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An SKEffectNode object applies a Core Image filter to its rendered output, allowing you to incorporate sophisticated special effects in a scene. Available in iOS 7.0 and later.

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Show a video with transparent background on ARKit

I am trying to simply show a video removing part of its background which is meant to be transparent. I've tried several approaches courtesy of Stack Overflow, and so far they are all sub-par. The one that came closest to the results I'm seeking is…
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SpriteKit: blurred background SKNode

How can I blur the background of a single transparent SKNode, while leaving the main background clear? I want something like this: The background is a single root SKNode and there's another SKNode added as a child. The child node is transparent…
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how do I cut a hole in a sprite image or texture to show what is behind it using spriteKit in swift

I would like to display a bunch of draggable images in spriteKit. Some of the images will require me to cut a hole in the graphic dynamically so I can see what is behind the images. And as I drag around the images I'll be able to see the other…
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How to Improve SKEffectNode Performance (Swift)?

so in my project I have an SKEffectNode that I use to provide a glow effect around some of my spriteNodes. I use a spriteNode (blurNode) to get the color of my obstacle and then give it to the effectNode. This works fine. let blurNode =…
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Applying a CIFilter with SKEffectNode to a SKSpriteNode

I am trying to apply a CIFilter with SKEffectNode to a SKSpriteNode. Can't get this to work and not sure why. I got this working using a blur but cannot get the mono photo effect. Anyone have any insight? Thanks again. //Mono Effect (not working) …
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SpriteKit - Adding a blur to the entire Scene

I am trying to blur my entire GameScene when my pause button is pressed. I have a method called blurSceen() but it doesn't seem to be adding the effect to the scene. Is there a way I can accomplish this or am I doing something wrong? I have viewed…
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iOS9 beta - SKEffectNode/CIFilter bug?

I'm not sure if this is a bug or if I went wrong somewhere: I have a class A which is a subclass of SKScene and a Class B which is a Subclass of SKEffectnode. I then add the class B as a child of class A. The class B has a blurfilter…
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SpriteKit: Determine drawing order for hit test

i am using Spritekit and want to have a hit test, that works intuitive. In other words: I got a position x,y and want to to find out which is the top most node that was hit. (And with "top most" i mean the one that the user actually sees as…
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SKEffectNode - CIFilter Blur Size Limit - Big Black Box

I am trying to blur multiple SKNode objects. I do this by having a parent SKEffectNode with a CIFilter set to @"CIGaussianBlur". Like so: - (SKEffectNode *)createBlurNode { SKEffectNode *blurNode = [[SKEffectNode alloc] init]; …
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How to correctly turn on and off SKEffectNode for a SKNode?

I want to show an effect node if a node is selected. If not, I want to turn off/remove that effect. (I set a node as selected in touchesBegan.) I use the code below. Turning on and off the effect node is mixing my mind up because I add the main node…
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Warp effect for SKSpriteNodes passing through it?

I'm trying to apply a warp/distortion effect to all SKSpriteNodes that pass through a fixed rectangle sized area on the screen. Shown in the image below, the same SKSpriteNode will start at the top of the screen and work its way down allowing the…
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FPS issues with adding a blur using SKEffectNode

If there a better way of creating a blur effect? It seems like the way I am currently doing it creates FPS issues especially on older phones. It seems like the higher the blurAmount the lower the FPS. Could the blendMode be the reason here? …
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In Swift/SpriteKit Can you use a ShapeNode as mask in a CropNode

I've been trying to combine randomised SKShapeNode shapes with textures using a SKCropNode but it doesn't seem to work. I assume that SKCropNodes only work with bitmap graphics such as PNG. //define sprite as crop node let cropSprite =…
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SKEffectNode walk through children crashed (iOS10 Spritekit)

I have a SKEffectNode that contains a node that will change it's children dynamically through times (Remove children and add children dynamically very often). And I keep getting this crash log (only happens on iOS10) on Fabric however i cannot…
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Swift- SKEffectNode takes a while to appear

So I have a pause button in my game that when you press it, the scene gets paused, and everything but one SKNode (the pause menu) gets blurred out. I'm doing this by creating a SKEffectNode that has a filter, and adding everything but the pause menu…
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