL API GPUs

Category: Developers •

Jun 28, 2004

Core Image allows developers to leverage OpenGL and GPU rendering for very fast image processing. Effects and transitions can be expressed with a few lines of code for real-time, interactive responsiveness as you select and apply filters.  Core Video will provide a modern foundation for video services in Mac OS X Tiger. It provides a bridge between QuickTime and the GPU for hardware-accelerated video processing. This highly-optimized pipeline for video presentation increases performance and reduces CPU load, freeing up resources for other operations.