Is programmatically inverting the colors of an image possible?

Question

I want to take an image and invert the colors in iOS.

Answer 1

With CoreImage:

#import 

@implementation UIImage (ColorInverse)

+ (UIImage *)inverseColor:(UIImage *)image {
    CIImage *coreImage = [CIImage imageWithCGImage:image.CGImage];
    CIFilter *filter = [CIFilter filterWithName:@"CIColorInvert"];
    [filter setValue:coreImage forKey:kCIInputImageKey];
    CIImage *result = [filter valueForKey:kCIOutputImageKey];
    return [UIImage imageWithCIImage:result];
}

@end