A lossless QuickTime codec. The Animation Compressor employs a
compressionalgorithm developed by Apple. This technique is best suited to animation and
computer-generated video content. The Animation Compressor can be used to
compress sequences of screen images. It can store images in run-length encoded
format, and it can work in either a lossy or a lossless mode. The lossless mode
maintains picture content precisely, storing an animation as a series of
run-length encoded images. The lossy mode loses some image quality.
Compressors Supplied by Apple Apple supplies six image-compression algorithms with the Image Compression Manager. This chapter discusses each of these compressors and identifies their strengths and weaknesses in light of the compression characteristics just discussed.
