so, my app needs to find the dominant palette and the position in the image of the k-most dominant colors. I followed the very useful sample project from the vImage documentation https://developer.apple.com/documentation/accelerate/bnns/calculating_the_dominant_colors_in_an_image and the algorithm works fine although I can't wrap my head around how should I go on about and linking said colors with a point in the image. Since the algorithm works by filling storages first, I tried also filling an array of CGPoints called LocationStorage and working with that //filling the array for i in 0...width { for j in 0...height { locationStorage.append( CGPoint(x: i, y: j)) } . . . //working with the array let randomIndex = Int.random(in: 0 ..< width * height) centroids.append(Centroid(red: redStorage[randomIndex], green: greenStorage[randomIndex], blue: blueStorage[randomIndex], position: locationStorage[randomIndex])) } struct Centroid { /// The red channel value. var red: Float /// The green channel value. var green: Float /// The blue channel value. var blue: Float /// The number of pixels assigned to this cluster center. var pixelCount: Int = 0 var position: CGPoint = CGPointZero init(red: Float, green: Float, blue: Float, position: CGPoint) { self.red = red self.green = green self.blue = blue self.position = position } } although it's not accurate. I also tried force trying every pixel in the image to get as close to each color but I think it's too slow. What do you think my approach should be? Let me know if you need additional info Please be kind I'm learning Swift.

Under Sonoma 14.4 the compression option doesn't work with PNG images. It works for JPG/HEIF. Preview can export PNG file to HEIC with compression option. What am I missing? Previously this has worked. I am trying with 0.01 and 0.9 as compression quality and the file size is the same for PNG. Is Preview using some trick to convert the image using ciContext.createCGImage? PS: Compression option of 1.0 was broken under 14.4 RC and Preview created empty file. func heifImageDataUsingDestination(at url: URL, compressionQuality : CGFloat) -> Data? { guard let imageSource = CGImageSourceCreateWithURL(url as CFURL, nil) else { return nil } guard let cgImage = CGImageSourceCreateImageAtIndex(imageSource, 0, nil) else { return nil } var mutableData = NSMutableData() guard let imageDestination = CGImageDestinationCreateWithData(mutableData, "public.heic" as CFString, 1, nil) else { return nil } let options = [ kCGImageDestinationLossyCompressionQuality: compressionQuality ] as CFDictionary CGImageDestinationAddImage(imageDestination, cgImage, options) let success = CGImageDestinationFinalize(imageDestination) if success { return mutableData as Data } return nil } func heifImageDataUsingCIContext(at url: URL, compressionQuality : CGFloat) -> Data? { guard let ciImage = CIImage(contentsOf: url) else { return nil } let context = CIContext() let colorspace = ciImage.colorSpace ?? CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceRGB() let options = [CIImageRepresentationOption(rawValue: kCGImageDestinationLossyCompressionQuality as String) : compressionQuality] return context.heifRepresentation(of: ciImage, format: .RGBA8, colorSpace: colorspace, options: options) }

I would like to save the depth map from ARDepthData as .tiff, but notice my output tiff distances are incorrect. Objects that are close are reported to be slightly farther away, and walls that are around 4 meters away from me have a recorded value of 2 meters. I am using this code to write the tiff: import UIKit # Save method extension CVPixelBuffer { func saveDepthMapToTIFF(to path: URL) { let ciImage = CIImage(cvPixelBuffer: self) let context = CIContext() do { try context.writeTIFFRepresentation( of: ciImage, to: path, format: .Lf, colorSpace: CGColorSpaceCreateDeviceGray() ) } catch { print("Failed to write TIFF: \(error)") } } } # Calling the save arFrame.sceneDepth?.depthMap.saveDepthMapToTIFF(to: depthMapPath) I am reading the file like this in Python import tifffile depth_map = tifffile.imread("test.tiff") plt.imshow(depth_map) plt.colorbar() which creates this image: The farthest parts of the room should be around 4 meters, not 2. The dark blue spot on the lower right is closer than half a meter away. Notably the depth map contains distances from the camera plane to each region, not the distance from the camera sensor to the region. Even correcting for this though, the depth map remains about the same. Is there an issue with how I am saving the depth image? Is there a scale factor or format error?

CIFormat static var such as RGBA16 give concurrency warnings: Reference to static property 'RGBA16' is not concurrency-safe because it involves shared mutable state; this is an error in Swift 6 Should all these formats be static let to suppress the warnings (future errors)?

I am using AVFoundation for live camera view. I can get my device from the current video input (of type AVCaptureDeviceInput) like: let device = videoInput.device The device's active format has a isPortraitEffectSupported. How can I set the Portrait Effect on and off in live camera view? I setup the camera like this: private var videoInput: AVCaptureDeviceInput! private let session = AVCaptureSession() private(set) var isSessionRunning = false private var renderingEnabled = true private let videoDataOutput = AVCaptureVideoDataOutput() private let photoOutput = AVCapturePhotoOutput() private(set) var cameraPosition: AVCaptureDevice.Position = .front func configureSession() { sessionQueue.async { [weak self] in guard let strongSelf = self else { return } if strongSelf.setupResult != .success { return } let defaultVideoDevice: AVCaptureDevice? = strongSelf.videoDeviceDiscoverySession.devices.first(where: {$0.position == strongSelf.cameraPosition}) guard let videoDevice = defaultVideoDevice else { print("Could not find any video device") strongSelf.setupResult = .configurationFailed return } do { strongSelf.videoInput = try AVCaptureDeviceInput(device: videoDevice) } catch { print("Could not create video device input: \(error)") strongSelf.setupResult = .configurationFailed return } strongSelf.session.beginConfiguration() strongSelf.session.sessionPreset = AVCaptureSession.Preset.photo // Add a video input. guard strongSelf.session.canAddInput(strongSelf.videoInput) else { print("Could not add video device input to the session") strongSelf.setupResult = .configurationFailed strongSelf.session.commitConfiguration() return } strongSelf.session.addInput(strongSelf.videoInput) // Add a video data output if strongSelf.session.canAddOutput(strongSelf.videoDataOutput) { strongSelf.session.addOutput(strongSelf.videoDataOutput) strongSelf.videoDataOutput.videoSettings = [kCVPixelBufferPixelFormatTypeKey as String: Int(kCVPixelFormatType_32BGRA)] strongSelf.videoDataOutput.setSampleBufferDelegate(self, queue: strongSelf.dataOutputQueue) } else { print("Could not add video data output to the session") strongSelf.setupResult = .configurationFailed strongSelf.session.commitConfiguration() return } // Add photo output if strongSelf.session.canAddOutput(strongSelf.photoOutput) { strongSelf.session.addOutput(strongSelf.photoOutput) strongSelf.photoOutput.isHighResolutionCaptureEnabled = true } else { print("Could not add photo output to the session") strongSelf.setupResult = .configurationFailed strongSelf.session.commitConfiguration() return } strongSelf.session.commitConfiguration() } } func prepareSession(completion: @escaping (SessionSetupResult) -> Void) { sessionQueue.async { [weak self] in guard let strongSelf = self else { return } switch strongSelf.setupResult { case .success: strongSelf.addObservers() if strongSelf.photoOutput.isDepthDataDeliverySupported { strongSelf.photoOutput.isDepthDataDeliveryEnabled = true } if let photoOrientation = AVCaptureVideoOrientation(interfaceOrientation: interfaceOrientation) { if let unwrappedPhotoOutputConnection = strongSelf.photoOutput.connection(with: .video) { unwrappedPhotoOutputConnection.videoOrientation = photoOrientation } } strongSelf.dataOutputQueue.async { strongSelf.renderingEnabled = true } strongSelf.session.startRunning() strongSelf.isSessionRunning = strongSelf.session.isRunning strongSelf.mainQueue.async { strongSelf.previewView.videoPreviewLayer.session = strongSelf.session } completion(strongSelf.setupResult) default: completion(strongSelf.setupResult) } } } Then to I set isPortraitEffectsMatteDeliveryEnabled like this: func setPortraitAffectActive(_ state: Bool) { sessionQueue.async { [weak self] in guard let strongSelf = self else { return } if strongSelf.photoOutput.isPortraitEffectsMatteDeliverySupported { strongSelf.photoOutput.isPortraitEffectsMatteDeliveryEnabled = state } } } However, I don't see any Portrait Effect in the live camera view! Any ideas why?

CVPixelBuffer.h defines kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange = '420v', /* Bi-Planar Component Y'CbCr 8-bit 4:2:0, video-range (luma=[16,235] chroma=[16,240]). baseAddr points to a big-endian CVPlanarPixelBufferInfo_YCbCrBiPlanar struct */ kCVPixelFormatType_420YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange = 'x420', /* 2 plane YCbCr10 4:2:0, each 10 bits in the MSBs of 16bits, video-range (luma=[64,940] chroma=[64,960]) */ But when I set above format camera output, and I find the output pixelbuffer's value is exceed the range.I can see [0 -255] for 420YpCbCr8BiPlanarVideoRange and [0,1023] for 420YpCbCr10BiPlanarVideoRange Is it a bug or something wrong of the output?If it is not how can I choose the correct matrix transfer the yuv data to rgb?

I haven't found any really thorough documentation or guidance on the use of CIRAWFilter.linearSpaceFilter. The API documentation calls it An optional filter you can apply to the RAW image while it’s in linear space. Can someone provide insight into what this means and what the linear space filter is useful for? When would we use this linear space filter instead of a filter on the output of CIRAWFilter? Thank you.

I take a picture using the iPhone's camera. The taken resolution is 3024.0 x 4032. I then have to apply a watermark to this image. After a bunch of trial and error, the method I decided to use was taking a snapshot of a watermark UIView, and drawing that over the image, like so: // Create the watermarked photo. let result: UIImage=UIGraphicsImageRenderer(size: image.size).image(actions: { _ in   image.draw(in: .init(origin: .zero, size: image.size))   let watermark: Watermark = .init(     size: image.size,     scaleFactor: image.size.smallest / self.frame.size.smallest   )   watermark.drawHierarchy(in: .init(origin: .zero, size: image.size), afterScreenUpdates: true) }) Then with the final image — because the client wanted it to have a filename as well when viewed from within the Photos app and exported from it, and also with much trial and error — I save it to a file in a temporary directory. I then save it to the user's Photo library using that file. The difference as compared to saving the image directly vs saving it from the file is that when saved from the file the filename is used as the filename within the Photos app; and in the other case it's just a default photo name generated by Apple. The problem is that in the image saving code I'm getting the following error: [Metal] 9072 by 12096 iosurface is too large for GPU And when I view the saved photo it's basically just a completely black image. This problem only started when I changed the AVCaptureSession preset to .photo. Before then there was no errors. Now, the worst problem is that the app just completely crashes on drawing of the watermark view in the first place. When using .photo the resolution is significantly higher, so the image size is larger, so the watermark size has to be commensurately larger as well. iOS appears to be okay with the size of the watermark UIView. However, when I try to draw it over the image the app crashes with this message from Xcode: So there's that problem. But I figured that could be resolved by taking a more manual approach to the drawing of the watermark then using a UIView snapshot. So it's not the most pressing problem. What is, is that even after the drawing code is commented out, I still get the iosurface is too large error. Here's the code that saves the image to the file and then to the Photos library: extension UIImage {   /// Save us with the given name to the user's photo album.   /// - Parameters:   ///  - filename: The filename to be used for the saved photo. Behavior is undefined if the filename contain characters other than what is represented by this regular expression [A-Za-z0-9-_]. A decimal point for the file extension is permitted.   ///  - location: A GPS location to save with the photo.   fileprivate func save(_ filename: String, _ location: Optional<Coordinates>) throws {           // Create a path to a temporary directory. Adding filenames to the Photos app form of images is accomplished by first creating an image file on the file system, saving the photo using the URL to that file, and then deleting that file on the file system.     //   A documented way of adding filenames to photos saved to Photos was never found.     // Furthermore, we save everything to a `tmp` directory as if we just tried deleting individual photos after they were saved, and the deletion failed, it would be a little more tricky setting up logic to ensure that the undeleted files are eventually     // cleaned up. But by using a `tmp` directory, we can save all temporary photos to it, and delete the entire directory following each taken picture.     guard       let tmpUrl: URL=try {         guard let documentsDirUrl=NSSearchPathForDirectoriesInDomains(.documentDirectory, .userDomainMask, true).first else {           throw GeneralError("Failed to create URL to documents directory.")         }         let url: Optional<URL> = .init(string: documentsDirUrl + "/tmp/")         return url       }()     else {       throw GeneralError("Failed to create URL to temporary directory.")     }           // A path to the image file.     let filePath: String=try {               // Reduce the likelihood of photos taken in quick succession from overwriting each other.       let collisionResistantPath: String="\(tmpUrl.path(percentEncoded: false))\(UUID())/"               // Make sure all directories required by the path exist before trying to write to it.       try FileManager.default.createDirectory(atPath: collisionResistantPath, withIntermediateDirectories: true, attributes: nil)               // Done.       return collisionResistantPath + filename     }()     // Create `CFURL` analogue of file path.     guard let cfPath: CFURL=CFURLCreateWithFileSystemPath(nil, filePath as CFString, CFURLPathStyle.cfurlposixPathStyle, false) else {       throw GeneralError("Failed to create `CFURL` analogue of file path.")     }           // Create image destination object.     //     // You can change your exif type here.     //   This is a note from original author. Not quite exactly sure what they mean by it. Link in method documentation can be used to refer back to the original context.     guard let destination=CGImageDestinationCreateWithURL(cfPath, UTType.jpeg.identifier as CFString, 1, nil) else {       throw GeneralError("Failed to create `CGImageDestination` from file url.")     }           // Metadata properties.     let properties: CFDictionary={               // Place your metadata here.       // Keep in mind that metadata follows a standard. You can not use custom property names here.       let tiffProperties: Dictionary<String, Any>=[:]               return [         kCGImagePropertyExifDictionary as String: tiffProperties       ] as CFDictionary     }()           // Create image file.     guard let cgImage=self.cgImage else {       throw GeneralError("Failed to retrieve `CGImage` analogue of `UIImage`.")     }     CGImageDestinationAddImage(destination, cgImage, properties)     CGImageDestinationFinalize(destination)             // Save to the photo library.     PHPhotoLibrary.shared().performChanges({       guard let creationRequest: PHAssetChangeRequest = .creationRequestForAssetFromImage(atFileURL: URL(fileURLWithPath: filePath)) else {         return       }       // Add metadata to the photo.       creationRequest.creationDate = .init()       if let location=location {         creationRequest.location = .init(latitude: location.latitude, longitude: location.longitude)       }     }, completionHandler: { _, _ in       try? FileManager.default.removeItem(atPath: tmpUrl.absoluteString)     })   } } If anyone can provide some insight as to what's causing the iosurface is too large error and what can be done to resolve it, that'd be awesome.

I can't get CoreImage to render an HDR image file with correct colors to a CAMetalLayer on macOS 14. I'm comparing the result with NSImageView and the SupportingHDRImagesInYourApp 'HDRDemo23' sample code, which use CVPixelBuffer. With CAMetalLayer, the images are displayed as HDR (definitely more highlights), but they're darker with some kind saturation increase & color shift. Files I've tested include the sample ISO HDR files in the SupportingHDRImagesInYourApp sample code. Methods I've tried to render to CAMetalLayer include: Modifying the GeneratingAnAnimationWithACoreImageRenderDestination sample code's ContentView so it uses HDRDemo23/example-ISO-HDR-images/image_01.heic, loaded using CIImage(contentsOf:) Creating a test AppKit app that uses MTKView and CIRenderDestination the same way. I have NSImageView and the MTKView in the same window for comparison. Using CIRAWFilter > CIRenderDestination > IOSurface > MTKView/CAMetalLayer All these methods produce the image with the exact same appearance; a dark HDR image with some saturation/color shift. The only clue I've found is that when using the Metal Debugger on the test AppKit app, the CAMetalLayer's 'Present' shows the 'input' thumbnail is HDR without the color shift, but the 'output' thumbnail looks like what I actually see. I tried changing the color profile on the layer to various things but nothing looked more correct. I've tried this on two Macs, an M1 Mac Studio with an LG display, and a MacBook Air M2. The MacBook Air shows the same color shift, but since it has less dynamic range overall there isn't as much difference between NSImageView and MTKView.

I found that the app reported a crash of a pure virtual function call, which could not be reproduced. A third-party library is referenced: https://github.com/lincf0912/LFPhotoBrowser Achieve smearing, blurring, and mosaic processing of images Crash code: if (![LFSmearBrush smearBrushCache]) { [_edit_toolBar setSplashWait:YES index:LFSplashStateType_Smear]; CGSize canvasSize = AVMakeRectWithAspectRatioInsideRect(self.editImage.size, _EditingView.bounds).size; [LFSmearBrush loadBrushImage:self.editImage canvasSize:canvasSize useCache:YES complete:^(BOOL success) { [weakToolBar setSplashWait:NO index:LFSplashStateType_Smear]; }]; } - (UIImage *)LFBB_patternGaussianImageWithSize:(CGSize)size orientation:(CGImagePropertyOrientation)orientation filterHandler:(CIFilter *(^ _Nullable )(CIImage *ciimage))filterHandler { CIContext *context = LFBrush_CIContext; NSAssert(context != nil, @"This method must be called using the LFBrush class."); CIImage *midImage = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:self.CGImage]; midImage = [midImage imageByApplyingTransform:[self LFBB_preferredTransform]]; midImage = [midImage imageByApplyingTransform:CGAffineTransformMakeScale(size.width/midImage.extent.size.width,size.height/midImage.extent.size.height)]; if (orientation > 0 && orientation < 9) { midImage = [midImage imageByApplyingOrientation:orientation]; } //图片开始处理 CIImage *result = midImage; if (filterHandler) { CIFilter *filter = filterHandler(midImage); if (filter) { result = filter.outputImage; } } CGImageRef outImage = [context createCGImage:result fromRect:[midImage extent]]; UIImage *image = [UIImage imageWithCGImage:outImage]; CGImageRelease(outImage); return image; } This line trigger crash: CGImageRef outImage = [context createCGImage:result fromRect:[midImage extent]]; b9c90c7bbf8940e5aabed7f3f62a65a2-symbolicated.crash

I have an iOS app that uses (camera) video feed and applies CoreImage filters to simulate a specific real world effect (for educational purposes). Now I wanted to make a similar app for visionOS and apply the same CoreImage filters to the content (live view) users sees while wearing Apple Vision Pro headset. Is there a way to do it with current APIs and what would you recommend? I saw that we cannot get video feed from camera(s), is there a way to do it with ARKit and applying the filters somehow using that? I know visionOS is a young/fresh platform but any help would be great! Thank you!

It feels like this should be easy, but I'm having conceptual problems about how to do this. Any help would be appreciated. I have a sample app below that works exactly as expected. I'm able to use the Slider and Stepper to generate inputs to a function that uses CoreImage filters to manipulate my input image. This all works as expected, but it's doing some O(n) CI work on the main thread, and I want to move it to a background thread. I'm pretty sure this can be done using combine, here is the pseudo code I imagine would work for me: func doStuff() { // subscribe to options changes // .receive on background thread // .debounce // .map { model.inputImage.combine(options: $0) // return an object on the main thread. // update an @Published property? } Below is the POC code for my project. Any guidance as to where I should use combine to do this would be greatly appreciate. (Also, please let me know if you think combine is not the best way to tackle this. I'd be open to alternative implementations.) struct ContentView: View { @State private var options = CombineOptions.basic @ObservedObject var model = Model() var body: some View { VStack { Image(uiImage: enhancedImage) .resizable() .aspectRatio(contentMode: .fit) Slider(value: $options.scale) Stepper(value: $options.numberOfImages, label: { Text("\(options.numberOfImages)")}) } } private var enhancedImage: UIImage { return model.inputImage.combine(options: options) } } class Model: ObservableObject { let inputImage: UIImage = UIImage.init(named: "IMG_4097")! } struct CombineOptions: Codable, Equatable { static let basic: CombineOptions = .init(scale: 0.3, numberOfImages: 10) var scale: Double var numberOfImages: Int }

This isn't just my observation but lots of people around me and also you can find tonnes of feedback on the inter webs. The processing of images taken with the front facing camera on the 15 (and I think 14 before) is so over processed that I'm aware of people jumping to other phones. And they're right. The 15 exacerbates that even more. You can turn off HDR (a viewing thing), you can prioritise speed over processing but really you cannot turn this off. You can take a Live Photo and then choose a different frame and the processing is less. As a developer I look at that and think it's bonkers, it's just software so why hasn't anyone produced a camera app that makes faces look good (not AI processing) from the front camera. I can be all enthusiastic and say I will develop one but it seems like a simple, obvious fix for Apple. To have the settings so bad that I have friends returning their phones, seems pretty bad. And as a photographer I would agree. There's a lot to love with Apple on the 15 and the log and prores but a simple selfie produces such ugly results. That's an actual problem. So throwing it it out there. What does everyone think? cheers Paul

Animated AVIF is rendered slowly on Safari Tested with MacBook pro (16" 2019) and Safari (Version 17.0 - 19616.1.27.211.1) and also on several iPhone models (14, 15 Pro) (over BrowserStack) When using macBook pro (16" 2019) with Chrome (Version 120.0.6099.129) it is rendered OK example for 720p@25FPS: https://res.cloudinary.com/yaronshmueli/image/upload/cases/animated_AVIF_Apple/world_flight_fast_decode_tile_clmn_btiolg.avif

Hello there 👋 I've noticed a different behavior between iOS 15 and iOS 16 using CIFilter and SpriteKit. Here is a sample code where I want to display a text and apply a blurry effect on the same text in the back of it. Here is the expected behavior (iOS 15): And the broken behavior on iOS 16: It looks like the text is rotated around the x-axis and way too deep. Here is the sample code: import UIKit import SpriteKit class ViewController: UIViewController {     var skView: SKView?     var scene: SKScene?     override func viewDidLoad() {         super.viewDidLoad()         skView = SKView(frame: view.frame)         scene = SKScene(size: skView?.bounds.size ?? .zero)         scene?.backgroundColor = UIColor.red         view.addSubview(skView!)         skView!.presentScene(scene)         let neonNode = SKNode()         let glowNode = SKEffectNode()         glowNode.shouldEnableEffects = true         glowNode.shouldRasterize = true         let blurFilter = CIFilter(name: "CIGaussianBlur")         blurFilter?.setValue(20, forKey: kCIInputRadiusKey)         glowNode.filter = blurFilter         glowNode.blendMode = .alpha         let labelNode = SKLabelNode(text: "MOJO")         labelNode.fontName = "HelveticaNeue-Medium"         labelNode.fontSize = 60         let labelNodeCopy = labelNode.copy() as! SKLabelNode         glowNode.addChild(labelNode)         neonNode.addChild(glowNode)         neonNode.addChild(labelNodeCopy)         neonNode.position = CGPoint(x: 200, y: 200)         scene?.addChild(neonNode) } }

Customers are reporting after the update to mac OS Sonoma 14.2 bitmap images have a black background! When we run the same application on Sonoma 14.1.1 the bitmap images appear as expected Like I said at the beginning, it happened after upgrading to Sonoma 14.2 so it introduced the issue.

Hello everyone, I'm currently facing a challenging issue with my macOS application that involves HEIF image processing. The application uses an OperationQueue to handle HEIF compression tasks. However, I've observed a significant delay in processing when a screen recording is active. This delay doesn't occur under normal circumstances. Here's a brief overview of the implementation: The HEIF processing task is encapsulated within an Operation added to an OperationQueue. The task involves using CIContext for image processing. When screen recording is initiated, the operation's execution becomes unusually slow or gets delayed extensively. After some research and community feedback, I learned that screen recording might be affecting the system's resource allocation, particularly impacting tasks that utilize GPU resources, like CIContext operations in my case. To address this, I tried the following: Switching to a custom dispatch queue with a .userInitiated QoS. Using GCD instead of OperationQueue. Despite these attempts, the issue persists during screen recording. It seems like the screen recording process is given higher priority by macOS, leading to resource reallocation and thus affecting my application's performance. I'm looking for insights or suggestions on how to handle this scenario more effectively. Specifically, I am interested in: Understanding how screen recording impacts resource allocation in macOS. Exploring ways to ensure that my HEIF processing task is not severely impacted by other system processes like screen recording. Any best practices or alternative approaches for handling image processing tasks that are sensitive to system resource availability. Here's a snippet of the HEIF processing function for reference: import CoreImage struct CommandResult: CustomStringConvertible { let output: String let error: Process.TerminationReason let status: Int32 var description: String { return "error:\(error.rawValue), output:\(output), status:\(status)" } } func heif(at sourceURL: URL, to destinationURL: URL, as quality: Int = 75) -> CommandResult { let compressionQuality = CGFloat(quality) / 100.0 guard let ciImage = CIImage(contentsOf: sourceURL) else { return CommandResult(output: "Load heic image failed \(sourceURL)", error: .exit, status: -1) } let context = CIContext(options: nil) let heifOptions = [kCGImageDestinationLossyCompressionQuality: compressionQuality] as! [CIImageRepresentationOption: Any] do { try context.writeHEIFRepresentation(of: ciImage, to: destinationURL, format: .RGBA8, colorSpace: ciImage.colorSpace!, options: heifOptions) } catch { return CommandResult(output: "Compress and write heic image failed \(sourceURL)", error: .exit, status: -1) } return CommandResult(output: "Compress and write heic image successfully \(sourceURL)", error: .exit, status: 0) } Thank you for your time and any assistance you can provide!

I am fetching an image from the photo library and fetch the GPS Location data, but it's not working. This needs to work on iOS 17 as well, so I used PHPicker. kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary is always returning nil. The code I tried: import CoreLocation import MobileCoreServices import PhotosUI class ViewController: UIViewController, UIImagePickerControllerDelegate, UINavigationControllerDelegate { @IBOutlet weak var selectedImageView:UIImageView! @IBAction func selectTheImage() { self.pickImageFromLibrary_PH() } func pickImageFromLibrary_PH() { var configuration = PHPickerConfiguration(photoLibrary: PHPhotoLibrary.shared()) configuration.filter = .images let picker = PHPickerViewController(configuration: configuration) picker.delegate = self present(picker, animated: true, completion: nil) } func picker(_ picker: PHPickerViewController, didFinishPicking results: [PHPickerResult]) { if let itemProvider = results.first?.itemProvider, itemProvider.canLoadObject(ofClass: UIImage.self) { itemProvider.loadObject(ofClass: UIImage.self) { (image, error) in if let image = image as? UIImage { self.fetchLocation(for: image) } } } picker.dismiss(animated: true, completion: nil) } func fetchLocation(for image: UIImage) { let locationManager = CLLocationManager() guard let imageData = image.jpegData(compressionQuality: 1.0) else { print("Unable to fetch image data.") return } guard let source = CGImageSourceCreateWithData(imageData as CFData, nil) else { print("Unable to create image source.") return } guard let properties = CGImageSourceCopyPropertiesAtIndex(source, 0, nil) as? [String: Any] else { print("Unable to fetch image properties.") return } print(properties) if let gpsInfo = properties[kCGImagePropertyGPSDictionary as String] as? [String: Any], let latitude = gpsInfo[kCGImagePropertyGPSLatitude as String] as? CLLocationDegrees, let longitude = gpsInfo[kCGImagePropertyGPSLongitude as String] as? CLLocationDegrees { let location = CLLocation(latitude: latitude, longitude: longitude) print("Image was taken at \(location.coordinate.latitude), \(location.coordinate.longitude)") } else { print("PHPicker- Location information not found in the image.") } } } Properties available in that image: Exif/Meta-Data is available, I expect GPS location data ColorSpace = 65535; PixelXDimension = 4032; PixelYDimension = 3024; }, "DPIWidth": 72, "Depth": 8, "PixelHeight": 3024, "ColorModel": RGB, "DPIHeight": 72, "{TIFF}": { Orientation = 1; ResolutionUnit = 2; XResolution = 72; YResolution = 72; }, "PixelWidth": 4032, "Orientation": 1, "{JFIF}": { DensityUnit = 0; JFIFVersion = ( 1, 0, 1 ); XDensity = 72; YDensity = 72; }] Note: I'm trying in Xcode 15 and iOS 17. In photos app location data is available, but in code, it's returning nil.

I am trying to create a custom CGColorSpace in Swift on macOS but am not sure I really understand the concepts. I want to use a custom color space called Spot1 and if I extract the spot color from a PDF I get the following: "ColorSpace<Dictionary>" = { "Cs2<Array>" = ( Separation, Spot1, DeviceCMYK, { "BitsPerSample<Integer>" = 8; "Domain<Array>" = ( 0, 1 ); "Filter<Name>" = FlateDecode; "FunctionType<Integer>" = 0; "Length<Integer>" = 526; "Range<Array>" = ( 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1 ); "Size<Array>" = ( 1024 ); } ); }; How can I create this same color space using the CGColorSpace(propertyListPlist: CFPropertyList) API func createSpot1() -> CGColorSpace? { let dict0 : NSDictionary = [ "BitsPerSample": 8, "Domain" : [0,1], "Filter" : "FlateDecode", "FunctionType" : 0, "Length" : 526, "Range" : [0,1,0,1,0,1,0,1], "Size" : [1024]] let dict : NSDictionary = [ "Cs2" : ["Separation","Spot1", "DeviceCMYK", dict0] ] let space = CGColorSpace(propertyListPlist: dict as CFPropertyList) if space == nil { DebugLog("Spot1 color space is nil!") } return space }