How to shift image horizontally to create loop effect? - cocoa

Question

How to shift NSImage horizontally that shifted pixels appear at the other side so it looks like a loop?
Currently I am using drawInRect. Is there any CIFilter or smarter way to do this?
- (CIImage *)image:(NSImage *)image shiftedBy:(CGFloat)shiftAmount
{
NSUInteger width = image.size.width;
NSUInteger height = image.size.height;
NSBitmapImageRep *rep = [[NSBitmapImageRep alloc] initWithBitmapDataPlanes:NULL
pixelsWide:width
pixelsHigh:height
bitsPerSample:8
samplesPerPixel:4
hasAlpha:YES
isPlanar:NO
colorSpaceName:NSDeviceRGBColorSpace
bytesPerRow:0
bitsPerPixel:0];
[rep setSize:NSMakeSize(width, height)];
[NSGraphicsContext saveGraphicsState];
NSGraphicsContext *context = [NSGraphicsContext graphicsContextWithBitmapImageRep:rep];
[NSGraphicsContext setCurrentContext:context];
CGRect rect0 = CGRectMake(0, 0, width, height);
CGRect leftSourceRect, rightSourceRect;
CGRectDivide(rect0, &leftSourceRect, &rightSourceRect, shiftAmount, CGRectMinXEdge);
CGRect rightDestinationRect = CGRectOffset(leftSourceRect, width - rightSourceRect.origin.x, 0);
CGRect leftDestinationRect = rightSourceRect;
leftDestinationRect.origin.x = 0;
[image drawInRect:leftDestinationRect fromRect:rightSourceRect operation:NSCompositingOperationSourceOver fraction:1.0];
[image drawInRect:rightDestinationRect fromRect:leftSourceRect operation:NSCompositingOperationSourceOver fraction:1.0];
[NSGraphicsContext restoreGraphicsState];
return [[CIImage alloc] initWithBitmapImageRep:rep];
}

Answer 1

I tried it with CIFilter however the performance hit is 3-4x slower. However, the code is more readable.
- (CIImage *)image:(NSImage *)image shiftXBy:(CGFloat)shiftX YBy:(CGFloat)shiftY
{
//avoid calling TIFFRepresentation here cause the performance hit is even bigger
CIImage *ciImage = [[CIImage alloc] initWithData:[image TIFFRepresentation]];
CGAffineTransform xform = CGAffineTransformIdentity;
NSValue *xformObj = [NSValue valueWithBytes:&xform objCType:#encode(CGAffineTransform)];
ciImage = [ciImage imageByApplyingFilter:#"CIAffineTile"
withInputParameters:#{kCIInputTransformKey : xformObj} ];
ciImage = [ciImage imageByCroppingToRect:CGRectMake(shiftX, shiftY, image.size.width, image.size.height)];
return ciImage;
}

Answer 2

For optimum performance you need to use CALayer. Here’s the basic concept:
Your NSView subclass should have wantsLayer and layerUsesCoreImageFilters set to true.
Assign your image to content property of NSView.layer (or add a new sublayer).
Create CIAffineTile filter and add it to the layer.
Now you can change values of the filter without reloading or redrawing the image. This all would be hardware accelerated.