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QuickTime Graphics
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<p>QuickTime Graphics is a <a href="/facts/Lossy/jHW7DDv3">lossy</a> video compression and decompression algorithm (<a href="/facts/Codec/C7b7Am8t">codec</a>) developed by <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a> and first released as part of <a href="/facts/QuickTime/rA3GQp2j">QuickTime 1.x</a> in the early 1990s. The codec is also known by the name Apple Graphics and its <a href="/facts/FourCC/4AxE2jJa">FourCC</a> SMC. The codec operates on 8-bit palettized <a href="/facts/RGB/3Be0zwCj">RGB</a> data. The bit-stream format of QuickTime Graphics has been reverse-engineered and a decoder has been implemented in the projects XAnim and <a href="/facts/Libavcodec/69SFWWvw">libavcodec</a>. </p>