Pixel alternatives and similar libraries
Based on the "Image" category.
Alternatively, view Pixel alternatives based on common mentions on social networks and blogs.
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GPU Image
An open source iOS framework for GPU-based image and video processing -
SDWebImage
Asynchronous image downloader with cache support as a UIImageView category -
Kingfisher
A lightweight, pure-Swift library for downloading and caching images from the web. -
MWPhotoBrowser
A simple iOS photo and video browser with grid view, captions and selections. -
FastImageCache
iOS library for quickly displaying images while scrolling -
TOCropViewController
A view controller for iOS that allows users to crop portions of UIImage objects -
GPUImage2
GPUImage 2 is a BSD-licensed Swift framework for GPU-accelerated video and image processing. -
AlamofireImage
AlamofireImage is an image component library for Alamofire -
PINRemoteImage
A thread safe, performant, feature rich image fetcher -
IDMPhotoBrowser
Photo Browser / Viewer inspired by Facebook's and Tweetbot's with ARC support, swipe-to-dismiss, image progress and more -
AspectFillFaceAware
An extension that gives UIImageView the ability to focus on faces within an image. -
SKPhotoBrowser
Simple PhotoBrowser/Viewer inspired by facebook, twitter photo browsers written by swift -
UIImageColors
Fetches the most dominant and prominent colors from an image. -
RSKImageCropper
An image cropper / photo cropper for iOS like in the Contacts app with support for landscape orientation. -
GPUImage3
GPUImage 3 is a BSD-licensed Swift framework for GPU-accelerated video and image processing using Metal. -
TLPhotoPicker
📷 multiple phassets picker for iOS lib. like a facebook -
ImageSlideshow
Swift image slideshow with circular scrolling, timer and full screen viewer -
TinyCrayon
A smart and easy-to-use image masking and cutout SDK for mobile apps. -
EBPhotoPages
A photo gallery for iOS with a modern feature set. Similar features as the Facebook photo browser. -
Lightbox
:milky_way: A convenient and easy to use image viewer for your iOS app -
MetalPetal
A GPU accelerated image and video processing framework built on Metal. -
Twitter Image Pipline
Twitter Image Pipeline is a robust and performant image loading and caching framework for iOS clients -
ImagePickerSheetController
ImagePickerSheetController replicates the custom photo action sheet in iMessage. -
YUCIHighPassSkinSmoothing
An implementation of High Pass Skin Smoothing using Apple's Core Image Framework -
CTPanoramaView
A library that displays spherical or cylindrical panoramas with touch or motion based controls. -
ImageScout
A Swift implementation of fastimage. Supports PNG, GIF, and JPEG. -
ShadowImageView
A apple music cover picture shadow style image library -
OnlyPictures
A simple and flexible way to add source of overlapping circular pictures, currently supports horizontal overlapping or distant pictures with great layout flexibility. -
AXPhotoViewer
An iOS/tvOS photo gallery viewer, useful for viewing a large (or small!) number of photos. -
ComplimentaryGradientView
Create complementary gradients generated from dominant and prominent colors in supplied image. Inspired by Grade.js -
SimpleImageViewer
A snappy image viewer with zoom and interactive dismissal transition. -
Viewer
Image viewer (or Lightbox) with support for local and remote videos and images -
SABlurImageView
You can use blur effect and it's animation easily to call only two methods.
Appwrite - The Open Source Firebase alternative introduces iOS support
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README
Brightroom A full-featured composable image editor with a customizable UI -- all backed by the power of Metal.
Image Editor | Photo Cropping | Face Detection | Masking |
---|---|---|---|
Features
- Create your own image editor UI by composing components.
- Components are built separately and run standalone using an
EditingStack
. EditingStacks
manage editing history and render images. It's like a headless browser!
- Components are built separately and run standalone using an
- Edit and render using P3 Wide Color Gamut
- Support for Super Large Photos™ (≤ 12000 pixels).
- Previews and rendering backed with the power of Metal.
- Create custom-drawn masks on photos.
- Drop-in support for your own custom filters using LUTs.
- Load and download remote images for editing with a
URL
. - Support for both UIKit and SwiftUI.
Requirements
iOS Target | Xcode Version | Swift Version |
---|---|---|
iOS 12.0+ | Xcode 12.4+ | Swift 5.3+ |
Support the Project
Buy me a coffee or support me on GitHub.
🎉 v2 Now Available!
There are a few important housekeeping notes for those coming from v1.
- ⚒ Issues are managed in the v2 Project
- 📌 Pixel has been renamed Brightroom.
- 📖 Detailed documentation is available on Notion.
- 🎈 Help Wanted: CoreImage and Metal professionals!
- ⭐️ If you're interested in v2, star the project to motivate us! 🤠
- 🪐 Brightroom's state management is now powered by Verge.
Installation
CocoaPods
pod 'Brightroom/Engine'
pod 'Brightroom/UI-Classic'
pod 'Brightroom/UI-Crop'
Swift Package Manager
dependencies: [
.package(url: "https://github.com/muukii/Brightroom.git", upToNextMajor: "2.2.0")
]
Documentation
View the full documentation on Notion.
Usage
PhotosCropViewController
// Create an image provider
let imageProvider = ImageProvider(image: uiImage) // URL, Data are also supported.
// Create a Photo Crop View Controller
let controller = PhotosCropViewController(imageProvider: imageProvider)
// Set up handlers when editing finishes
controller.handers
SwiftUI Support (BETA)
The SwiftUI API is still in-progress and may not be production ready. We're looking for help! 🤲
let editingStack: EditingStack
SwiftUIPhotosCropView(editingStack: editingStack) {
let image = try! editingStack.makeRenderer().render().swiftUIImage
}
Demo & Full App
There is an entire open-source and production-ready app available on the App Store that uses Brightroom. It's called Drip.
This repository also contains a demo app which demonstrates what Brightroom can perform and showcases some easy experiments. Clone this repo and build the project to try it out!
License
Brightroom is available under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for more info.
Status
*Note that all licence references and agreements mentioned in the Pixel README section above
are relevant to that project's source code only.