• Overview of the ICM

• Data That Is Suitable for Compression

• Storing Images

• Working With Pictures

• Understanding Compressor Components

• Banding and Extending Images

• Fast Dithering

• ColorSync Support

• Asynchronous Decompression

• Timecode Support

• Data Source Support

• Working with Alpha Channels

• Working With Video Fields

• Packetization Information

• Compression Ratio

• Compression Speed

• Image Quality

• The Photo Compressor

• The Video Compressor

• The Compact Video Compressor

• The Animation Compressor

• The Graphics Compressor

• The Raw Compressor

• Types of Images Suitable for Different Compressors

• Getting Information About Compressors and Compressed Data

• Getting Information About Compressor Components

• Getting Information About Compressed Data

• Compressing Images

• Spooling Compressed Data

• Application-Defined Functions

• Changing Sequence-Compression Parameters

• Changing Sequence-Decompression Parameters

• Working With Images

• Working With Sequences

• Working With Pictures and PICT Files

• Decompressing Images

• Image Transcoding Functions

• The Image Description Structure

• Compression Quality Constants

• The Compressor Name List Structure

• Compressing Sequences

• Decompressing Sequences

• The Basic Functions to Use

• Decompressing Still Images From a Sequence

• Using Screen Buffers and Image Buffers

• Defining Key Frame Rates

• A Sample Program for Compressing and Decompressing a Sequence of Images

• A Sample Function for Saving a Sequence of Images to a Disk File

• A Sample Function for Creating, Compressing, and Drawing a Sequence of Images

• A Sample Function for Decompressing and Playing Back a Sequence From a Disk File

• Making Thumbnail Pictures

• Constraining Compressed Data

• The Compressor Information Structure

• The Compressor Name Structure

• Controlling Hardware Scaling

• Working With the StdPix Function

• Aligning Windows

• Alignment Functions

• Working With Graphics Devices and Graphics Worlds

• Data-Loading Functions

• Data-Unloading Functions

• Progress Functions

• Completion Functions

• Constants

• Image Compression Manager Function Control Flags

• Compressor Types

• Utility and Callback Functions

• Banding and Extending Images

• Compressing or Decompressing Images Asynchronously

• Spooling of Compressed Data

• Data Loading

• Data Unloading

• Progress Functions

• Performing Image Compression

• Choosing a Compressor

• Compressing a Horizontal Band of an Image

• Decompressing an Image

• Choosing a Decompressor

• Decompressor Operations

• Decompressing a Horizontal Band of an Image

• Asynchronous Decompression

• Hardware Cursors

• Timecode Support

• Working With Video Fields

• Accelerated Video Support

• Packetization Information

• DV Image Compressor Component

• DV Image Decompressor Component

• Specifying the Size of an Image Buffer

• Data Structures

• Functions

• Direct Functions

• Indirect Functions

• Image Compression Manager Utility Functions

• Using the Base Image Decompressor

• Connecting to the Base Image Decompressor

• Providing Storage for Frame Decompression

• Initializing Your Decompressor Component

• Specifying Other Capabilities of Your Component

• Implementing Functions for Queues

• Decompressing Bands

• Implementing ImageCodecBeginBand

• Implementing ImageCodecDrawBand

• Implementing ImageCodecEndBand

• Providing Information About the Decompressor

• Providing Progress Information

• Handling and Delegating Other Calls

• Closing the Component

• Component Types

• Functions

• Types of Dialog Boxes

• Opening a Connection to a Standard Image Compression Dialog Component

• Displaying the Dialog Box to the User

• Setting Default Parameters

• Designating a Test Image

• Displaying the Dialog Box and Retrieving Parameters

• Getting Default Settings for an Image or a Sequence

• Working With Image or Sequence Settings

• Extending the Basic Dialog Box

• Creating a Standard Image Compression Dialog Component

• Request Types

• Spatial Settings Request Type

• Temporal Settings Request Type

• Data-Rate Settings Request Type

• Color Table Settings Request Type

• Progress Function Request Type

• Extended Functions Request Type

• Preference Flags Request Type

• Settings State Request Type

• Sequence ID Request Type

• Window Position Request Type

• Control Flags Request Type

• Standard image compression Dialog Component Functions

• Displaying the Standard image compression Dialog Box

• Compressing Still Images

• Compressing Image Sequences

• Specifying a Test Image

• Positioning Dialog Boxes and Rectangles

• Invoking an Image Transcoding Process

• Transcoding Paths

• An Example