<s>
CineForm	B-Algorithm
Intermediate	O
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
(	O
from	O
October	O
2017	O
)	O
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
developed	O
for	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
Inc	O
by	O
David	O
Taylor	O
,	O
David	O
Newman	O
and	O
Brian	O
Schunck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
30	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
GoPro	B-Device
which	O
in	O
particular	O
wanted	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
3D	B-Algorithm
film	I-Algorithm
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
444	O
Codec	O
for	O
its	O
3D	O
HERO	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
press	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
GoPro	B-Device
acquisition	O
noted	O
that	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
's	O
codec	O
had	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
movies	O
including	O
Slumdog	O
Millionaire	O
and	O
Need	O
For	O
Speed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
Intermediate	O
Codec	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
compressed	O
Digital	O
Intermediate	O
workflows	O
for	O
film	O
or	O
television	O
applications	O
using	O
HD	O
or	O
higher	O
resolution	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
media	O
is	O
most	O
commonly	O
wrapped	O
within	O
AVI	O
or	O
MOV	O
files	O
types	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
'	O
CFHD	O
 '	O
FOURCC	O
code	O
for	O
all	O
compressed	O
media	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implementations	O
support	O
image	O
formatting	O
for	O
10-bit	O
4:2:2	O
YUV	O
,	O
12-bit	O
4:4:4	O
RGB	O
and	O
RGBA	O
,	O
and	O
12-bit	O
CFA	O
Bayer	B-Algorithm
filter	I-Algorithm
RAW	O
compression	O
(	O
as	O
used	O
with	O
the	O
Silicon	O
Imaging	O
SI-2K	O
camera	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
CineForm	B-Algorithm
is	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
,	O
however	O
a	O
Linux	O
SDK	O
is	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FFmpeg	B-Library
is	O
also	O
capable	O
of	O
decoding	O
and	O
encoding	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
compressed	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
sample	O
is	O
attached	O
to	O
that	O
file	O
,	O
containing	O
the	O
wavelet	O
compressed	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
format	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
post	O
production	O
when	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
files	O
are	O
rendered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tools	O
can	O
split	O
up	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
AVI	O
or	O
MOV	O
files	O
into	O
DPC	O
file	O
sequences	O
,	O
and	O
vice	O
versa	O
,	O
to	O
reassemble	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
MOV	O
and	O
AVI	O
files	O
from	O
DPC	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Plugins	O
for	O
Eyeon	O
Fusion	O
and	O
The	O
Foundry	O
Nuke	O
compositing	O
systems	O
are	O
available	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
write	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CineForm	B-Algorithm
is	O
stable	O
to	O
iterative	O
recompression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
JPEG2000	O
,	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
has	O
a	O
slightly	O
higher	O
data	O
rate	O
at	O
similar	O
PSNRs	O
(	O
peak	O
signal	O
to	O
noise	O
ratios	O
)	O
with	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
7x	O
faster	O
encode/decode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
GoPro	B-Device
press	O
release	O
,	O
SMPTE	O
standardized	O
the	O
CineForm	B-Algorithm
codec	O
as	O
the	O
SMPTE	O
ST	O
2073	O
VC-5	O
video	O
compression	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
practice	O
the	O
VC-5	O
specification	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
enough	O
information	O
to	O
decode	O
Cineform	B-Algorithm
files	O
and	O
reverse	O
engineering	O
was	O
necessary	O
.	O
</s>
