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The Image Compression Manager provides image-compression and image-decompression services to applications and to other managers.

Carbon Specification for Image Compression Manager This document lists the Carbon inclusion status of the Image Compression Manager APIs. QuickTime 4.0 API Documentation: Image Compression Manager This document begins by introducing the features of the Image Compression Manager and discussing the topic of image compression generally. It provides a brief overview of the characteristics of image compression algorithms, including discussions of compression ratios, compression speed, and image quality. This document then describes the basic steps that your application follows when compressing and decompressing images and sequences. Sample code is included. This document concludes with an in-depth reference to the Image Compression Manager.