A novelty in iOS 5 that was ignored until recently has to do with IMPLEMENTATION OF new APIs for editing photos and videos taken using the cameras of our terminals. More specifically, iOS 5 includes new APIs that give application developers easier access to Open GL and Core Image, 2 key elements in fast photo editing using 3rd party applications. At the moment, many applications for photo editing use the Core Graphics function for editing pictures or movies, but access to Open GL would allow a much faster processing regardless of the application. This information was discovered in the changelog for iOS 5 beta 5 where we talk about CI, Core Image, an API also presented at WWDC 2011.
Several filters have been added since beta 1. The current list now includes the following filters: CIAditionCompositing, CIAffineTransform, CICheckerboardGenerator, CIColorBlendMode, CIColorBurnBlendMode, CIColorControls, CIColorCube, CIColorDodgeBlendMode, CIColorInvert, CIColorMatrix, CIColorMonochrome, CIConstantColorGenerator, CICrop, CIDarkenBlendMode, CIDifferenceBlendMode, CIExclusionBlendMode, CIExposureAdjust, CIFalseColor, CIGammaAdjust,CIGaussianGradient, CIHardLightBlendMode, CIHighlightShadowAdjust, CIHueAdjust, CIHueBlendMode, CILightenBlendMode, CILinearGradient, CILuminosityBlendMode, CIMaximumCompositing, CIMinimumCompositing, CIMultiplyBlendMode, CIMultiplyCompositing, CIOverlayBlendMode, CIRadialGradient, CISaturationBlendMode, CIScreenBlendMode, CISepiaTone, CISoftLightBlendMode, CISourceAtopCompositing, CISourceInCompositing, CISourceOutCompositing, CISourceOverCompositing, CIStraightenFilter, CIStripesGenerator,CITemperatureAndTint, CIToneCurve, CIVibrance, CIVignette, and CIWhitePointAdjust.
Unfortunately, in the Camera application from iOS 5 we will only see the effects already presented by Apple, but in the App Store a whole series of applications could be launched that could introduce all kinds of new effects unavailable until now. Above you have presented the APIs that Apple will make available and you can see how wide the range of options is for developers. Applications such as Camera+ or PhotoForge 2 could become much faster and could include many more effects, but everything depends on the developers and how they will succeed in implementing Apple's APIs.
