smacker/compr
01-Aug-94 10:03:19
Sb: #115147-smacker/compr
Fm: Jeff Roberts 73237,75
To: theo van bruggen 100044,2530
Gary:
I think that the ratio they are quoting is not "flic to compressed" size.
Most compression companies quote the size they shrink a non-deltaed animation,
where we quote the size difference from flic (which is deltaed) to smk. If you
multiply the number of frames times the width * the height, you will get true
uncompressed sizes. If you do this math, Smacker generally manages 100:1 to
150:1 compression. We don't quote this size because it isn't representative of
what an FLIC file will compress to. Video for Windows and MPEG uses these
inflated ratios as well.
->Jeff