The Image Compression Manager
The Image Compression Manager comprises a set of functions that compress and decompress images or sequences of graphic images.The Image Compression Manager provides a device-independent and driver-independent means of compressing and decompressing images and sequences
of images. It also contains a simple interface for implementing software and hardware image-compression algorithms. It provides system integration functions for storing compressed images as part of PICT files, and it offers the ability to automatically decompress compressed PICT files on any QuickTime-capable Macintosh computer.In most cases, applications use the Image Compression Manager indirectly, by calling Movie Toolbox functions or by displaying a compressed picture. However, if your application compresses images or makes movies with compressed images, you will call Image Compression Manager functions.
The Image Compression Manager is described in the chapter "Image Compression Manager" later in this book. This chapter also includes code samples that show how to compress images or make movies with compressed images.